CIMEA - Centro di informazione sulla mobilità
e le equivalenze accademiche
Fondazione Rui
Viale Ventuno Aprile 36
1-001 62 Roma
Phone: (39) 6 - 863.21.281
Fax: (39) 6 - 863.22.845
Contact: Dott. Carlo FINOCCHIETTI
CIMEA provides information on the recognition of degrees or academic performances that have been acquired in other member states of the EU. Besides, CIMEA tries to support the mobility of lecturers and students by providing information.
With its services, CIMEA supports Italian as well as foreign entities such as universities, cultural institutions, international organisations and citizens of the European Union by publishing brochures containing the information necessary.
In addition to this, it also gives reply to written inquiries submitted
The decision-making powers on the recognition of foreign diplomas are on the side of the academic senate and the faculty council of the universities. The Ministry of Universities, Research and Technology is responsible for the evaluation of possibly equivalent diplomas of the first and the second course of study. If a doctor's degree has been acquired at a foreign university (dottore di ricera), the ministry has to consult the national council of the university first before deciding on the matter.
Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricera Scientifica
e Tecnologica (MURST) -
Dipartimento Istruzione Universitaria - Ufficio V
-
Viale Kennedy 20-00144 Roma - Italia
Phone: (39)/06/59911.2398
The following institution decides on academic qualifications which have been acquired in the department of sports:
ISEF (Istituto Superiore di Educzione Fiscia)
Piazza de Bosis, 15
00194 Roma/Italia
This institute can either evaluate the foreign qualification as being equivalent to a corresponding Italian one or it can invite the candidate to a final exam. In the first case, the foreign candidate will enjoy the same rights as an Italian who has acquired the same training. The following institution decides on the recognition of foreign academic degrees that have been acquired in the department of the arts:
Ministerio della Publica Instruzione (MPI)
-Ispettorato per l'Istruzione Artistica
Via M. Carcani 61
00153 Roma/Italia
Phone: (0039)/06/58DAS491 / 5849.5161
The ministry is able to declare a foreign certificate as equivalent to an Italian one. On the other hand, it is also able to invite the candidate to a final exam or exempt him completely or partially from corresponding pre-exams.
Foreigners who wish to study in Italy have to pass a language test first. This test is a necessary qualification before a course of study may be taken up. Italian universities may demand an entrance examination for those courses of study with restricted entry. If foreigners want to enter Italian courses of study which have a restricted entry in their own countries, they have to pass an entrance examination, too. If necessary, this entrance exam will be combined with the language test.
The choice of the place of study is restricted, too. People who intend to take up studies have to choose from four groups and can opt for one university out of each group. These options are finally decided on by an Italian committee. It is possible that a university which was not mentioned before is allocated to the candidate. The authorities mentioned above inform about the applications. Enquirers should submit their requests as early as possible.
Two times a year, final examinations concluding a course of study and exams concluding one year of a programme are held. In Germany, the certificate of a passed one year-exam is decisive. A long-term course of study in Italy usually takes five years. Qualifications that have been acquired during a short-term course of study are usually not recognised.