Italy / Entry requirements

General entry requirements

We operate a devolved admissions system and all admissions decisions are made within academic Schools. Admissions staff for individual courses reserve the right to judge the relevance and acceptability of any qualification or subject.

Our admissions staff assess each application holistically and judge whether the content and demand of the qualifications presented will have sufficiently prepared you to progress on to the course you’re applying for. Entry requirements will vary from one course to another and compulsory subject requirements may apply. Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course.

General requirements for undergraduate courses

Students studying the Italian Dipolma di Esame di Stato will normally be asked to achieve at least 85% overall to be considered for entry to the first year of our undergraduate degree programmes.
 
Please refer to the information below as guidance for grade comparisons to A-level entry requirements:
  • A*A*A-A*A*A*: 98 overall in the Diploma di Esame di Stato
  • A*AA-AAA: 95 overall in the Diploma di Esame di Stato
  • AAB: 90 overall in the Diploma di Esame di Stato
  • ABB: 85 overall in the Diploma di Esame di Stato
In addition, any subjects required at A-level grade A* or A will usually require a 9 or 10 in that subject in the final year exam. You may also need to be studying a subject-relevant school type (for example sciences courses may require that you obtain your qualification in a Liceo Scientifico).

General requirements for postgraduate/research courses

Students who have obtained the L’esame di Laurea / Diploma di Laurea / Diploma Accademico di Primo Livello would usually be considered for entry to master’s courses and would normally be asked to achieve at least 100 overall.

Students who have obtained the Laurea Specialistica / Magistrale / Master Universitario di Primo Livello / Master Universitario di Secondo would usually be considered for entry to PhD courses and would normally be asked to achieve at least 100 overall.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University (from the UK and overseas) are required to show evidence of English language proficiency.

For further information about our English language admissions policy, including a list of the most common English language qualifications we accept, please visit our English language requirements page.

Some Schools ask that the appropriate score has been met before you apply for a course, while other departments give conditional offers subject to applicants achieving our general entry requirement level of English Language proficiency before starting the course.

Other entry requirements

Please note that this is generic information only. Faculties and academic Schools have different entry requirements and some qualifications may not be acceptable for certain courses, so it is important to check with the School directly before you apply.

Some courses have additional entry requirements such as previous work experience, submission of written work with the application or previous study of a particular subject.