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Recognition of foreign degrees

Students holding a foreign Bachelors’ or Masters’ Degree can apply for recognition to obtain the corresponding Italian degree. Please be aware: the institution in charge of this process changes according to the purpose of the recognition. For detailed information on this procedure and the instution that are involved in the process, please visit this page.

In order to begin the academic recognition procedure the applicant should choose the Bachelors’ Degree Program or Masters’ Degree Program offered by the University of Pavia that will be compared to their qualification. The degree program should be the same or the most similar to the foreign title, find out our course offer here. For further insights on the subjects covered by each degree program, we suggest you check also the study plans.
The evaluation and comparison will be carried out by the Teaching Board of the Department offering the degree program. The comparison will take into account several characteristics of the two titles such as: level, duration of the program and of each subject, working load of each subject (credits or duration in hours).

The evaluation result can be:
A) Full recognition (“Riconoscimento totale”), there is full correspondence between the foreign degree and the Italian degree offered by the University of Pavia. In order to complete the procedure and request the awarding of the Italian degree, students pay a 400 € fee (that includes duty stamp, regional fee and diploma fee). The full recognition is commonly known as “equipollenza” or “ex-equipollenza”.
B) Partial recognition (“Riconoscimento parziale”), only some exams of the foreign degree can be recognized and/or the number of credits is lower than that required to obtain the Italian Bachelor’s Degree (180 credits) or Master’s Degree (120 credits). In this case students must sit the missing exams.

Note: the above procedure differs from the transfer or admission to subsequent years procedure.

For any doubt or clarification, please contact the Admission Office (admission@unipv.it).

Costs

The application fee for the recognition (“equipollenza”) is 60 € .

In case of full recognition of the title, students will have the possibility to be awarded with the corresponding Italian degree and the parchment. The awarding procedure requires the payment of a 400 € fee.

Application for recognition of first level study titles (Bachelors' Degree)

Instructions:

  1. Register on the Student Portal.
  2. From the menu in the upper right corner, select “Admissions > Evaluation test”.
  3. Select “Richiesta di riconoscimento totale (ex equipollenza) Corsi di laurea di primo livello” from the list on page “Admission tests list”.
  4. Select the degree course offered by the University of Pavia to which you want to compare your title from the list on page “Administrative category”.
  5. Upload the documents required for recognition in the page “Qualifications”. This table shows the detailed list of documents required to apply and the type of attachment to be selected during the upload.
  6. Continue until the page “Exam registration summary”, click button “Payments” to pay for the application fee (60 €).
  7. The committee will receive the application and will evaluate the academic titles. Students will receive the result of the evaluation and further instructions by email.

Note: it is advisable to group documents to be uploaded based on the type of attachment. For example you can gather the “high school diploma”, the “declaration of value of the high school diploma” and the “translation of the high school diploma” in a single file. You can also gather the “Bachelors’ Degree” and the “translation of the Bachelors’ Degree” in a single file.

Application for recognition of second level study titles (Masters' Degree)

Instructions:

  1. Register on the Student Portal.
  2. From the menu in the upper right corner, select “Admissions > Evaluation test”.
  3. Select “Richiesta di riconoscimento totale (ex equipollenza) Corsi di laurea di secondo livello” from the list on page “Admission tests list”.
  4. Select the course offered by the University of Pavia to which you want to compare your title from the list on page “Administrative category”.
  5. Upload documents required for equipollenza in page “Qualifications”.This table shows the detailed list of documents required to apply and the type of attachment to be selected during the upload.
  6. Continue until page “Exam registration summary”, click button “Payments” to pay for the application fee (60 €).
  7. The committee will receive the application and will evaluate the academic titles. Students will receive the result of the evaluation and further instructions by email.

Note: it is advisable to group documents to be uploaded based on the type of attachment. For example you can gather the “Bachelors’ Degree”, the “declaration of value of the Bachelors’ Degree” and the “translation of the Bachelors’ Degree” in a single file. You can also gather the “Masters’ Degree” and the “translation of the Masters’ Degree” in a single file.

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