Enrolment in First (L) and Single Cycle Degrees

Those who have an high school diploma or another qualification obtained abroad recognized as valid can enrol in any First Cycle or Single Cycle degree programme. 

Students from the European Union and non-EU students who are considered equivalent to EU students can enrol in a degree programme at the University of Florence as full-time students, or as part-time students (with a reduction in tuition fees and teaching commitment; for more information part-time).

Students enroling in a First Cycle ore Single Cycle Degree Programme must take an entrance knowledge test.

This test may also be taken after enrolment. The test concerns basic knowledge and is differentiated in the various degree programme. Each degree programme establishes the criteria for passing the test or assigning any additional educational obligations (OFA).

All information on the entrance knowledge test and on the recovery of OFAs can be found on the Schools' websites.

Further information on how to apply can be found on the page Open Access Courses | TOLC and other admission tests.

To submit the application for enrolment in national restricted access programmes or local restricted access programmes, students must follow the instructions and comply with the deadlines set out in the calls for admission to the programmes.

Enrolment in the years following the first is possible only if there are places available (see transfers) and if you meet the requirements indicated in the call for admission.

To enrol in unrestrictred degree programmes, the student, after registering with the Gestionale Carriere Studenti (GCS), must complete the online application according to the deadlines.

At the end of the registration, the online system generates the enrolment fee which must be paid by the deadline for enrolment as provided for in the Study Regulations (see also the tuition fees and contributions section).

Students who have won a the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) scholarship, detained or who want to request exemption for sporting merits of particular national and international competitive importance, after enrolment, before paying the fee, must apply for exemption to the Student Office with the MOD form. IS_05 (available on forms webpage), so as to have the fee reduced.

It is possible to fill in the online enrolment application or pay the fee generated by the system even after the deadline, paying an administrative fee of 100 euros.

Within 5 days of payment of the fee, the system assigns the student the identification number ("numero di matricola") and, in the following five days, the institutional e-mail address (with the @edu.unifi.it domain) which must be used to communicate with the University and consulted regularly. Those who have an access qualification obtained abroad do not obtain the identification number automatically, but must wait for the validation of the documents by the Student Office.

The student is given the Studenti della Toscana card which allows access to the services offered to students.

Those who have an academic qualification obtained at foreign universities and wish to apply for recognition in the new unrestrictred programme, after enroling online, must submit the application for career shortening to the Student Office (form AB_01 on the forms page) attaching the documents indicated in the How to submit the enrolment application.

Those who have obtained an academic qualification at Italian universities, have carried out educational and training activities for which they wish to request recognition, have a previous career closed due to withdrawal or forfeiture with examinations taken, provided that the previous studies are not a qualification or requirement for admission to the enrolment programme, may request recognition of the activities carried out previously in the new unrestricted programme by submitting the application for career shortening available (form AB_01 on the forms page) and attaching it to the online enrolment application.

Those who have obtained an academic qualification at foreign universities or have carried out educational and training activities abroad for which they wish to apply for recognition, provided that they are not a qualification or requirement for admission to the new programme, may apply for recognition in the new unrestricted programme. After online enrolement, student must submit an application for career shortening to the Student secretariat (form AB_01 on the Forms page), attaching the documents indicated in section 4.2 of the Study Regulations. 

In addition to payment of the enrolment fee, the application for enrolment with an abbreviation also includes payment of a 30 euros administrative charge (mandatory charge without which the abbreviation application will not be processed). If the career abbreviation is requested separately/successively from the matriculation, the €16 stamp duty must also be paid in addition to the fee.

The procedures and terms of recognition of an academic qualification obtained at Italian or foreign universities for admission to the years following the first of restricted access programmes are regulated by the calls for admission to the programme.

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