• Pre-assessment phase required for access to all Unige courses if you hold a qualification:
  • non-Italian obtained abroad;
  • non-Italian obtained in Italy;
  • Italian diploma obtained abroad.

Check the details of the Unigeapply SELECTION - FALL SESSION starting from the page dedicated to the Admission, go to the general information on Unigeapply

Please note: Pre-selection for visa applicant students for academic year 2026/27 closed on 20th March 2026. If an application has been submitted, wait for the outcome. If the application has not been submitted, it will be necessary to wait for the new opening for academic year 2027/28 (expected opening: November 2026).

The documents required to apply to Universitaly: re-upload the documents already provided to Unigeapply. If you have obtained more up-to-date documents in the meantime, upload the latest version. 

> Check the documents on the dedicated page

• The submission of the application for a visa on the external ministerial portal to Unige (Universitaly https://www.universitaly.it/ ) is mandatory for all courses.
• Check the dates on the deadlines page for the relevant academic year. Applications submitted before opening and after the deadline will be rejected.
• Enter your personal details exactly as shown on your passport. If you have multiple names and/or surnames marked on your passport, please enter them all in the correct order, if the first name or surname entry is blank on your passport, fill it out using an "X".
• The University of Genoa will validate your application and forward it to the Embassy if the application is considered complete. 
• For technical problems related to the operation of universitaly.it and log-in issues, please refer to Universitaly support.
• Please note: on Universitaly you will only be able to choose an Italian University and a course. 
• Once you have submitted your application, if you decide to change Universities, you will have to request cancellation (i.e. the rejection of your application by the University for which you submitted your application). If you ask Unige to reject your already submitted application: send an email to sass@unige.it, email subject: Universitaly cancellation request for University change. Remember to attach your passport, which is required to obtain cancellation.
• You will then have to complete the procedure for issuing a study visa at the Italian Embassy or Consulate that you indicated when filling out your application on Universitaly. Always check the documents required by your Embassy (in addition to the documents on the title already uploaded to Universitaly) during the appointment phase.
• Attention: University has no power to influence the scheduling of Embassy appointments. Students may report problems, but, unfortunately, we will not be able to take action on this aspect.
• Important communication: Uni-Italia for international students 
  Non-EU applicants living abroad can contact the Uni-Italia centers for information on the Italian system of higher education and for assistance in admission procedures and application for study visas. 
  Link to the Uni-Italia portal https://uni-italia.it/ 

Pre-enrollment on UniGe Online Services begins only AFTER the student has submitted a visa application on UNIVERSITALY.

Please note: you must wait for validation on Universitaly.
You CANNOT complete pre-enrollment unless you have also obtained a favorable outcome on Universitaly.  

• Choose the same course selected on Universitaly (for which you were positively evaluated on Unigeapply);
• Please respect the dates on which you can submit your pre-enrollment application. Consult the deadlines.
• For programmed number courses: check the deadlines provided by the respective calls. Consult the page with calls for admission to scheduled access courses

Remember: USE the UNIGEPASS CREDENTIALS you already have used for the previous phase on Unigeapply.

Attention:

• Do not try to make multiple registrations for the same user. 
• Incorrect personal data entry can cause a slowdown in the service offered and the inability to proceed with saving applications on Online Services.
• If you need: password recovery, change your email address, other actions related to your UniGePass credentials, consult the dedicated pages. For UniGePass credential issues, please contact technical support: help@studenti.unige.it 

STEP 2-A: Submission of the application

• Use UniGePass credentials to authenticate and start the pre-enrollment application.

   

  > go to the dedicated service

   

Read the notes carefully to correctly fill in the application: 

• Click "submit a new application" to get started.
• Courses section: the chosen course must coincide with the application submitted on Universitaly and in the case of pre-selection (if required), with the course for which you have received a positive result. Information for all students: in case of a degree program (Bachelor’s degree or single cycle 5-6 years degree), mark in the options "verification exemption" > no exemption. In the case of a master’s degree course, mark in the options "date verification" > select the first available date; "curriculum requirements" > to be verified; "exemption verification" > no exemption.
• Profile Section: as a student applying for a visa, you will have to tick the option: “I declare to have submitted visa application for the current academic year on ministerial portal Universitaly.it”. If it is not true, make sure to submit the application on Universitaly first and then start your pre-enrollment application”.
• Section Education: the fields that will be automatically filled in the case of selection of foreign diploma (or Italian diploma obtained abroad) or foreign degree must not be modified, indicate that the qualification is obtained in a foreign institution. 
• Documents section: the fields present refer to students with an Italian degree obtained at another Italian university. Nothing needs to be uploaded; you can only upload the English language certification for courses that require it. 

If all the sections in the top row are no longer marked in red when you view your application, the information is complete and you can save your pre-enrollment.

STEP 2-B: Final submission of pre-enrollment

Check the status of your application and whether an action is required, depending on the wording that will appear after saving: 

• complete: submitted correctly, no action is required.
• incomplete: your action is required. Verify the message that appears.
• with errors: the application is not submitted correctly, there is one or more errors in the compilation. An error message is reported. The errors may be due to inconsistencies found by the system on your data (for example, you are a student applying for a visa and you have incorrectly marked as a student already legally resident in Italy). Once the error has been corrected, the application must be saved again.

Please note: you will always receive an automatic email that notifies you that the save action you performed on your pre-enrollment application has been successfully completed.

Requirements to begin the enrollment confirmation procedure:

• Regularly submitted pre-enrollment application, “complete”;
• Online submission of final documentation (creation of your OWN DOCUMENT FILE) and successful evaluation of the documents;
• Arrival in Italy following visa issuance. Documents relating to the visa and receipt of the residence permit request are mandatory required. The request for the first residence permit must be submitted within 8 days of entering Italy, you can proceed by collecting the free kit at a post office. You can find all the information by consulting our dedicated page.
• Attention – only in case of enrollment in scheduled courses for which it is necessary to confirm enrollment within a pre-established deadline so as not to lose your place, you can proceed even before arriving in Italy.
• Attention – in case a bridge career is required: you can already submit your final documents online, but you will not be able to confirm enrollment until you have taken all the bridge career exams. Enrollment in the bridge career takes place after arrival in Italy and at the secretariat of your course of study.

Furthermore:

• In the case of open access courses taught in Italian: you will need to have the requirement on language proficiency.
• In the case of courses with scheduled access: it will be necessary to be placed in a useful position in the ranking.
• In case of access to a master's degree: final unlocking by the course of study will be necessary.

Additional information

IN CASE OF LACK OF SOME DOCUMENTS (ENROLLMENT WITH RESERVE)  
If the documents listed below in point 1 or point 2 have not yet been obtained, an enrollment with a reserve is possible:

1. Legalization of the qualification or Statement of Verification issued by CIMEA;
2. Declaration of value or Statement of Comparability issued by CIMEA or Diploma Supplement.

Attention: with a conditionally enrollment is not possible to take exams, the student will only be able to follow the lessons.  
However, you will need to complete your enrollment (reserve removal) by providing the missing documents, again via online upload, by the deadline on the dedicated page.

Information on submission of final documentation (and monitoring your document file status):

• Warning: if the required documents are not uploaded, it will not be possible to obtain an approval of the document file and the enrollment cannot be confirmed;
• Eligible formats for documents uploaded online: pdf, jpg, jpeg;
• Maximum size of each document: 3MB;
• Until the office takes charge of your document file, you can add additional documents at different times as well. It is recommended to collect all documents and upload them in a short period of time. When the document file passes into a state that cannot be modified by the student, you will see the wording combined with the state of the document file: “attention! The file is in an uneditable state”.
• Request for integration: if one or more documents presented need to be uploaded again (unsuitable or unreadable document) you will receive an email containing a descriptive note of the problem and the link to access to upload a new document.
• You can always independently monitor the status of your document file and consult the notes entered by the office.
• Approval of the document file > condition for beginning confirmation of enrollment. The document file will be approved when all the necessary documents have been submitted, the file and the documents contained can no longer be modified by the student. 
• Approval of the file with reserve > condition to begin confirmation of enrollment (with reserve). The document file will be conditionally approved if some basic documents are still missing. The document file will remain open and the student will be able to upload new documents as soon as the applicant comes into possession of the missing documentation.
• Service “DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT”:
  

• All students will have to take the Italian language proficiency test and obtain at least level B2 (the minimum level required only to be able to finalize their registration). Check whether a higher level of knowledge is required for admission to master's degrees in the Language field. You can start from the course catalog and then select your course.
• You will only be able to skip the test if you have provided a Unige-recognized Italian language proficiency certification. Consult information about Recognized Certifications.
• You will also already be able to take a course independently, we highlight the Centro Studi Italiani (with a headquarters in Genoa) which issues a certificate recognized by Unige.
• You can find all the information on the requirements and Italian language tests (which we recommend you read carefully) on the following page: Italian language proficiency test.

Please note: knowledge of the Italian language is considered to be verified in the event of passing the entrance test for courses taught in Italian with scheduled access.

• You will not have to demonstrate knowledge of the Italian language;
• You have to provide a certificate of English proficiency (at least level B2) recognized by Unige or submit a document certifying that English was the medium of instruction (MOI) of the qualification you obtained;
• Upload the language document (if in possession) at all stages of the process;
• Also check, by accessing the dedicated web page of the chosen course, if you need to present the English language certificate also with additional specific way for verification, start from the catalogue of courses and choose your course.