Enrolment for European students and equivalent

Students with an international entrance qualification (e.g., a high school diploma or undergraduate degree completed outside of the Italian education system) are classified and enrolled at Ca’ Foscari as degree-seeking students. This page provides the information that degree-seeking students require regarding Ca’ Foscari’s enrolment procedures.

They apply only to these categories of international students:

  • citizens from European Union Member States;
  • citizens from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Swiss Confederation, the Republic of San Marino and the Holy See;
  • foreigners already officially residing in Italy (Art. 39, comma 5, of Legislative Decree 286 of 25 July 1998).

Non-European applicants requiring a visa for enrolment follow different procedures and have different deadlines. Learn more about Enrolment for non-EU students who require a visa.

The International Office’s Welcome Unit is in charge of enrolment procedures for degree-seeking students. Depending on whether a student is enrolling in a programme offered exclusively by Ca’ Foscari or a double/joint degree offered in collaboration with another university, the enrolment procedures differ.

  1. complete an application for admission on Ca’ Foscari’s online application platform apply.unive.it;
  2. pass the pre-evaluation procedure in order to receive a letter of enrolment eligibility (Accepted or Conditionally accepted applicants);
    OR
    pass the pre-evaluation procedure in order to take the entry test for the programme of your choice (Entry test Europeans/equivalent status);
  3. carry out the enrolment procedures described in greater detail below.

Double - Joint degree programme applicants should contact  jointdegree@unive.it for more information about enrolment procedures.

More information on selection procedures can be found on the Double - Joint Degrees webpage.

Once the enrolment procedure has been completed, applicants officially become Ca' Foscari students and receive a matriculation, or student, number. A student can begin attending classes without being enrolled, but the student number is essential in order to be able to:

  • access university student services;
  • fill out one’s study plan;
  • register for and take exams.

Enrolment procedures, requirements and deadlines

Enrolment procedures

Enrolment procedures generally begin in mid-July.

The information that follows regards European or equivalent students wishing to enrol for the first time in bachelor’s or master’s degree programmes in the 2024/2025 academic year.
The enrolment procedure that applicants must complete depends upon on their application status on apply.unive.it.

Applicants who have been “Accepted” or “Conditionally accepted” can finalize their enrolment as follows.

Steps to enrolment

  1. Meet all the requirements by the relevant deadlines
    To complete enrollment, all the necessary documents (see the dedicated section below) must be uploaded in the “Task” section of one’s application on apply.unive.it.
    It is impossible to complete enrolment if one or more of these documents is not uploaded.
  2. Obtain a provisional Ca’ Foscari student account
    The personal information of future students who have been accepted or conditionally accepted via apply.unive.it is imported automatically into Ca’ Foscari’s student database, which is different from apply.unive.it portal.
    Instructions on how to obtain and activate a provisional student account are sent to applicants via email.
    The provisional account’s username and password can be used to access Ca’ Foscari’s digital learning tools and to apply for the Veneto Region’s need-based financial aid through the applicant’s Personal Area con www.unive.it.
    (Please note: Applicants who have already had a Ca’ Foscari student profile on www.unive.it in the past will be contacted with instructions about how to access their old account and will skip directly to step 3.)
  3. Communicate the programme in which enrolment should take place
    After obtaining a provisional student account, applicants must confirm the degree programme in which they wish to enrol via their application on apply.unive.it using the “Decision” function.
    This action must be completed by all applicants, even those who have included only one programme in their application.
    In order to do so, applicants must:

    • Access their online application on apply.unive.it;
    • Click on “Offers” on the menu on the left side of the landing page: they will be redirected to the section “Review your offers”;
    • Beside the name of the programmes for which they have been Accepted or Conditionally Accepted, they will find a drop-down menu to make the decision;
    • Click on “Make my final decision” to confirm the programme, so the system will automatically decline all other possible offers.

  4. Check the enrolment request
    When the programme in which enrolment should take place has been communicated, an enrolment request for the chosen programme is generated automatically in our system.
    Within 2-3 days applicants receive an email confirming that the enrolment request has been successfully generated and providing instructions on how to carry out the payment of the first tuition fee instalment in order to confirm and submit the final enrolment request.
  5. Pay the first instalment
    In order to confirm and submit the enrolment request, future students must pay the first instalment of annual fees. Deadlines for payments are mentioned on the section "Deadlines" of this webpage.
    More information on how to pay is available here: How to pay.
    If applicants have already been granted a tuition fee waiver or have been recognized the status of refugees or hold a MAECI or CRUI scholarship, they should contact us at  welcome@unive.it before paying.
  6. Wait for your enrolment, or student, number
    The Welcome Unit will verify the enrolment application and will finalize the request as soon as possible, provided that the applicant meets all requirements and holds all mandatory documents.
    Applicants will then receive an email containing their matriculation number and password. These credentials will replace the provisional ones and grant access to the Personal Area and webmail @stud.unive.it.
    Remember that this email address @stud.unive.it will be used for all official communications: it must be checked regularly.

Applicants with the status “Entry test Europeans/equivalent” must follow the procedures and deadlines described in the relevant call for applications of their chosen programme.

The calls can be found on Ca' Foscari University’s website on the page dedicated to the relevant bachelor’s or master's degree under the tab “Enrol” > “Admission”. Browse the web pages dedicated to our Bachelor's and Master's Degrees.

Enrolment requirements

Applicants enrolling in a bachelor’s degree programme must upload all of the following documents in the relevant “Task” sections of their application on apply.unive.it:

  • Higher Secondary School final Diploma and transcript of records (both in the original language and officially translated into Italian or English language if needed);
  • Statement of Comparability issued by CIMEA
    OR
    Declaration of Value
    OR
    ARDI Statement of Correspondance along with the CIMEA Statement of Verification;
  • English Language Certificate and/or Italian Language Certificate: level and requirements are specified on the specific course web page;
  • Specific requirements (if applicable): any specific requirements are communicated in the conditional offer of acceptance received via apply.unive.it;
  • valid permit of stay (only for non Europeans students regularly residing in Italy) from the list of permits mentioned in art. 39, comma 5, of Legislative Decree n. 2864 of the 25th of July 1998.

IMPORTANT: The lack of one or more of the above-mentioned documents makes enrolment impossible.

Applicants enrolling on open-access master’s degree programmes must have uploaded all the following documents in the relevant “Task” sections of their profile on apply.unive.it:

  • Bachelor’s degree final Diploma and transcript of records (both in the original language and officially translated into Italian or English language if needed);
  • Statement of Comparability issued by CIMEA
    OR
    Declaration of Value
    OR
    ARDI Statement of Correspondance along with the CIMEA Statement of Verification
    OR
    Diploma Supplement based on the international model developed by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO and awarded by institutions located in a country adhering to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA);
  • English Language Certificate and/or Italian Language Certificate: level and requirements are specified on the specific course web page;
  • Specific requirements (if applicable): any specific requirements are communicated in the conditional offer of acceptance received via apply.unive.it;
  • valid permit of stay (only for non-EU students regularly residing in Italy) from the list of permits mentioned in art. 39, comma 5, of Legislative Decree n. 2864 of the 25th of July 1998.

IMPORTANT: The lack of one or more of the above-mentioned documents makes enrolment impossible.

Enrolment deadlines for “Accepted” and “Conditionally accepted” applicants

The deadline for enrolment depends on the chosen degree programme.

For “Accepted” or “Conditionally accepted” applicants the deadlines are indicated in the next sections.

Instead, applicants whose status is “Entry test Europeans/equivalent” must follow the call for applications, take an entry test, appear in the relevant rankings and respect the deadline for enrollment in the programme of their choice. See the “Entry test Europeans/equivalent status” section above for more information.

Deadlines to pay the first tuition fee instalment for bachelor’s degree programmes:

  • 30 September 2024 (or until 30 October 2024 with a late fee);
  • Programmes with an entry test: see the call for applications.

Deadlines to pay the first tuition fee instalment for master’s degree programmes:

  • 30 September 2024 (or until 17 December 2024 with a late fee);
  • Programmes with an entry test: see the call for applications.

Important note for students wishing to apply for the Veneto Region’s need-based financial aid

The Call for regional scholarship for financial aid a.y. 2024/2025 may set different tuition payment and enrolment deadlines.

Future students who wish to apply for this scholarship are required to read the information on the following webpage Scholarships for student financial aid.
For more information on this matter, students are encouraged to contact the Financial Aid Unit directly.

Students who miss this deadline can still proceed with enrolment following the relevant deadlines, but they will not be considered for this scholarship.

Tuition fee payment deadlines

 The payment schedule of the second and third instalment tuition fees is universal for all students:

  • Deadline for paying second tuition fee instalment without a penalty: 10 December 2024
    For students who will pay the first instalment AFTER December 10th, the deadline for the second instalment will be postponed to 23 December 2014.
  • Deadline for paying third tuition fee instalment without a penalty: 16 May 2025
    The amount of this last instalment is calculated based on a student’s status and on the total amount of tuition fees owed for the 2024/2025 academic year.

Read more about tuition fees.

IMPORTANT! In the event that you do not complete the enrolment procedure, you will need to request the reimbursement of the first instalment of your tuition fees by filling out a request form that will be sent to you by the Welcome Unit after the final enrolment deadline passes, so after December 17.
The reimbursement will be made during the summer of 2025 and the bank transfer can only be made to an account registered in your own name.
Please note: due to the current international sanctions imposed by the European Union, it is not currently possible for Ca' Foscari to carry out reimbursements to bank accounts in Iran or Syria.

Credit recognition

You can enroll both in a bachelor’s or a master’s degree program asking for credit recognition of activities already carried out for:

  • another bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or professional master already obtained;
  • unfinished university career because of withdrawal or decay;
  • single courses (outside of a degree scheme);
  • stage/internship/work activity.

Enrollment with credit recognition is not allowed for students currently enrolled in another university programme for which suspension was requested.

This procedure is subject to the payment of a fee of €300,00: the invoice for the payment will be generated when enrollment is confirmed.

You don’t need to pay this fee if you request credit recognition for:

  • activities previously accomplished at Ca' Foscari (for example individual courses) if the code of courses corresponds to that of the study plan of the programme you are enrolling into. If the courses aren’t included in the specific study plan and are thus inserted in the free choice courses you will have to pay the 300 Euros fee;
  • transfers from other Universities.

Procedures and deadlines 

Credit recognition requests must be carried out before enrollment

International applicants must contact the related Campus for more information about the procedure: Economic Campus, Humanistic Campus, Linguistic Campus, Scientific Campus.

For further information and deadlines, read the section Enrol > Admission > Enrollment with ECTS (European Credit Transfer System Credits) credit recognition of the pages of the specific bachelor’s or master’s degree programs that can be reached through www.unive.it/offertaformativa.

Last update: 08/10/2024