How to Apply with a non-Italian Final Qualification

EU-equivalent citizens

Citizens of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Swiss Confederation, the Republic of San Marino and the Holy See. Refugees and persons with subsidiary protection also have the same status, as well as personnel serving in foreign diplomatic missions and international organisations based in Italy- accredited with the Italian State or the Italian State or the Holy See-and their dependent family members (spouses and children only).

NON-EU citizens legally residing in Italy

Non-EU citizens regularly residing in Italy are non-EU citizens in possession of a one of the following residence permits:

- EU long-term residents;

- for subordinate work, for self-employment;
- for family reasons;
- for political asylum and subsidiary protection;
- for religious reasons;
- for special cases (art. 18, 18 bis and 22 paragraph 12-quater of Legislative Decree n° 286 of 25 July 1998);
- for calamities (Art. 20 bis of legislative decree n° 286 of 25 July 1998);
- for acts of particular civil value (Art. 42 bis of legislative decree n°286 of 25 July 1998);
- for special protection (Art. 32, § 3 of Legislative Decree n° 25 of 28 January 2008);

- UK citizens with residence card (Art. 50 TEU; Art.18.4 EU-UK withdrawal agreement). While waiting for this document, UK nationals may present the certificate issued by the municipality of residence, which proves that they are registered as a civil servant by 31 December 2020;
- for temporary protection (DPCM 28 March 2022).

This category also includes:

• non-EU citizens, regularly residing in Italy for at least a year and in possession of a secondary school qualification obtained in Italy, which gives access to the chosen course of study chosen (EU-equated students);
• non-EU citizens who have obtained a secondary school qualification in Italy that gives access to the chosen course of study and who hold a valid residence permit for study purposes;
• non-EU citizens enrolled in single courses at an Italian university, holders of a valid residence permit for study reasons, who intend to enrol in the following academic year in a course of study related to or resulting from the single courses they have passed, without returning to the Italian Embassy in their own country for a new pre-enrolment and a new visa. NOTE THAT at least one single course must have been passed in order to enrol in a related or subsequent course of study.