The education system of Italy is divided into three groups according to grade. They are 1st cycle, 2nd cycle, and 3rd cycle degree programmes. 1st cycle is undergraduate level, 2nd cycle is post graduate level and 3rd cycle is doctorate level.

Each and Every foreign citizens wishing to attend Higher Education Programmes in Italy must have to pass an Italian Language exam devised to check their level of competence in the language. The exam is usually organised and administered by individual institutions in the first days of September every year.

To study any level students must be competent in Italy.

Admission in Undergraduate Level (1st Cycle Degree Program)
To study undergraduate level in Italy students will need to hold a School Leaving Qualification.

To join any educational institution in Italy students will be examined by the respective educational institution to permit entrance into a university or a college. This exam is a entrance examination from which the educational institution chosen by students will evaluate the quality of students and decides either to admit him/her or not in the university/college.

Admission in Postgraduate Level (2nd Cycle Degree Program)
Students must hold Undergraduate Level Qualification to get admission in Postgraduate Level at universities/colleges of Italy. The course that the students had studies in their Undergraduate Level must be eligible to study the course they choose in Postgraduate Level.

As in Undergraduate Level you may need to pass the entrance examination before getting admission in specific university/college of Italy.

Admission in Doctorate Level (3rd Cycle Degree Program)
Students must hold Post Graduate Level Qualification to get admission in Doctorate Level.

The universities/colleges that the students have chosen will evaluate student's foreign degree, and decide if students meet the general requirements as well as the specific conditions for admission to the respective course of student's choice.

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