YÖK Equivalency Translation for Italian Universities

What is YÖK equivalency, and who needs it?

Equivalency is YÖK’s official recognition of a foreign higher-education degree’s Turkish counterpart. Anyone completing a bachelor’s (laurea), master’s (laurea magistrale) or doctorate (dottorato) in Italy and wanting to work in Turkey’s public or private sector, continue an academic career or obtain professional rights needs it — and at the application’s foundation sit the sworn Turkish translations of the Italian documents.

The documents the equivalency application takes

The most-requested, most-translated documents:

Document	Processing order
The Italian diploma (laurea)	Apostille in Italy → sworn Turkish translation → the YÖK application
The transcript (certificato esami)	Apostille → sworn Turkish translation
The Diploma Supplement	Sworn Turkish translation
Course contents (programma)	Sworn Turkish translation (can be required in the recognition)

The Italian apostille and the consular procedures are covered on our consular translation and apostille guide pages.

The process: apostille and sworn Turkish translation

For an Italian degree to be recognised in Turkey the sequence generally runs: the document apostilled in Italy (Italy being party to the Hague Convention), then its sworn Turkish translation, then the YÖK application. The course titles, the credits and the grading rendered correctly are critical to the equivalency assessment running sound.

Our coverage of Italian universities

We provide sworn Turkish translation for diplomas, transcripts and academic documents from every state and private university in Italy. The main institutions, grouped below — universities not named are covered all the same.

The established, large state universities

Università di Bologna, Sapienza Università di Roma, Università di Padova, Università degli Studi di Milano (Statale), Università di Torino, Università di Napoli Federico II, Università di Firenze, Università di Pisa, Università di Pavia, Università di Genova, Università di Bari Aldo Moro, Università di Palermo, Università di Catania.

The Politecnicos (technical universities)

Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Bari.

The state universities, by region

Rome and Lazio: Roma Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Foro Italico; Viterbo Tuscia, Cassino.
Milan and Lombardy: Milano-Bicocca, Bergamo, Brescia, Insubria (Varese-Como), Pavia.
Northern Italy: Venezia Ca’ Foscari, IUAV Venezia, Verona, Trieste, Udine, Trento, Libera Università di Bolzano, Parma, Modena e Reggio Emilia, Ferrara, Piemonte Orientale.
Central Italy: Siena, Perugia, Marche Politecnica (Ancona), Macerata, Camerino, Urbino.
Southern Italy and the islands: Napoli L’Orientale, Napoli Parthenope, Salerno, Sannio (Benevento), Salento (Lecce), Foggia, Calabria, Magna Graecia (Catanzaro), Mediterranea (Reggio Calabria), Basilicata, Molise, L’Aquila, “G. d’Annunzio” (Chieti-Pescara), Teramo, Messina, Cagliari, Sassari, Enna Kore.

The elite research schools

Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa), SISSA (Trieste), IMT (Lucca), GSSI (L’Aquila), IUSS (Pavia), Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Napoli).

The private, international and online universities

Università Bocconi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, LUISS Guido Carli, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Humanitas University, IULM, LUMSA, Campus Bio-Medico, Università Europea di Roma, John Cabot University, The American University of Rome; the online (telematic) institutions: UniNettuno, Pegaso, Mercatorum, eCampus, Unitelma Sapienza, Guglielmo Marconi, Niccolò Cusano.

The universities for foreigners

Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Università per Stranieri di Siena, Università per Stranieri “Dante Alighieri” (Reggio Calabria).

What we watch in equivalency translation

In the equivalency assessment, the course titles, the ECTS/CFU credits, the course hours and the grading decide. We render them faithful to the Italian higher-education system and to the document, in the academic terminology — keeping the name and date spellings consistent with your passport and identity documents, and following the consular and apostille processes through.

For those applying from Turkey to Italy

We serve the reverse direction too — graduates of Turkish universities heading for study in Italy. The Turkish degree’s Italian translation for the Italian application is covered on our Turkish universities diploma translation page.

Frequently asked questions

Is my Italian degree automatically valid in Turkey?

It is not; using it in Turkey requires the YÖK equivalency/recognition process, at whose foundation sit the apostilled, sworn-Turkish-translated diploma and transcript.

Which documents do I translate for equivalency?

Generally the diploma, transcript and Diploma Supplement; in some cases the course contents too. Confirm the current list with YÖK’s official sources.

Should the apostille be done in Turkey or Italy?

A document issued by Italian authorities takes its apostille in Italy. The sworn Turkish translation follows the apostille.

My university isn’t listed — am I not covered?

You are. Documents from every state and private university in Italy are within scope; the list samples the main institutions only.

Let us prepare your documents for YÖK equivalency

We prepare the sworn Turkish translation of your Italian diploma and transcript end to end, apostille follow-up included. Take a free quote for the exact price, and see our guide library for the processes.