Glossary
- Apply@UniTo: application platform for evaluation of foreign degrees
- Universitaly: ministerial platform to submit pre-enrollment visa requests
- Application: submission of study documents on a platform dedicated to the evaluation of foreign degrees, aimed at finding out whether one's foreign degree allows one to enroll in a (three-year) bachelor's degree program / five-six years postgraduate program / postgraduate degree program
- OFA (Obblighi Formativi Aggiuntivi) : additional course that a student enrolled in an undergraduate degree program or in a 5 / 6 postgraduate degree program without restricted number of places must take if he or she scores below the thresholds established for TARM (TOLC). At the end of the course, the final examination must be taken. There is time to pass it until the end of the academic year of enrolment
- TARM (Minimum Requirement Assessment Test ): a minimum requirements test required by Italian law in order to verify if the candidate for an undergraduate degree program or in a 5 / 6 postgraduate degree program without restricted number of places has the minimum requirements to enter the chosen degree program. At the University of Turin, the TARM is delivered through TOLC TEST. It is not needed to enter a postgraduate degree course without restricted number of places
- TOLC test: mode of delivery of the TARM or the admission test; the test takes place on the CISIA platform. Each undergraduate degree program (three-year) has a specific TOLC
- Postgraduate degree program without restricted number of places (free admission): a postgraduate degree program that does not require an admission test and has no limited number of places. The admission to this type of program is subjected to the possession of curricular requirements and adequacy of personal preparation positively assessed by the course committee
- Undergraduate and 5/6 years postgraduate program without restricted number of places (free admission): an undergraduate degree program and 5/6 years postgraduate degree program that does not require to pass an admission test and does not have a limited number of places. It requires to sit for the TARM (delivered through TOLC); in case you score below the thresholds set by the different degree programs, you can still be enrolled but will be assigned an Additional Formative Obligation (OFA) defined by each course of study
- Degree programs with restricted number of places: programs that require candidates to pass an admission test and that have a limited number of places for enrolment. They require you to take the admission test described in the announcement; if you obtain the score necessary to be placed usefully in the ranking list, you will be able to be enrolled
- Undergraduate degree course : a three-year degree program that awards a first level academic degree (bachelor's degree). The entrance qualification is an upper secondary school diploma
- 5/6 years postgraduate degree course: a five- or six-year degree program that awards a second level academic degree (bachelor's degree). The entry qualification is an upper secondary school diploma
- Postgraduate degree course: a two-year degree course awarding a scond level academic degree (master's degree). The entrance qualification is a first level academic degree (bachelor's degree); it is not necessary to take the TARM (TOLC) to get admitted in it
- Postgraduate degree course committee: the committee of the postgraduate degree program in charge of evaluating the international candidate's curricular and linguistic requirements to get access into the postgraduate degree.