GENERAL OVERVIEW (ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026)

GENERAL OVERVIEW (ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026)
Bachelor & Master Degree Programs
Procedures and mandatory documents
Information about non-EU candidates

PLEASE NOTE: In principle, visa applications must be submitted to the relevant diplomatic-consular Missions by 30^th November 2025. It is a candidate’s responsibility to inquire about specific modalities and deadlines.

For any further question or doubt, you can contact [email protected]

APPLICATION PROCESS

Evaluation phase

In order to know if your foreign qualifications meet the requirements of the course you want to apply for, you are required to provide us the following documents:

TYPE OF DOCUMENT	Bachelor Degree Programmes / Single-Cycle Program	Master Degree Programmes	Additional Notes
Passport / ID card	MANDATORY	MANDATORY	PASSPORT is mandatory for non-EU candidates
Secondary School Certificate*	MANDATORY (awarded after at least 12 years of schooling)	NOT REQUIRED
National University Entrance Examination Certificate (e.g. GAO-KAO)*	MANDATORY only if compulsory in your home Country	NOT REQUIRED
Bachelor Degree Certificate*	/	MANDATORY
Transcript of records*	/	MANDATORY
B2 English Certificate	/	RECOMMENDED for those Master Degree Programmes where the B2 English proficiency is required	This is a mandatory certificate during the enrolment phase (only for Master Degree Programmes where it is a mandatory requirement) Check the list of recognized English Certificates If you don’t have it, find out in the Master Degree admission procedures how to fulfil this requirement.
Additional documents*			Suggested documents: CV, Diploma Supplement, Syllabus, Letter of recommendation

*All the documents must be translated into Italian language (for Italian-taught Programmes) or into English language (for English-taught Programmes). During the evaluation phase the legalized translation is not required.

Please note! If you choose a Program TAUGHT IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE, you need to know Italian language (B2 Italian language proficiency is required). If You haven’t a valid Italian language B2 certificate you must overcome our Italian language test.

How to submit your evaluation request

If you need the Study VISA for Italy, please carefully read and follow number 1.

1.If you need a Study VISA for Italy (e.g. non-EU students living abroad) you must follow the Procedures issued by the Italian Ministry for Universities and Research for Entry, Residency and Enrolment at Higher Education Institutions for Students Requiring VISAS for higher Education Courses in Italy by submitting your pre-enrolment request through Universitaly Platform (www.universitaly.it).

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROCEDURES

If you don’t need the Study VISA for Italy, please carefully read and follow number 2.

2. If you don’t need a Study Visa for Italy (e.g. EU/Norway/Iceland/Liechtenstein/Swiss/Republic of San Marino/Holy See citizens; foreign citizens already officially residing in Italy; students who hold scholarships released by European Union education, training, and research programmes; citizens with refugee/asylum/subsidiary protection status) you must go through the dedicated admission procedure (check our Admission page).

YOU CAN CHECK TO WHICH TYPOLOGY OF CANDIDATE YOU BELONG TO WITHIN THE PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING VISAS ISSUED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY FOR UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH (LINK).

PLEASE NOTE:

For all our Second Cycle Master Degree Programmes (2-year courses) the evaluation request constitutes the admission procedure. In this case the evaluation request must be submitted through Esse3 Platform (ATTENTION: admission procedures on ESSE3 for the academic year 2025/2026 will start within July 2025).
For all our Bachelor Degree Programmes and our Single Cycle Master Degree Programme in Architecture (5-year course) the pre-evaluation request does not replace the admission procedures. Non-EU candidates must apply both through Universitaly and the dedicated admission procedure published by Politecnico di Bari (https://www.poliba.it/it/didattica/ammissioni).
Even if some admission procedures have not been published yet (e.g.: admission to Master's Degrees, Single Cycle in Architeture or Bachelor Degree in Disegno Industriale), non-EU candidates can already apply within Universitaly Platform. As soon as Politecnico di Bari publishes the adequate admission procedure, they will be asked to apply on Politecnico di Bari Student Platform (Esse3) as well.
For the Bachelor Degree Programmes in Engineering or in Disegno Industriale, as well as for Single Cycle Master Degree Programmes in Architecture and for Master degree Programmes taught in italian language, you need to know Italian language (B2 Italian language proficiency is required). If you don’t have B2 Italian Certificate, you will have to pass the Italian language test.
PLEASE NOTE! In order to validate your application, we need to verify the authenticity of your qualification. The authenticity can be prove with “attestato di verifica Cimea”, “attestato Enic Naric”o legalizzazione/apostille, contact with the foreign institute.

How to enrol

You can enrol only if the previous steps have a positive outcome.

The enrolment must be carried out through our Esse3 platform (PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO REGISTER AND HOW TO ENROL ON ESSE3 PLATFORM).

Required documents to upload on Esse3 for enrolment procedure:(when all the procedures about Visa and admission will be completed)

TYPE OF DOCUMENT	Bachelor Degree Programmes / Single-Cycle Program	Master Degree Programmes	Additional Notes
Passport / ID card /Residency Permit	MANDATORY	MANDATORY	PASSPORT and RESIDENCY PERMIT are mandatory for non-EU candidates
Study VISA	MANDATORY (only for non-EU students living abroad)	MANDATORY (only for non-EU students living abroad)
If the foreign qualification has been obtained in one of the countries listed in the following Automatic Recognition Database (https://ardi.cimea.it/it) download an “Attestato di Corrispondenza”, instead if the foreign qualification hasn’t been obtained in one of the countries listed in the following Automatic Recognition Database, you can produce an “Attestato di comparabilità Cimea” or Declaration of Value (issued by the Italian diplomatic authority in the Country where the entry qualification was awarded)	MANDATORY	MANDATORY	For foreign higher-education qualifications awarded within the European education system this document can be replaced by the Diploma Supplement issued by the University where the candidate obtained this qualification.
Secondary School Certificate and its legalized translation**	MANDATORY (awarded after at least 12 years of schooling)	NOT REQUIRED
National University Entrance Examination Certificate (e.g. GAO-KAO)	MANDATORY only if compulsory in your home Country	NOT REQUIRED
Bachelor Degree Certificate and its legalized translation**	/	MANDATORY
Transcript of records and its legalized translation**	/	MANDATORY
B2 English Certificate	/	MANDATORY only for Master Degree Programmes taught in English for those Master Degree Programmes where the B2 English proficiency is required	Check the list of recognized English Certificates
Additional documents			Suggested documents: Diploma Supplement, Syllabus.

**The legalized translations must be in Italian language for Italian-taught Programmes and in English language for English-taught Programmes.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION & STEPS

STEP 1 - if you are a foreign candidate, find out if you need a Study VISA for Italy (Link). If you need a Study VISA for Italy you must apply for pre-enrolment through Universitaly platform as well.

STEP 2 - evaluation phase: carefully read the admission procedures of the Degree Programme you want to apply for (https://www.poliba.it/it/didattica/ammissioni). EACH KIND OF DEGREE PROGRAMME HAS GOT ITS SPECIFIC ADMISSION PROCEDURES.

STEP 3 - enrolment phase: carefully read the admission procedures of the Degree Programme you want to apply for (https://www.poliba.it/it/didattica/ammissioni). The enrolment is possible only if the admission phase gets a positive outcome.

For any further question or doubt, you can contact [email protected].

If you are interested in a 3rd level degree program (PhD, scuola di specializzazione, master) please contact [email protected]

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