INTERNATIONAL
MASTER DEGREE
(LAUREA MAGISTRALE)
IN PLANETARY
SCIENCES
AND SPACE
EXPLORATION

The procedure to enrol into the Master (Laurea Magistrale) in Planetary Sciences (Curriculum in Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration) starts with the Pre-Enrolment.

Pre-enrolment is for all student: EU and non-EU citizens. Pre-enrolment will be available in April 2023.

After the pre-enrolment the non EU nationals must register in to the website www.universitaly.it to start the procedures to get the VISA (if needed) and to enrol into the course. The Universitaly procedure will be available in May 2023.

EU nationals will have to finalise the procedure of enrolment after August 2023.

The Enrolment and Pre-Enrollment procedure will be available in April 2023 and will remain open up to November 2023. After this date you will have to pay extra fees). These date are still to be defined (tdb) and they will finalized in the next few months.

For information visit this webpage and Unich.it .

For information and clarifications contact info@irsps.unich.it

Students with foreign degrees do not need to translate the documentation if the documents are in English, French, Spanish and Italian. All the other languages need an official transaltion.

EUROPEAN UNION NATIONALS

First of all, you must register in the University website and then you can go ahead with pre-evaluation and enrolment.

Register into the web site

– Go to Unich.it

– At the top of the page click on MyPage

– In the menu STUDENTI click on Ud’A on Line

– In the top right corner click Menu then you can select language

– Again, in the top right Menu select Registration

– Then click on Web Registration

– And you can start the Registration to use the online procedures.

Note: when asked for Italian ID No. if you don’t have one, it will be generated automatically.

When asked for a Data Bank Account you can skip this question and you can send this information later if you need refunds.

For a detailed tutorial go to Tutorial for Unich Registration.

Pre-Evaluation (pre-enrolment) of your application

You have you will need your previous degree pre-evaluated and approved. To have your student career pre-evaluated:

Go to MyPage -> Studenti -> UdA online -> Top right Menu -> Login

Once logged in with the username and password (obtained from the previous procedures), go ahead with the Pre-Evaluation (Valutazione). You will receive the results in few days.

For a detailed tutorial go to Tutorial for Pre-Enrolment.

You can upload recommendation letter and other files in the appropriate space during the application.

Final Enrollment

This step will be available in August 2023.

To finalise your registration, perform the login and then follow the instructions:

Go to MyPage -> Studenti -> UdA online -> Top right Menu -> Login

The following citizenships must follow the rules for the European Union nationals:

– European Union citizens and equivalent including Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Swiss Confederation, Republic of San Marino,

– non-European Union citizen legally residing in Italy (equivalent students),

– students receiving scholarships in the framework of EU Programmes,

– students enrolled in courses of study organized jointly between two or more Italian and foreign institutions.

NON-EUROPEAN UNION NATIONALS

You will have to start with the pre-enrolment procedure. This procedure will be available in April 2023.

First of all, you have to register in the University website.

Register into the web site

– Go to Unich.it

– At the top of the page click on MyPage

– In the menu STUDENTI click on Ud’A on Line

– In the top right corner click Menu then you can select language

– Again, in the top right Menu select Registration

– Then click on Web Registration

– And you can start the Registration to use the online procedures.

Note: when asked for Italian ID No. if you don’t have one, it will be generated automatically

When asked for a Data Bank Account you can skip this question and you can send this information later if you need refunds.

For a detailed tutorial go to Tutorial for Unich Registration.

Pre-Evaluation (pre-enrolment) of your application

You have you will need your previous degree pre-evaluated and approved. To have your student career pre-evaluated:

Go to MyPage -> Studenti -> UdA online -> Top right Menu -> Login

Once logged in with the username and password (obtained from the previous procedures), go ahead with the Pre-Evaluation (Valutazione). You will receive the results in few days.

For a detailed tutorial go to Tutorial for Pre-Enrolment.

You can upload recommendation letter and other files in the appropriate space during the application.

Universitaly

After the pre-enrollment you have to get into the site www.universitaly.it to

• Start the procedure to get the VISA (if needed)
• Enrol into the Course

Follow the Universitaly Tutorial to pre-enrol. Once you get the results of the verification of your previous Degree you can start the final enrollment following the step as for EU nationals. However, you will be contacted by UdA/IRSPS personnel for advice.

Get into the website www.universitaly.com

Instructions on filling in Universitaly pre-registration form are available here. (This is the old version, the new version will be available in March 2023)

– Click on the image University

– Click on International Students 2023

– Click on Pre-enrol now

– From the login page you can create your account by clicking on “why and how to register”.

To utilise Universitaly use the Universitaly Tutorial (the new tutorial will be available next May, currently we provide you the Universitaly Tutorial of the last accademic year).

Requirements to enroll

 To enrol in a Master (Laurea Magistrale) Degree in Italy you must have a first-cycle, three years degree from a University or a higher education Institution with the capabilities to provide equivalent University degrees.

Students with an Italian Degree

You can access the International Master’s Degree in Planetary Sciences (class LM-74) Curricula Planetary Sciences and Exploration of space with a Laurea in the Class of Geological Sciences L-34 or in the Class of Sciences and Technologies for Environment and Nature L-32.

Students with a Laurea in other technical-scientific subjects are required to meet the following curricular requirements: at least 6 total CFU (university credits) in mathematics and computer science (SSD – science disciplines – MAT/xx, without constraints on individual SSD and/or INF/01); at least 6 CFUs in chemical disciplines (SSD CHIM/xx, without individual SSD constraints); at least 50 CFU in GEO/xx and/or ICAR/xx and/or FIS/xx and/or BIO/xx and/or AGR/xx and/or ING/xxSSDs.

Students with a Foreign Degree

You can access the Master Course with a First-Cycle Three-Years Degree (Laurea or Bachelor equivalent) in Earth Sciences (or correlated subjects i.d. Geology, geophysics, marine science, natural sciences, etc.).

For those with degrees in other technical-scientific subjects, it is a requirement to meet the following curricular: at least 6 total ECTS (or equivalent) in mathematics, and computer science subjects; at least 6 ECTS in chemical disciplines, and at least 50 ECTS in Geology and/or Engineering and/or Physics and/or Biology and/or Agronomy subjects.

You are suggested to contact info@irsps.unich.it to preliminary know if your previous degree is fitting the requirements, This preliminary assessment is extremely usefull.

If the curriculum is judged as satisfactory, the Board of Studies will decide the admissibility issuing the required authorization. Alternatively, the assessment of the student’s preparation will take place by means of an interview which may lead to the admission authorisation, with a proposal for a personal study plan.

Documents to be provided

During the online application you will have to upload a few documents about your student carrear. Documents in Italian, French, English and Spanish do not need translation. All the other language need an official translation.

At the time of pre-enrolment:

– Copy of your passport

–A copy of your degree obtained at the University which allows university studies to be pursued at the Master level (that is a 3 years course).

–A copy of your high school degree

– Diploma Supplement (usually in English) OR

– Transcript of the of Academic record (exams, credits and grades). This document can replace the Diploma Supplement if it is not available in your University.

These documents will be uploaded during the pre-enrolment and at this stage these copies do not need to be validated.

For the finalisation of the enrolment, you will need to validate your documents. The original documents must be certified. For details about certification, see below.

You will need the validated documents when you start the enrolment procedure: for EU Nationals at the final enrolment, for the non-EU nationals at the application in Universitaly website.

What is a Diploma Supplement based on the European Union standard? Academic qualifications issued by universities and higher education institutions of countries belonging to the European Higher Education Area can be accompanied by a Diploma Supplement. The Diploma Supplement must be requested to the institution that issued the academic qualification.

If the Diploma Supplement (compliant with the standards of the European Union) is signed in case of enrollment in a second cycle degree you do not have to deliver the transcript of records with the list of exams taken.

In the event of problems with Diploma Supplement or other comparable document provided by universities outside the European Higher Education Area, you can contact the info@irsps.unich.it for an evaluation.

Methods of verification of the authenticity of foreign qualifications

The original documents from non-European Union University need to be certified before to be presented at the enrolment office. These are the simplest methods:

CIMEA: The certifications of electronic authenticity from the Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence (CIMEA) is the easiest way to authenticate documents but a payment of fees (100 to 300) is required for this service. You can get all the information by registering to CIMEA (https://cimea.diplo-me.eu/uda/#/auth/login). This method is strongly suggested.

APOSTILLE: it is another way to authenticate the documents. The Apostille is available for the Countries that adhere at the Hague Convention 1961. For details visit https://www.apostille.org.uk/apostille-countries

DECLARATION OF VALUE (Dichiarazione di Valore): it is an informative document that describes a qualification awarded to a specific person by an institution belonging to an education system other than that of Italy. It is used for the evaluation of the qualification by the competent Offices within the University, for the purpose of enrolling in degree programmes or for the recognition of foreign qualifications.

The declaration of value is issued by the Italian Embassy in the country where the qualification was awarded. The declaration of value is issued by the Italian Embassy in the country where the qualification was awarded.