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 (https://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/) by submitting your pre-enrolment request through Universitaly Platform (www.universitaly.it).

ATTENTION: this admission procedure is mandatory and allows you to obtain the admission to Second Cycle Master Degree Programmes (2-year Master Degree Courses) of Politecnico di Bari.

The admission procedure precedes the enrolment procedure, in order to verify the requirements to get the eligibility to enroll

If you enroll from 1st February 2025, you will be automatically enrolled as a part-time student for the academic year 2024/2025

AVAILABLE APPLICATION DATES

As established by our Senato Accademico (academic senate) - during the meeting which took place on 27^th March 2024, the application for the admission requests for Second Cycle Master Degree Programmes (2-year courses) will be possible within the following dates:

• From 26th July to 15^th September 2024
• from 1^st to 15^th October 2024
• from 1^st to 15^th November 2024
• from 1^st to 15^th December 2024
• from 5^th to 20^th January 2025
• from 1^st to 15^th February 2025
• from 1^st to 15^th March 2025
• from 1^st to 15^th April 2025
• from 2^nd to 10^th May 2025

The procedure on Esse3 platform will be available only in these periods of time, no submissions are possible outside these dates.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Here the “admission requirements” to be verified (in this order):

1.Curricular requirements concerning:

1. The possession of the eligible entry qualification (1st cycle Degree or any other achieved and adequate education qualification) defined by the Regolamento Didattico (didactic regulations) of the desired Master Degree course.
2. The possession of a specific minimum number of achieved ECTS – this control is carried out on the basis of specific groups of Italian Scientific Disciplinary Sectors (SDS) defined by the Regolamento Didattico (didactic regulations) of the desired Master Degree Course. An examination of the academic curriculum will be carried out for foreign education qualifications.

2. Individual competences and skills suitability: examination of the individual knowledge according to the Regolamento Didattico of the desired Master Degree Course;

3. Language proficiency verification: for all our Master Degree Courses it is required a specific minimum level of English proficiency, which is established by the Regolamento Didattico. IMPORTANT: for non-EU candidates who need a Study VISA for Italy please read art. 6 of our Operational Guidelines for the Admission to Second Cycle Master Degree Programmes in Engineering (2-year courses)

For further information regarding the requirements verification, you are kindly asked to carefully read the dedicated paragraph within the Operational Guidelines for the Admission to Second Cycle Master Degree Programmes in Engineering (2-year courses)

HOW IT WORKS

The candidate submits the application through the dedicated procedure on Esse3 Platform within the section Registrar's Office (Segreteria) --> Admission Test (Test di ammissione/Concorsi) (ATTENTION: check the available dates written within the paragraph “Available application dates” during which you can submit the application) by choosing the desired Master Degree Course (called “Preferenza”) and by uploading the required documents (see paragraph “Application attachments”). Candidates can apply only for one Master Degree Course.

Please Note: once you are in the area " Test di Ammissione/Concorsi" select admission to the two-year master courses. You will not have to click on the course (it is only a link to the course description), but you will have to click on the blue button at the bottom "Avanti", in order to continue the submission of the application.

At the end of the available application period, the Admission Office will elaborate all the application requests through an administrative check:

• on the basis of the provided documents in order to verify the required details by the procedure (completion, suitability);
• on the basis of the defined requirements (see paragraph “Admission requirements”).

APPLICATION ATTACHMENTS

During the application candidates must upload the following mandatory documents:

Valid Identity Document

Accepted identity documents:

• European ID card (accepted only for Italian or EU citizens);
• European driving license;
• Passport (this is a mandatory document for non-EU candidates).

Previous academic career documents

Candidates with an higher-education qualification achieved within the Italian system must provide:

• a self-declaration of their own previous academic career by filling in the self-declaration form. According to the Italian law 183/2011 and its subsequent amendments and integrations, these candidates will not be asked to produce and provide certifications.
• a self-declaration of the high-school diploma is mandatory for candidates who didn’t get their Bachelor Degree qualification at Politecnico di Bari.

Candidates with foreign qualifications are obliged to certify their career by uploading the following documents:

• certificate of their final secondary educational leaving qualification issued by the foreign institution and the official translation (in Italian or in English language);
• Certificate of their 1st cycle academic qualification– including the list of the achieved exams – and the certified translation.

Further details are described within Operational Guidelines for the Admission to Second Cycle Master Degree Programmes in Engineering (2-year courses).

Optional attachments:

Language Certificates

The required level of knowledge of the English language can be proved through one of these options, if it's required from the Didactic Regulation:

• certificate of English language proficiency recognized by Politecnico di Bari according to the Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR). For certificates issued by the Trinity College, Politecnico di Bari accepts only “ISE” certificates (“GRADE” certificates are not accepted). Click here to check the recognized English Certifications at Politecnico di Bari (SEE CHART HERE)
• English proficiency test at our Centro Linguistico di Ateneo You can find information about dates and modalities within the webpage of our Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (Inglese B2 Lauree Magistrali – Accertamento competenze linguistiche | Politecnico di Bari (poliba.it)
• for Master Degree Courses for which it is required a B1 English level knowledge, candidates must have passed at least one English language exam within the achieved bachelor degree career.

Please note: Language Certificate is an optional attachment. It doesn’t mean that the linguistic prerequisite is not mandatory. It is always necessary in order to obtain the eligibility to enrolment. For whom have taken the test at the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo, it will not be necessary to attach the relevant documentation, the test result will be automatically acquired.

For non-EU candidates who need a Study VISA for Italy:  it is possible to upload as well the Italian language certificates.

If you don’t have it and you want to apply for an Italian-taught Master Degree Course, please check your obligations and fulfil your duties described within the Part III of 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 (link)

 Any other useful document for the evaluation.

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES

If the requirements (1, 2 or 3) are not satisfied, the candidate cannot obtain the admission (eligibility to enrolment) and will receive information regarding other possible requirements and steps to fulfil (see Regulations).

The eligible candidate to admission obtains the possibility to enrol for the academic year 2024/2025 for the Master Degree Course for which the application was submitted, according to the procedures published on our official webpage from 20^th September 2024 to 20^st  May 2025

If you are eligible click Here for ENROLMENT PROCEDURE FOR SECOND CYCLE MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMMES (2024/2025)

CHECK OUR MASTER DEGREES PROGRAMMES AND THEIR REGOLAMENTI DIDATTICI (DIDACTIC REGULATIONS)

In this diagram you will find a summary of the admission process to the master’s courses with an indication of the various phases and possible intermediate outcomes of the evaluation.

For further information please contact the Admission Office only through our TICKETING/HELPDESK service (helpdesk.poliba.it) choosing only one of these categories:

• Imm. e Iscr. MAGISTRALI

Otherwise we do not guarantee you any kind of service support. Our TICKETING/HELPDESK service is  provided only during  the usual office hours. The Office will inform only the concerned parties.

You are kindly asked to carefully read the instructions.