Politecnico di Torino

The Polytechnic of Turin is an Italian state university, specializes in engineering and architecture studies, which is based in the Piedmontese capital.

Turin Polytechnic University (Italian: Politecnico di Torino) is a public university in Turin, Italy; Since its foundation in 1906, it has been housed the Castle of Valentino, then enlarged its campuses alongside the city center. It currently has eleven departments and almost 35,000 students, including almost 30% of international students. It is one of the highest-ranked engineering universities in Europe, ranking 348th in 2020 out of 5000 listed universities.

Programs available in English

There are 27 Bachelor's (1st Cycle Degree, 3 years) and 37 Master's (2nd Cycle Degree, 2 years) programs taught in English or partially in English in different campuses of the Polytechnic University of Turin. In order to search for English-taught programs and to know about them in detail, please use the link.

Entry Test

While you search for degree programs at the Polytechnic University of Turin, you can see that there are two types of access to the programs:

• Open admission

If you apply for a program without an admission cap, you can enroll directly, and then, if necessary, satisfy any Additional Learning Requirements established by your pre-evaluation.

• Limited admission - entrance exam

If you apply for a program with limited enrolment, you must be ranked through a pre-enrolment selection process. Depending on citizenship and country of residence, this involves taking a written or oral entry test* whose results place you on a ranked list of applicants. Those ranked highest are offered a place. But, mostly this kind of requirement applies to Aerospace Engineering and Architecture Engineering programs due to the high demand observed in the last years.

*Non-EU citizen residing outside the EU - PoliTo test and oral interview via Skype

All detailed information on entry requirements, test dates and contents, admission test registration and deadlines, the ranking criteria, enrollment procedures, and recognition of credits are included in the Calls for Admissions found on the degree programs' webpages.

N.B: There is no application fee .

Eligibility

• To be eligible for Italian higher education at the Bachelors's level, it is mandatory to have a High School diploma earned after no less than 12 years of studies. If you do not possess this requirement, please visit Foundation Year webpage.
• To be eligible for Italian higher education at the Master's level, it is mandatory to have a High School diploma and a Bachelors's degree earned after no less than 15 years of studies (of which at least 3 must be at university level).

Required documents

Depending on the chosen program, applicants may need to provide different documents. During the application process, students will be guided step by step on the online platform. However, general requirements are as follows:

• Valid Passport or ID document
• Proof of studies (12 years for Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of university for Master's degree)
• Transcript of records
• Language proficiency proof (at least B2: IELTS, CEFR, TOEFL, etc). Requirements vary according to the degree level and program
• CV
• Letter(s) of recommendation

For more information about the required documents for applying, please check the web page.

Admission

STEP 1. Online application - website

Fill up an online application form and upload the required documents.

STEP 2. Make pre-enrollment online and/or at the Italian Embassy.

If you are a non-EU student residing abroad, in addition to applying for admission, you must pre-enroll through the University website.

Check registration and submission instructions of the application on the Universitaly portal on this web page.

*Call and ask the Italian Embassy in your country if you will need to do the pre-enrollment online, or in-person at the Embassy.

STEP 3. Visa Interview and issuance

STEP 4. Complete your enrollment in Italy.

If you are admitted, follow this page to enroll yourself, there will be published the steps of submission of required documents and lastly the payment procedure, the link.

Scholarships

In order to make the choice of studying at Politecnico di Torino more affordable, the university offers high-achieving students the following forms of financial assistance:

• renewable fee waivers

• one-time scholarships of €7,000 ToPoliTo grants

According to your entrance exam results, you will be awarded the ToPoliTo grant. Moreover, you should provide your ISEE universitario income document to make fee reduction in order to be free from tuition fees, but there is another way of getting both scholarships and being from the tuition fees.

Moreover, like some other Italian regions, the Piemonte region also provides financial support to talented and promising students in order to strengthen the presence of international students and contribute to the creation of an even more global community.

In order to be able to apply for a regional scholarship, a student is required to be admitted to one of the Bachelor's or Master's programs mentioned above!

The amount of scholarship goes from a maximum of € 5.250 to a minimum of € 2,920 and varies according to the economic conditions of the family unit and to the condition of the non-resident student, commuter student, and resident student.

The scholarship will be paid in two annual installments. In December and June based on students` achieved credits on their academic performance. If they do not achieve the required credits at university, they may use scholarships and in the worst case, they have to give back the money they received in December.

We HIGHLY RECOMMEND you to read last year's GUIDE.

Economic condition and required documents to fill online application.

The list of documents:

• Family unit composition at the moment of application (Your family is composed by all the family members living at the same house)
• The previous year's gross income of each member of your family unit, including brothers/sisters of legal age. If any does not have an income, is unemployed, a student, or a military, a declaration stating the amount of any unemployment benefit or other allowance received is needed; Number of months each family member worked in the previous year (indicating whether it refers to a period of less or more than six months);
• The floor area of the family home and of any other building owned by the family in the previous year. If your family does not have any property, you must submit a document issued by the competent authority certifying that no one in the family owns real estate;
• The amount of the eventual residual bank loan on 31/12 of the previous year on the family home and/or other properties.

- The assets amount on 31/12 of the previous year for each family member of legal age.

- The document certifying the student's invalidity or disability if a student has a disability.

 All income and asset values must be expressed in Euros according to the average exchange rate of the previous year, provided for by law. In any case, a currency converter is provided in the application form.

Documents must be issued by the competent foreign Authority and translated into Italian, then legalized at the Italian Consulate/Embassy in your Country, (check their website in due time!) or apostilled, by the competent Authority.

STEP 2. After coming to Italy, bring the originals of the above documents to the designated CAF office to obtain your ISEE parificato.

STEP 3. Submit the original documents and the ISEE parificato to the Financial Aid Unit.

STEP 4. Non-resident students, regardless of the type of accommodation (at ESU residences in Venice or in private accommodation) must fill in the online form in the reserved area of the university website in the section “Right to study and education” > “Upload non-resident rental contract”

Deadlines

Normally, an online application opens at beginning of July and closes at the end of September. For the 2020-2021 deadlines of the online application were

• 15 August – 31 October 2020 for the rent contract
• 29 September 2020 at 11:59 pm for the scholarship
• 30 November 2020 at 11:59 pm for ISEE requests

Deadlines for the 2021-2022 academic year will be published in the middle of summer, check its website at that time. Until that time, it is suggested to prepare all required documents for the scholarship.

An online application can be confusing if you do not read its manual how to do it, you can learn it from previous years' call or when a new call is released. If you have any questions on filling applications for scholarships, required documents, or deadlines you can also contact Financial Aid Unit.

Disclaimer: Please have a look at the programs and specific requirements (admission tests, SAT, IELTS, etc). If you still have further questions, contact us at @contact_uzyouthitaly