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ADMISSION
PROCEDURES
Restricted enrolment
numbers
The maximum number of students who can
enroll to the Master's Degree Course in Computer Science in
the 2008/2009 academic year is of
- 45 EU citizens
- 35 non-EU citizens.
Required
qualifications
- Bachelor Degree (“diploma di laurea”)
- Other qualifications awarded abroad and recognized as
equivalent to an Italian bachelor degree.
The
maximum number of debits allowed is of 30 ECTS Credit
Points.
Candidates who do not yet possess the required
qualification are admitted to pre-enrolment if they have
already gained at least 130 ECTS Credit
Points.
Additional requirements
- adequate knowledge of English
- adequate general and specific knowledge.
Evidence of these requirements must be given in
the "Dossier".
PRE-ENROLMENT
There are two
pre-enrolment sessions:
- 1st session: February 18th – April 4th, 2008
- 2nd session: June 3rd - August 22nd, 2008
N.B.: those who pre-enrol in the 1st session
cannot pre-enrol for the same course in the 2nd session. They
can, however, pre-enrol for other courses.
The
application must be done through the on-line
pre-enrolment form available on the Free University of
Bozen/Bolzano’s website.
Those who do not have an
Internet access can use the computers provided for this
purpose by the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano.
The form
must be:
- filled in online
- printed out entirely
- signed
- handed in or sent by post to the Student Secretariat of
Bozen/Bolzano
Deadlines:
- 1st session: hand in by April 4th, 2008, 12.00 a.m.
- 2nd session: hand in by August 22nd, 2008, 12.00 a.m.
Attention! Non-EU citizens resident abroad must
also pre-enroll trough the Embassy: this year the timespan set
by the Ministry is 19th May-14th June 2008; see below for
details.
Applications that arrive without a signature,
without all the necessary enclosures, after the deadline, by
email or by fax will be considered null and void. The date of
the postmark will not be taken into consideration!
The
following documents must be enclosed with the pre-enrolment
form:
- a passport-size colour photo;
- a photocopy of a valid identity card or passport
(front/back);
- a Dossier written in English composed as follows:
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Study Curriculum
Fill in the Study
Curriculum using the provided data
table. The following data must be included:
- Name of previous degree course
- University awarding the qualification
- Enrolment date
- Legal duration of the degree course
- Grade scale (maximum, minimum, minimum pass grade)
- Value of one credit point in hours, or its equivalence
to ECTS credit points
- Details of the degree course: name of each course in the
original language and English, credit points of each course,
lecture and lab/exercise hours of each course, grade
obtained at the exam, study plan year of the exam, calendar
year of the exam, university at which the exam was taken.
NB: The lack of adequate information on the amount
of credit points and of lecture and lab/exercise hours of a
course, will result in the application committee not
considering the course in the computation of the points
assigned to the candidate.
The Study Curriculum has to
be certified by an official academic transcript of
exams.
Download the suitable electronic data table
here:
Compile it and
send it to the e-mail address computer.science@unibz.it.
You
can find an example of a filled out data sheet here:
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Evidence of knowledge of the English
language
Those students who attended a university
degree course in English do not have to submit additional
documentation.
Otherwise students must enclose one of the
following:
- an international language certificate that appears on
the list
of the Language Centre
- a certificate attesting attendance of a university
degree course with at least 30% of lectures held in English
- a certificate attesting attendance of a high school in
English, or of a high school having English amongst its
subjects
- any other documentation attesting to language knowledge.
Validity will be assessed case by case by the Selection
Commission.
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Personal Statement Letter
- not longer than one side of typed A4
- written in English
- details the candidate's motivation to enrol for this
degree programme.
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Non-EU candidates resident
abroad must carry out an additional pre-enrollment procedure
through the Italian Embassy/Consulate in the country in which
their academic qualifications is awarded. The candidate will be
requested to fill-out a different pre-enrollment form provided by
the Italian Embassy/Consulate. The deadlines set by the Italian
Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Ministero
dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, www.miur.it) must
be respected: this year the timespan is 19th May-14th June
2008, see Study
in Italy. The Italian Embassies/Consulates are the only ones
autorized to accept and send applications to the University: if
candidates do not follow this procedure, the application that they
delivered directly to the University will be declared null and void.
It is the candidate’s responsibility to make sure that the
application is complete.
SELECTION
PROCEDURE AND ADMISSION RANK LIST
The selection
procedure consists in the evaluation of the Dossier by the Admission
Committee.
It results in two rank lists for enrollment: one
for EU citizens and one for non-EU citizens.
The rank lists are
published on the notice boards of the Faculty and of the Student
Secretariat, as well as on the homepage of the
Faculty.
1st session:
The results of the 1st
session will be published on May 5th, 2008.
Candidates
admitted through the rank lists have to pay the first installment of
university fees (€ 575) and deliver the receipt to the Student
Secretariat by no later than June 30th, 2008. The
instructions for the payment can be found here.
Once this receipt has been received, candidates are guaranteed a
place on the course.
Those who do not pay, or who do not deliver
the receipt to the Student Secretariat by the deadline, will
automatically lose their place.
Candidates will then be able to
enroll on the MSc course in Computer Science by presenting their
application by October 31st, 2008 (see section entitled
“Enrollment”). Once the university fees have been paid, there will
be no refund unless the candidate does not obtain the bachelor
degree in time.
2nd session:
The results of the
second session will be published on September 8th,
2008.
Candidates admitted through the rank lists can enroll
by presenting their application by October 31st,
2008.
ENROLMENT
Candidates admitted through the
rank lists can enroll by submitting their application by October
31st, 2008, 12.00 a.m. at the Student Secretariat in
Bozen/Bolzano, via Sernesi 1.
With the application the following
documents must be enclosed:
- receipt of the payment of the 1st installment of university
fees (if not already delivered in June);
- receipt of the payment of the provincial tax for the right to
study
The payment slips are available in the Student
Secretariat.
Candidates who have qualifications from abroad
must also enclose:
- original of the declaration of equivalent value of the
qualification issued by the Italian consulate or embassy abroad;
- original of the official translation of their academic
qualification into Italian (translation is not necessary if the
certificates have been issued in German)
Non-EU
citizens must also enclose:
- original university certificate;
- a valid residence permit for stays in Italy must be presented
to the Student secretariat.
The rank list is only
valid for the academic year in question. In the event that
candidates on the list do not apply to become students by the date
stated, the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano reserves the right to
accept applications from students further down the list. The names
will be published on www.unibz.it within in a week of the enrollment
deadline.
TUITION
FEES
Enrolment taxes and fees for the 2008/2009
academic year and the provincial tax for the right to study amount
to:
- university fees € 1150
- provincial tax: € 129,50
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