Entry Visa and Health Insurance

These procedures are subject to the current and future emergency provisions of the Italian Government and of the European Union regarding the prevention and containment of the epidemic of the COVID virus 19.

We kindly invite you to keep up to date on the Covid-19 situation as far as the Italian authorities have arranged for entry into Italy.

This page is being updated

Please check the new procedures 2021-2022
at
https://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/

and

https://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/moduli/2021/Circolare_2021_2022_EN.pdf

The procedures for issuing these visas must be concluded by 30 November 2021, in order to allow the
effective enrolment of international students and the subsequent payment of university fees, without prejudice
to any future different indications from the Ministry for Universities and Research agreed with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, also on the basis of the evolution of the current pandemic
situation.

Read the information about the visa for Italy, selecting “study – university enrolment” (if you wish to enrol in a degree programme), “study – university single course” (if you wish to enrol in single course units), as the reason for your stay.

Contact the relevant Italian Embassy well in advance and find out what the documents required are. Make an appointment if necessary.

Important: an entry visa for tourism cannot be used to enrol at the university or to obtain a residence permit for study purposes.

If before leaving, you will need to purchase health insurance in your own country (which must be valid in Italy and cover illnesses, accidents and maternity).

Take the policy documentation with you to the embassy together with the other documents required for obtaining a visa and make sure that the embassy stamps the insurance policy to certify its validity.

Without the embassy’s stamp, once you arrive in Italy you may be obliged to purchase another policy, as foreign insurance not validated by the Embassy is not acceptable for obtaining a residence permit.

For more information about pre-enrolment procedures, please consult the section Applying to, and http://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/ and contact your nearest Italian Embassy (or Consulate).