Enrolment for students with international protection and asylum seekers holding a foreign qualification
Upon the aims of fostering and promoting equity and inclusion, the University of Turin is glad to welcome among its students, students who are asylum seekers and refugees holding international protection in Italy.
You are considered an asylum seeker if you submitted your application for international protection and you are still waiting for a response by the competent authorities.
If you submitted your application to obtain international protection, but you have not obtained it yet and you hold a temporary residence permit for asylum seeking, for the academic year 2024-2025 you can enroll in single courses for a maximum of 30 credits per year and be exempt from the payment of the required fees.
If you hold an Italian qualification, please follow the instructions published on Enrolment on single courses webpage and contact the competent students’ registry office. Remember to send them a copy of your residence permit for request of asylum to be exempt from the payment of the fees.
If you hold a foreign qualification, please send a copy of your study documents and of your residence permit to [email protected].
If they are suitable for enrolment, you’ll receive further information on enrolment procedures. After passing the final exam, you will obtain a certificate proving the obtained credits. This certificate may be used to obtain a recognition of the credits in case of a subsequent enrollment in a full degree program offered by University of Turin.
Find the single courses of your interest on Course search webpage and check the deadlines for enrolment on Enrolment on single courses webpage.
You are considered a refugee or a holder of subsidiary protection if you obtained a positive response on your status and the related residence permit by the competent authorities.
If you hold international protection and you have an Italian qualification (high school diploma or a university degree) and you wish to enrol in university check Enrolment procedure webpage and, for further information, please contact the students’ registry office competent for the degree program/single courses of your interest.
If you have been recognized the international protection (asylum or subsidiary protection) and you hold a foreign qualification you can:
- complete the enrolment in a degree program if you meet both of the following requirements:
- you have been granted the international protection/subsidiary protection status following the interview with the competent board (Commissione Territoriale) and you hold a valid residence permit for international protection
- you hold a study qualification that allows you to enrol at an Italian university
- enrol in single courses for the a.y. 2024-2025 for a maximum of 30 credits per year.
Verify the required documents for the enrolment at the University of Turin.
If you hold all necessary documents to enrol at the University of Turin, contact the International Students office by email ([email protected]) reporting in the object of your email the following information: “refugee application: name and surname” and attach your residence permit. You can apply for up to 2 degree programs.
The deadlines to submit your application on Apply@UniTo for the a.y. 2025-2026 to verify the eligibility of your foreign qualification are indicated below:
- 1st application call: 26th November 2024 – 30th January 2025 for postgraduate degree programs
- 2nd application call: 24th February – 30th April 2025 for undergraduate degree programs and 5-year or 6-year postgraduate degree programs with restricted number of places
- 3rd application call: 21st August - 4th September 2025 for postgraduate programs with free admission.
You will receive a feedback to your online application to the same e-mail address you used to register on the platform.
Verify the required documents for the enrolment at the University of Turin.
Please, check the admission requirements of the degree program of your interest, directly on the webpage of the program. Before applying on Apply@UniTo wait for the answer to your application email from International Students Office. Remember that some additional documents may be required.
Candidates for Medicine and Surgery, Medicina e Chirurgia, Medicina Veterinaria, Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria do not have to submit an application on Apply@UniTo. Information on the application procedures for these programs for the a.y. 2025-2026 will be published as soon as available.
We remind you that if the degree program of your interest has a fixed quota of places and requires to pass an admission test, you must:
- carefully read the related call for admission, published on Unito website, for complete information on procedures and deadlines
- remind that no exemptions are foreseen for the payment of the admission test, even if you hold international protection
- complete your enrolment within the established deadlines reported on the call for admission, only if you are in a useful position in the resulting ranking list.
If you hold a qualification (foreign high school diploma or university degree), but you have only some of the necessary study documents to enrol at the University of Turin or do not have any document, ask for the European Qualification Passport for Refugees (EQPR) to the Council of Europe. Once obtained, contact the International Students Desk by email ([email protected]) reporting in the object of your email the following information: “refugee application: name and surname) and attach your residence permit. Remember to apply for up to 2 degree program.
The deadlines to submit your application on Apply@UniTo for the a.y. 2025-2026 to verify the eligibility of your foreign qualification are indicated below:
- 1st application call: 26th November 2024 – 30th January 2025 for postgraduate degree programs
- 2nd application call: 24th February 2024 – 30th April 2025 for undergraduate degree programs and 5-year or 6-year postgraduate degree programs with restricted number of places
- 3rd application call: 21st August 2025 - 4th September 2025 for postgraduate programs with free admission.
You will receive a feedback to your online application to the same e-mail address you used to register on the platform.
Verify the required documents for the enrolment at the University of Turin.
Check the admission requirements of the degree program of your interest, directly on the webpage of the program, but do not apply and wait for the answer to your application email from International Students Office. Remember that some additional documents may be required.
Candidates for Medicine and Surgery, Medicina e Chirurgia, >Medicina Veterinaria, Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria do not have to submit an application on Apply@UniTo. Information on the application procedures for these programs for the a.y. 2025-2026 will be published as soon as available.
We remind you that if the degree program of your interest has a fixed quota of places and requires to pass an admission test, you must:
- carefully read the related call for admission, published on UniTo website, for complete information on procedures and deadlines
- remind that no exemptions are foreseen for the payment of the admission test, even if you hold international protection
- complete your enrolment within the established deadlines reported on the call for admission, only if you are in a useful position in the resulting ranking list.
If your study documents or your EQPR have been deemed eligible and you have been admitted, you’ll receive information on the enrolment procedure by the International Students Office.
Regularly check the webpage Application for EU, equivalents, non-EU citizens legally residing in Italy, Italians with foreign qualifications to get updates on the deadlines and the procedures.
If you hold international protection, independently from your study qualification you can ask for the exemption to enrol in a degree program (undergraduate, 5-6 year postgraduate degree, postgraduate degree).
You must pay only 16 euro for the duty stamp.
Additional tuition fees which may be requested to enrol in some specific programs are due. For detailed information check the tuition fees regulation referred to the academic year of your enrolment on the Tuition fees webpage.
If you hold an Italian qualification you must request the exemption to the Students Registry Office competent for your degree program by submitting your residence permit for international protection.
If you hold international protection or you are an asylum seeker and you wish to enrol at single courses for a maximum of 30 CFUs in the a.y. 2024-2025 you are exempted from the payment of the due contribution and you must pay only 16 euro for the virtual duty stamp.
For detailed information, check the tuition fees regulation referred to the academic year of enrolment on the Tuition fees webpage.
If you hold an Italian qualification you must request the exemption to the Students registry office competent for your degree program by submitting your residence permit for international protection.
If you need support on the procedures following to enrollment (filling in the study plan, applying for a scholarship, enabling the food service card, registering for exams, looking for an accommodation…) you may contact Mentorship project.
Do not forget to send your residence permit for international protection to your students registry office before the beginning of each academic year and within the deadlines for the payment of the first tuition fee instalment (usually around September each year) in the following years, in order to be exempt from paying the tuition fees.
To get access into Italian universities, international students (holders of foreign qualification) are required to have obtained their high school diploma after at least 12 years of global schooling.
If you obtained your foreign high school diploma after less than 12 years of global schooling, you may satisfy the missing requirement by attending a preparatory program (Foundation programme) to compensate for the missing year of schooling (in case of 11 years). Please contact [email protected] for further information.
As an holder of international protection or as an asylum seeker, for the academic year 2024-2025 you can enroll for free in the Foundation programme at the University of Turin. Only the virtual duty stamp of 16 euro is due.
To complete your enrolment in a degree program or in a single course, your foreign qualification should be previously assessed by International Students Office.
If you hold international protection and you passed the final exam for the Foundation programme to complete your enrolment in a degree program or a single course you your study documents must be assessed by International Students Office.