The application for the Foundation Course Science or the Foundation Course Humanities can be submitted at any time of the year through. The application form can be found here.
Please note that mandatory documents must be uploaded to the Unimarconi platform; otherwise, the application will be rejected.
Candidates who have correctly submitted the application will be asked to pay the application fee.
All the candidates who have paid the application fee will be conditionally accepted.
Conditionally accepted candidates will be asked to pay the tuition fee. If the tuition fee is paid in ten days, the student will be officially accepted to the program; otherwise, they will be rejected.
All the accepted candidates will receive an acceptance letter along with step-by-step instructions to complete the enrolment process.
If you need help with the registration procedure you can contact our office at [email protected].
For more information on the Foundation Course click here.
Entry requirements and mandatory documentation
To be eligible for admission to the Foundation Course, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- English language proficiency: provide an English language certificate of at least B1 level issued by an accredited body.
The international certificates accepted are:
IELTS (minimum 4.5), TOEFL IBT (minimum 34), Cambridge english qualification (minimum 140), Duolingo (minimum 80). Info about IELTS here, Info about TOEFL IBT here, Info about Cambridge english qualifications here, info about Duolingo here.
- Secondary school leaving qualification obtained after 11 years of school.
To be admitted to the program, candidates must be at least 17 years old. If under 18 years old, the student who opts for the blended option must have a lawfully appointed tutor (usually a parent) that must fill out a Statement of responsibility for minors and send it to [email protected].
Students who have already obtained their final High school Diploma must compulsorily upload the following documentation:
- If the issuing country is not on the list of signatories to the Lisbon Convention, the higher education institution responsible for the recognition of the student’s qualification has to contact CIMEA (https://ardi.cimea.it/en).
- Final secondary school diploma. In order to apply for the Foundation Course, the student’s Secondary School Certificate must give the student the right to apply to the university in the country to which his/her school system belongs.
- School report of the final year translated into English.
- CIMEA Statement of verification to be requested online at the following link: https://www.cimea.it/EN/
- If the country issuing the final qualification is on the list of signatories to the Lisbon Convention, it is possible to submit the Certificate of Correspondence which can be downloaded independently by the candidate free of charge on the ARDI platform: https://ardi.cimea.it/en
Applicants who are currently enrolled in the last year of secondary school, or students who have recently completed their studies and have not received yet their final diploma, may attach to their application:
- A certificate of enrolment of the last school year issued by the school and school reports from all previous school years, both translated into English.
In this case, application procedure will be completed once the student has provided the rest of the documentation namely:
- Final secondary school diploma
- CIMEA Statement of verification to be requested online at the following link: https://www.cimea.it/EN/
- If the country issuing the final qualification is on the list of signatories to the Lisbon Convention it is possible to submit the Certificate of Correspondence which can be downloaded independently by the candidate free of charge on the ARDI platform: https://ardi.cimea.it/en
- If the issuing country is not on the list of signatories to the Lisbon Convention, the higher education institution responsible for the recognition of the student’s qualification has to contact CIMEA (https://ardi.cimea.it/en).
Note: Students are not eligible to apply if they have received a partial higher education within their school system (for example, if they have only completed 11 years of schooling in a system that requires 12 or 13 years in total). Incomplete applications will be rejected.
For further information please contact [email protected].