University of Calabria

Overview

With around 27,000 students, UNICAL teaches in engineering, economics, the sciences, the humanities and pharmacy. It holds one of Italy’s largest single-site campuses.

With its structure gathering the halls, library and social provision on one campus, the university is among the rare Italian universities offering a campus-life experience.

Rende/Cosenza and student life

In Calabria, Rende and neighbouring Cosenza are mid-sized cities between mountain and sea. The cost of living is among Italy’s most affordable; the campus-focused life gives students practicality.

Faculties and signature programmes

The fields Turkish students often turn to:

• Engineering (computing, chemical, environmental, mechanical)
• Economics and statistics
• The sciences (physics, mathematics, biology)
• Pharmacy
• The humanities

The university’s English-taught master’s programmes open the door to apply without an Italian precondition.

Language of instruction and language conditions

Programmes are mainly Italian; some are English. Italian-taught programmes want a B2 language certificate (CILS/CELI) or the university exam, English-taught ones IELTS/TOEFL.

Application for Turkish students

The application begins with the programme choice and the Universitaly pre-enrolment. A CIMEA or a Dichiarazione di Valore is needed for the degree recognition. The apostilled, sworn-Italian-translated form of your diploma and transcript must stand ready at this stage.

Tuition fees and scholarships

Fees are tiered by the ISEE value showing the family’s income and assets; low-income students can be largely exempted. The Calabria regional grant agency provides housing, food and cash support; the application wants the sworn translation of your income documents and an ISEE Parificato. For detail see our scholarships section.

Which documents should you have sworn-translated for the University of Calabria?

Applying to the University of Calabria (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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