Applicants for bachelor’s degree programs must have obtained a secondary school diploma after having completed at least 12 years of schooling.

Important Deadlines AA 2026/2027

Enrolling in limited number access Bachelor's Degree courses, require to participate to the call for participation, please check the following pages: 

• Local limited number access calls for participation
• National limited number access calls for participation

Please note that respecting the following deadlines is mandatory.

To enroll to a Free access Bachelor's Degree Course the following 5 steps must be followed:

1-Registration to Universitaly portal

Your pre-enrolment application must be submitted by 9 August , 2026.

Your application must be accepted within  30 September 2026 and your visa must be granted within  30 October 2026.

In order to apply for a visa you must start an application on Universitaly. Please Register: Universitaly 

please upload the following documents:

• a valid passport

• ID photos

• copy of your High School Degree

• An official documents : -Italian Language Certification (B2 level or higher). You can omit it but you would need to pass an Italian Language Test at Unipa.

• Declaration of Value (DoV) issued by the competent Italian consular section or the Statement of Comparability and Verification from CIMEA.

After our offices process your application, you will be admitted under condition. 

The subsequent pre-enrolment phases will be completed at the relevant Diplomatic-consular missions for the purpose of obtaining the visa.

Visa application procedure

The procedure may vary according to the regulations issued by the individual Italian embassies and consulates abroad.

You must complete all necessary procedures to obtain a student visa within October 30, 2026.

Read the list of Italian embassies and consulates abroad [ITA].

For general information about the requirements for obtaining a visa, please refer to the ministerial procedures (Part IV: incoming visa for study purposes, residency permit & subsequent measures) attached to the ministerial website [ITA].

The embassy or consulate is exclusively responsible for the final decision on the issue of a study visa. 

Once the pre-enrolment application has been completed, all candidates must apply for a university study/enrolment visa at the Italian consular diplomatic mission of the Country of residence.

Be aware that the preliminary acceptance by the University of Palermo does not confer any right to obtain a visa. The final decision on the issue of a visa for study purposes is the exclusive jurisdiction of the diplomatic/consular Mission. The approval of a pre-enrolment request for a study course and the relative documentation produced by higher education institutions is to be considered a support for the evaluation procedures for study visas by diplomatic Missions, and does not automatically imply the issue of the visa, since as the diplomatic-consular Missions, in addition to verifying the possession of the requirements for the issue of a study/enrolment visa, are also obliged to assess the absence of the student's migration risk (D.I. 850/2011 art. 4 paragraph 2 ). MIUR2

For the requirements to obtain a STUDY VISA please consult the MIUR page for 2025/2026 at Circolare_2025-2026_studenti_internazionali.pdf 

2- Registration to Unipa Student Portal ***

• Registration could be done at the page Unipa Student Portal (For technical support, please contact supportosia@unipa.it)

 ***After completing step 1, if you are accepted and receive a positive response on the Universitaly portal, candidates can apply for a university study/enrolment visa at the Italian Consular diplomatic mission in their Country of residence.

The subsequent pre-enrolment phases should be completed at the relevant diplomatic-consular missions.

You must complete all necessary procedures to obtain a student visa before 29 November, 2026.

3- Application submission for Call for Participation

Deadline: the deadline of the call for participation depends on the chosen course. Please read the call/application carefully.

Soon we will publish the information on this link 

4- Italian Language Proficiency test

In Order to receive full approval on Universitaly and enroll in a Bachelor's Degree course in Italian Language, you must sit a Language Proficiency test.

Please check the page Italian Proficiency Tests to know more. There are two possible dates to take the Italian Language Proficiency Test.

July, 2026 or August, 2026 (TBD).

The students who have obtained certificates of proficiency in the Italian language with a grade not inferior to B2 level of the Council of Europe, awarded as determined by the CLIQ (Italian Quality Language Certification) quality system, which unites in one association the current certification bodies (University for Foreigners of Perugia, University for Foreigners of Siena, Rome Tre University and the Dante Alighieri Society) and University for Foreigners “Dante Alighieri” of Reggio Calabria, as well as in convention with Italian Institutes of Culture abroad or other institutions. These certifications may be earned in the country of origin, in the approved exam centres found all over the world; The above-mentioned students are exempted from the Italian language test.

5- Enrolment Request Application (Deadline: TBD)

To enroll, you must start an enrollmentapplication on Student Portal.

Please follow the TUTORIAL.

6- Enrolment Finalization 

Deadline: 30.04.2026

• After all these steps, you can proceed with enrolment fees payment.  

  In order to finalize the enrolment at the University of Palermo, you must provide to the International Students Office (Viale delle Scienze, Building n. 3, I floor) the following documents in original at your earliest convenience after you arrive in Italy:

  -Your original High School Diploma translated into Italian or English and legalized.

  -One of the following Documents: 

  • Declaration of Value (DoV) issued by the competent Italian consular section.
  • Statement of Comparability and Verification from CIMEA