How to apply if you hold a foreign bachelor

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Instructions for applicants whose first degree was taken OUTSIDE Italy:

CALLSAPPLICATION PERIODRESULTSENROLLMENT 
1stFrom 12/11 to 20/11/2025by 19/12/2025From 18/05 to 25/05/2026
2ndFrom  12/01 to 20/01/2026by 25/02/2026From 18/05 to 25/05/2026
3rdFrom 10/03 to 18/03/2026by 27/04/2026From 18/05 to 25/05/2026
4th*From 05/06 to 11/06/2026by 06/07/2026From admission confirmation to 20/07/2026
5th**From 01/09 to 08/09/2026by 17/09/2026 From admission confirmation to 02/10/2026

*For EU and NON-EU residing in Italy. For NON-EU residing abroad only in case of available places.

**For EU and NON-EU residing in Italy only.

  1. Check you hold the minimal entry requirements  required to apply for Finance

  2.  How to apply:

  • Go to the University of Pavia application portal for students holding a foreign degree.

  • Register (click on “Become an Applicant”) in order to apply for FINANCE.

  • Follow the online procedure during which you will have to upload the following documents:

  • A scan of your Bachelor degree supplied by your university reporting the individual exams taken (or to be taken if still graduating), relative marks and numbers of credits (or study hours) for each exam. If you have more than one degree, you may upload more than one transcript, each as a separate file.

  • A copy of your passport

  • Your curriculum vitae

  • A scan of your English language certificate if needed (check here for more information)

  • An excel file to be completed with all the exams from your transcript, divided and grouped according to the different subject areas specified in the file. To download the Excel file, click here;

  • GMAT/GRE certificate is highly taken into account in the evaluation process

3. Submit the application after paying online the application fee which is compulsory to be evaluated.

The Admission Committee will evaluate the applications looking at various elements, mainly:

  • background of studies/academic career;

  • weighted average in the exams/GPA/ graduation mark;

  • level of English language;

  • other relevant elements in the transcript/cv.

Within the deadlines reported on the Application Portal, students will receive via email the evaluation result.

 

NON-EU Students admitted to the Master’s Programme must:

  • submit a pre-enrollment application to the University of Pavia, which needs to be done online on Universitaly platform. See info at this link.

  • contact an Italian diplomatic authority in their home country to assemble the documents needed to enroll. See the list of documents required under the paragraph “finalize your enrollment” here.

Admitted students will receive via email detailed info on the enrollment procedure based  on the application calendar.