Bologna, Italy
University of Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
What you need to apply
source- You need a school certificate after at least 12 years of education. With an 11-year school system (Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan and others), you also need proof that you passed the first year of university; UNIBO has no Foundation Year of its own.
- Your school certificate is translated, its authenticity is confirmed, and you add a document on its value (dichiarazione di valore from the Italian embassy; the embassy may ask for CIMEA statements).
- Pre-registration on Universitaly, confirmation by the university, then a student visa; for the visa in 2026 you need to show at least 10,179.85 EUR.
- Almost all English-taught programmes have restricted admission: selection by SAT or TOLC-E; non-EU citizens living abroad have a separate quota (for Business and Economics, only in the first selection round).
- English B2: a certificate from the university's list or studies in English; for Business and Economics, taking the SAT counts as B2.
- Italian-taught programmes: Italian at B2 (CILS, CELI, PLIDA, CERTIT or the online test ITA-L2@HOME).
- Application fee 20 EUR; health insurance through the SSN about 700 EUR a year.
Exams
sourceTOLC-E in Italian + English B2, 1st selection round for International Studies (2026/27); Italian-taught engineering programmes admit by TOLC-I8/36
SATInternational Studies, 2nd selection round: at least 500 out of 800 in Reading and Writing. For Business and Economics, the ranking is based only on the SAT, with no minimum score500CILSfor Italian-taught programmes; CELI, PLIDA, CERTIT or the online test ITA-L2@HOME (48 points or more) are also acceptedB2
Programmes
source- Business and EconomicsEconomics and business · 3 years · English
- Economics and FinanceEconomics and business · 3 years · English
- International Studies (Forlì)Social sciences · 3 years · English
- GenomicsNatural sciences · 3 years · English157–2,805 € a year
- Building Construction Engineering (Ravenna)Engineering · 3 years · English
- Ingegneria informaticaEngineering · 3 years · Italian
Money
source- Tuition
- 157–2,040 € a year
- Dormitory
- 300–400 € a month
2026/27: depends on family income; international students submit documents on income abroad, and without them you pay the maximum: 2040 EUR for a bachelor's, 2805 EUR for Genomics. Citizens of non-OECD countries (the list includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) whose family income and assets are only outside Italy pay a fixed 1000 + 157.04 EUR in the first year
renting in Bologna: a bed in a double room about 300 EUR, a private room in a flat about 400 EUR, plus utilities
Deadlines
sourceNext year's dates aren't published yet.
Admissions
source- [email protected]
- Via Marsala 49/A, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Data from official websites, checked 14 November 2026.