Office V - Internationalization of Higher Education
Chinese candidates participating in the "Turandot" Project
Academic year 2019/2020
PHASE I: The students
Presentation of pre-enrollment applications
Chinese students participating in the “Turandot” Project can submit application for pre-enrollment in a course of study chosen from among those for which the individual AFAM Institutions have set a reserve of places starting from April 10th 2018.
For Chinese students who following this pre-enrollment must attend an Italian language course please note that the course cannot last less than 10 months. Deadline for submitting the application by Chinese students for institutions wishing to implement the 10-month Italian language course is set to August 27th 2018. Deadline for submitting applications for Chinese students is brought forward to July 30th 2018 when institutions wishing to conduct Italian language courses experimentally lasting 11 months.
Which study courses to pre-enroll
The list of classes with the corresponding reserve of places is published on the website of the Ministry of Education of the University and Research check on Link https://www.studiare-in-italia.it/studentistranieri/
The dissemination of this information is also handled by the AFAM Institutions and the Italian Representations operating in China in concert with Uni-Italy.
How to choose location for the Italian language course
The useful locations for the attendance of Italian language courses in addition to the University for Foreigners of Perugia, the University for Foreigners of Siena, the Society "Dante Alighieri" and the Third University of Rome are collected in a special computerized list published on the MIUR website. It is also possible to attend the Italian language course at AFAM institutions that have activated it.
Students who require pre-registration to the courses of study at the AFAM Institutions have to specify also the place where they are interested in attending the Italian language course in the application.
Students documents
Students have to do the required study documentation by the diplomatic and consular representations for the necessary declaration of value and application for pre-registration. Students who do not graduate will only be issued a declaration of value if they have an examination score.
Examination of "Artistic Specialization" (Yi Shu Kao Shi or Yikao) and "Gao Kao" are mandatory for Chinese students who intend to enroll in the Italian Institutions of Higher Artistic Education, Music and Dance. The score must be calculated as the average of the "Artistic Specialization" and "Gao Kao" exams.
To enter the Tourandot project is mandatory a Gao Kao minimum score of 300/750 to which will be added the score of the art exam (Yikao), a total average of at least 400/750 in line with the information provided by the Italian Diplomatic Mission in China.
For students from Hong Kong and Macau not subject to the examination system of Gao Kao the study documentation must be submitted to the competent Italian consular authority. It will check the possible validity for the purposes of registration with AFAM institutions and will proceed to issue the "declaration of value".
PHASE II: AFAM Representations and Institutions
Transmission of the information sheet
Within 7 days from the end of the pre-registration periods the Diplomatic and Consular Representations in concert with Uni-Italia send to the AFAM Institutions by e-mail, where possible certified, an excel sheet generated by the Interactive Database of Uni-Italy containing the acquired requests complete with all the necessary elements indicated in the facsimile Annex (Annex A). The Representations also inform, by e-mail, the university headquarters or the headquarters of the AFAM Institution where the Italian language course chosen by the student pre-written to the AFAM course is held.
Subject to acceptance
AFAM Institutions shall accept with reservation all applications pending the acquisition of the relevant study documentation. In due time they confirm to the Representations - and for information to Uni-Italy - by e-mail, where possible certified, of the registration.
Entry visa
Entry visa issue to the interested persons with effect of validity compatible with the terms of commencement of the Italian language courses indicated by the Universities or AFAM Institutions and resulting from the form referred to in paragraph I.3. It occurred after obtaining the documentation attesting the possession of the requirements provided for by current legislation
PHASE III: Further requirements
Residence permit
Applicants must submit to the competent Police Headquarters of the city in which they intend to establish their stay the application for a residence permit for Study/University. Acording to the law terms provided for all foreign students under the provisions interministerial published on the MIUR website.
Applicants can also apply for a residence permit before their arrival in Italy by filling in the form with the assistance of Uni-Italia. The request on site is forwarded to the competent institutions only for the student already in possession of a study visa. Uni-Italia will provide the necessary information for the completion of the procedure in Italy.
Entrance tests
According to the calendar established for all students and to the dates established by the AFAM institutions candidates take, where applicable, the admission tests to the chosen course of study.
Applications for redeployment
According to the terms and procedures provided for all foreign students the candidates not usefully placed in the ranking list within the reserve available at the chosen AFAM Institution can produce:
- application for reallocation to another course at the same institution;
- application for redeployment to the same or another course at another institution.
Students who pass the tests
After passing the tests students complete their enrolment directly in Italy by submitting the study documentation duly translated, legalized by the competent Representations and accompanied by the declaration of value.
Students who do NOT pass tests
Students who do not pass the admission tests or who, although eligible, do not obtain the reassignment to another location or to another university course, must leave Italy no later than the expiry of the visa or residence permit for study. Unless they have any other residence permit enabling them to remain legally after that date.
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