Enrolment in Second Cycle Degrees (LM)

Anyone who holds a First Cycle (three-year) degree or diploma, or another qualification obtained abroad that is recognized as valid, may enrol in any Second Cycle (master’s) degree programme.

For admission to an unrestrictred Second Cycle degree programme, the student must meet specific curricular requirements and possess adequate personal preparation. Therefore, they must submit an evaluation request in order to obtain the clearance (nulla osta) that will allow them to enrol in the chosen programme.

Students who intend to enrol in the first year of a Secoind Cycle degree programme must submit a curriculum evaluation request in order to obtain the admission clearance (nulla osta).

Academic degree obtained in Italy
If you hold an academic degree obtained in Italy, the request must be submitted through the Student Career Management System (GCS) (menu path → segreteria -> nulla osta laurea magistrale). Within the procedure, you will be asked to upload the specific documentation required by each School/Programme. To learn more about the topic, check the deadlines, and verify the required documentation, please consult the School websites:

• Agraria - Agriculture
• Architettura - Architecture
• Economia e Management - Economics and Management
• Giurisprudenza - Law
• Ingegneria - Engineering
• Psicologia (no unrestricted Second Cycle programme)
• Scienze della Salute Umana - Human Health Sciences
• Scienze Matematiche,Fisiche e Naturali - Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
• Scienze Politiche "Cesare Alfieri" - Political Sciences "Cesare Alfieri"
• Studi Umanistici e della Formazione - Humanities and Education

The application may also be submitted before completing the First Cycle degree, provided that all the credits required by the study plan (excluding those for the final examination) have already been earned and that the enrolment deadlines are respected.

The competent Committee reviews the evaluation request and, within 30 days of its submission, decides on the applicant’s eligibility for the Second Cycle degree programme, issuing the clearance. If the Committee identifies a curricular deficiency, the student cannot enrol and must obtain the necessary credits by registering for single courses or through other methods indicated in the degree programme regulations. Once the required credits have been earned, the student must submit a new evaluation request in order to access the programme.

Academic degree obtained abroad
If you hold an academic degree obtained abroad, the application may be submitted exclusively through the dedicated admissions portal (DreamApplay), with payment of the required fee (for more information on payment, consult the guide), within the deadlines published on the platform. Applicants who have not yet completed their First Cycle degree will not be considered.

• After the application is evaluated by the academic body:
  only students who have obtained clearance may submit an enrolment application for the chosen Second Cycle degree programme. Students who need to make up the curricular deficiencies communicated by the academic body cannot enrol until they have earned the required credits, either by registering for single courses or through other methods indicated in the degree programme regulations.
• After obtaining the required credits, the student must submit a new evaluation request:
  • if the academic degree is Italian, using the same procedure as the first request (through the online services, menu path → segreteria -> nulla osta laurea magistrale). It will then be possible to register for the “recovery selection” reserved for those who have fulfilled their curricular requirements;
  • if the academic degree is foreign, directly to the International Desk."

To submit the application for enrolment in degree programmes with restricted access, students must follow the instructions and deadlines set out in the calls for admission of the degree programmes with restricted access at national level and the degree programmes with restricted access at local level. 

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 submit the application for enrolment in unrestricted degree programmes, the student, after registering on Online Student Services, must complete the online application.

The online system, at the end of the data registration, allows you to print the enrolment fee slip (payable via MAV or PagoPA) which must be paid by the deadline (see section relating to fees and charges)

Students who have won a Ministry of Foreign Affairs MAE 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 Secretariat with the MOD form. IS_05 (available on forms), so as to have the fee reduced.

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

The system assigns the student the identification number ("numero di matricola") and the institutional e-mail address (with the @edu.unifi.it domain) which must be used to communicate with the University and consulted regularly. 

For those in possession of a foreign admission permit (whatever their nationality), they must communicate the conclusion of the online enrolment procedure to the competent office:

• Italians, the European Union and equivalent to the Student Office
• Non-EU applicants for study visas at the International Desk

Students enroled in a first cycle degree programme at the University of Florence who intend to continue their studies in a second cycle degree programme:

• If you obtain admission qualification by the enrolment deadline in the second cycle degree, you do not have to renew your enrolment in the first cycle programme and may, after obtaining the authorisation, proceed with online enrolment. If you have paid for the renewal of your enrolment on the first cycle programme, you can ask the Student Office to use this payment for enrolment in the second cycle degree programme;
   
• if you obtain your admission qualification between November and April - you can pay the first instalment of the university fees by November which, after obtaining the degree, will be considered valid as a registration fee for the second cycle degree. 
  In addition, he must submit the ISEE and request exemptions within the deadlines indicated in the deadline calendar. The ISEE value and the exemptions requested on the first cycle programme will be transferred to the new second cycle degree. In this case, the student must submit the enrolment application by email (form IM_03 available on the forms page) and the clearance ("nulla osta") to the Student Office, within 15 days of graduation and no later than the deadline;
   
• if you do not obtain the degree by the last session of the academic year, the first instalment of the tuition fees is regularly used to renew enrolment in the first cycle degree programme and you must pay the second instalment of the tuition fees by the deadline;
   
• If you obtain the degree but do not enrol in a second cycle degree programme, you are entitled to a refund of the tuition fees paid to renew enrolment in the first cycle degree programme (see section 13.7 in the Study Regulation "Rimborsi tasse - Tuition fee refunds").

Those who have an academic qualification obtained at Italian universities, as long as it is not the qualification for access to the programme enrolment, and wish to apply for recognition in the new ounrestrictred programme must submit the application for career shortening (form AB_01 on the forms page) and attach it to the online enrolment application. 
 

Those who have an academic qualification obtained at foreign universities, as long as it is not the qualification for access to the programme of enrolment, can apply for its recognition in the new unrestrictred programme. After the online enrolment, you must submit the application for career shortening to the Student Office (form AB_01 available on the forms page), attaching the documents indicated.

In addition to the payment of the enrolment fee, the application for enrolment with a shortened term also includes the payment of an administrative fee of 30 euros for the management of the application and the evaluation of the career. If the career shortening is requested separately from enrolment, you must also pay the stamp duty of 16 euros in addition to the charge. 

The procedures and terms of recognition of an academic qualification obtained at Italian or foreign universities for admission to years subsequent to the first of courses with limited access are governed by the calls for admission of the degree courses with national restricted access and the degree courses with local restricted access.

Read also Enrolment in two higher education courses at the same time.

To submit the application for enrolment in degree programmes with restricted access, students must follow the instructions and deadlines set out in the calls for admission of the degree programmes with restricted access at national level and the degree programmes with restricted access at local level. 

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 submit the application for enrolment in unrestricted degree programmes, the student, after registering on Online Student Services, must complete the online application.

The online system, at the end of the data registration, allows you to print the enrolment fee slip (payable via MAV or PagoPA) which must be paid by the deadline (see section relating to fees and charges)

Students who have won a Ministry of Foreign Affairs MAE 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 Secretariat with the MOD form. IS_05 (available on forms), so as to have the fee reduced.

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

The system assigns the student the identification number ("numero di matricola") and the institutional e-mail address (with the @edu.unifi.it domain) which must be used to communicate with the University and consulted regularly. 

For those in possession of a foreign admission permit (whatever their nationality), they must communicate the conclusion of the online enrolment procedure to the competent office:

• Italians, the European Union and equivalent to the Student Office
• Non-EU applicants for study visas at the International Desk