Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples)

What kind of institution is it?

SSM is not a traditional university; honours-programme students are enrolled at Federico II while winning the institution’s select programme by competition. It also offers interdisciplinary doctoral programmes.

Young but fast-developing, the institution is small and elite with around 200 students; it runs programmes in physics, mathematics, law, the humanities and archaeology.

The city of Naples and student life

The capital of Campania, Naples is a lively metropolis of history, culture and sea. The cost of living is more affordable than the northern big cities; SSM’s historic buildings are in the city centre.

Programmes and levels

Programmes are at select honours and doctoral level:

• Physics and mathematics
• Law
• The humanities and archaeology
• The life sciences
• Honours programme and doctorate (PhD)

Admission and selection

Admission rests on a strong academic record and a selective competitive process. There may be separate assessment for international candidates; places are limited.

Fees, housing and grant

For admitted students, tuition is free; housing, meals and a financial allowance are provided. SSM thus offers a fully-funded, merit-based education.

Language of instruction

In the honours programme teaching is mainly in Italian; the doctoral and research work runs largely in English. Italian proficiency is needed for the honours programme; English is expected for the doctorate.

Application for Turkish students

Applying from Turkey, for the degree recognition and the official procedures in Italy the Universitaly pre-enrolment, a CIMEA report or a Dichiarazione di Valore are needed. For your academic application file, the sworn translation of your diploma, transcript and supporting documents must stand ready.

Which documents should you have sworn-translated for the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples)?

Applying to the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples) (or to a programme in the same city), most documents issued in Turkey need a sworn Italian translation. The most-translated documents in master’s, doctoral and bachelor’s applications:

• The diploma (bachelor’s/master’s) and, where applicable, the provisional graduation certificate,
• The transcript and the diploma supplement,
• The course contents (where a recognition/compatibility assessment is needed),
• The income and financial documents (for the DSU grant and the ISEE Parificato),
• The statement of intent, CV and references (in Italian or English, by the programme’s language).

The order generally runs: the document is apostilled first, then sworn-translated into Italian from the apostilled version, and where needed the degree recognition (a CIMEA report or the consulate Dichiarazione di Valore) is obtained. For detail see our apostille guide, CIMEA recognition, Dichiarazione di Valore and Universitaly application pages. For document-level detail, the diploma-transcript translation and university application translation pages help.

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