Access requirements
Access requirements for Italian and EU students:
The legal disciplines characterising the Master's Degree Course and the cognate degree class range from private to public, from comparative to historical as well as from international and administrative domains. For this reason, it is important to consider curricular requirements that can guarantee a sufficient mastery of scientific methods and contents that, also in light of previously undertaken legal courses, allow an adequate approach to the study of these disciplines.
Admission to the Master's Degree Course, therefore, requires at least a first level degree (Bachelor’s) or an equivalent degree in any discipline from an Italian or foreign university that has been deemed eligible.
Following the mandatory assessment of a student’s educational background, admission is granted to holders of the below indicated degrees or equivalent foreign:
- LMG/01 Class of Single-cycle Master's Degrees in Law;
- L-14 (DM 270/04) Legal services sciences and 02 (DM 509/99) Legal services sciences;
- L-16 (D.M. 270/04) Administration and Organisation Sciences and 19 (D.M. 509/99) Administrative sciences;
- L-18 (DM 270/04) Economics and business management sciences and 17 (DM 509/99) Economics and business management sciences;
- L-33 (DM 270/04) Economic Sciences and 28 (DM 509/99) - Economic Sciences;
- L-36 (D.M. 270/04) Political Science and International Relations and 15 (D.M. 509/99) Political Science and International Relations;
- L-39 (DM 270/04) Social service and 06 (DM 509/99) – Social service sciences.
To access the assessment of educational background, students who graduated in degree classes other than those listed above must have acquired:
- at least 24 ECTS in total in the fields marked IUS, limited to the following scientific disciplines:
- IUS/01 private law
- IUS/02 private comparative law
- IUS/04 business law
- IUS/05 economic law
- IUS/07 labour law
- IUS/08 constitutional law
- IUS/09 foundations of public law
- IUS/10 administrative law
- IUS/12 fiscal law
- IUS/13 international law
- IUS/14 European Union law
- IUS/17 criminal law
- IUS/20 philosophy of law
- IUS/21 public comparative law
- and at least 6 ECTS in the scientific disciplines SECS-P/01, SECS-P/02; SECS-P/06 o SECS-P/07.
Access requirements for international (NON-EU STUDENTS):
Foreign students, who have obtained a degree in an academic system that does not use the ECTS system, or who hold other degrees, the assessment of the educational background will be carried out by an Admission Committee considering the equivalence between the contents of the courses previously taken and those of the abovementioned sectors. These students may also be referred for verification of their educational background as indicated below.
Common to all students:
To be admitted to the Master's Degree Course, students must have at least B2 knowledge of the English language. Certifications such as, for instance, TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge English Language, could be submitted. Alternatively, a passed a B2 level English exam in their previous academic study plan. Lacking this requirement, admission is subject to verification of knowledge of the English language as part of the assessment of educational background test described below.
