Application FAQ

Your bachelor studies must satisfy the conditions required by our regulation for admission to the local Master of Science at POLIMI. The following conditions will make you a very suitable candidate and greatly enhance your chances of being admitted at POLIMI level: - Make sure you have a competitive academic record. Typically, we recommend for international students a grade point average (GPA) more than 3.4/4 or 4.24/5, that's a B+. The higher the better, obviously. Although GPA score is important, it is not the only element which is evaluated as part of the selection process. The selection committee will review also your CV, your working experience and your letter of motivation. - Check our country-specific requirements. - Make sure you have well-suited bachelor to apply for our local Master of Science in which the EIT Digital tracks are offered (Computer Science and Engineering or HPC Engineering). This means a strong base of ICT, computer science and programming, in addition to engineering basics, physics and math courses at academic level. Please note that, upon admission at Polimi, the programme committee may specify some constraints on the elective courses that you are allowed to include in the first-year study plan, in order to compensate possible lacks in basic prerequisites or to avoid repeating similar courses that you have already taken (personalised study plan). - If you are a local bachelor student from POLIMI (Ingegneria Informatica), we suggest that you include in your bachelor study plan all the courses which are conditions for admission to the Laurea Magistrale in Computer Science and Engineering or HPC Engineering. If you haven't taken those exams during your bachelor, the Admission Committee will likely put them as "to-do" in your first-year Master's study plan (as obligations or "obblighi formativi"). So we advise you to take those courses at the bachelor level, even as extra ("sovrannumero").

If you have graduated (or are graduating) in Italy at bachelor's level, you need to apply directly through the EIT Digital application portal in one of the EIT Digital application periods from November to May. Then, if you are selected to start the programme at Polimi as assigned entry university, we will follow up individually about the following steps for your local enrolment in the master's degree programme. Local admission to the Laurea Magistrale will be completed during the Summer (July-August), through the regular admission call for students with Italian bachelor qualification enrolling for September's intake. Bachelor degree (Laurea Triennale) can be obtained in the Autumn.

If you are completing the Laurea Triennale at Polimi (or if you have already obtained your bachelor degree), we warmly invite you to get in touch with us. You can write an email to Federico Schiepatti, EIT Digital programme manager at Polimi, to express your interest in the programme or for advice.

If you have a non-Italian bachelor qualification (or if you are currently completing your bachelor’s studies outside Italy), POLIMI's International Admission Office needs to process your local application on through the POLIMI's Online Services, before confirming the results of your EIT application. It means you need to apply in parallel both through EIT Digital and through POLIMI. If we wait for the end of the EIT Digital selection process, it would be too late for you to apply at POLIMI level. That's why we ask for a "conditional" application to have your documents processed in time at a local level, in case of successful admission to the EIT Digital Master School with POLIMI as entry. As an EIT Digital candidate, your local application is totally free and it does not bind your final choice.  Being a conditional application means that your admission to POLIMI is subject to the final admission to the EIT Digital Master School and can be considered only for the EIT Digital study tracks. Otherwise, if you are going to apply for any other Master of Science at POLIMI independently of the results of the EIT Digital selections, then the regular POLIMI application fee is due. https://www.polimi.it/en/prospective-students/how-to-apply/admission-to-laurea-magistrale/foreign-qualification

Only for International candiates. As an EIT Digital candidate you don’t have to pay to Polimi the local application fee. As such, your local application is considered valid only for admission to the EIT Digital study tracks (within the MSc in Computer Science and Engineering) and results are subject to final acceptance at the EIT Digital Master School level. Please go through all the steps of the local application and complete it. Just skip the last step requiring application fee payment. EIT Digital candidates are exempted. Please, ignore any automated reminder that might come from the Online Services regarding your application: your application will be assessed even though on the platform the payment is marked as not completed. The application fee is due only if you intend to apply to Polimi independently of EIT Digital results or if you are applying also for other local master degrees (that are not executing the EIT Digital Master School programmes) in addition to Computer Science and Engineering, since you are asking to be evaluated as a normal local applicant. Upon admission, if you wish to accept the study offer and enrol at Polimi, an administrative fee of approximately €167 is required and cannot be waived. This amount is not part of the university tuition fees; it covers the regional tax, administrative duties, and insurance, which are compulsory for all students, including those enrolled in EIT Digital programmes.

You must choose for your POLIMI application the local master degree in Computer Science and Engineering (T2A), except for candidates for the EIT Digital track in Cloud, Networking Infrastructures and HPC, who must select the master degree in HPC Engineering. At Polimi level, you will not see any reference to the specific EIT Digital track when applying for Computer Science and Engineering or HPC Engineering, you must select the general Master of Science context in which the EIT Digital programmes are offered. If your EIT Digital application is finally accepted, upon enrolment our Student Office will move you to the correct EIT Digital study plan. Your enrolment and final degree title will be either "Computer Science and Engineering" or "HPC Engineering", depending on the EIT Digital study track.

Check here the local procedures: https://www.polimi.it/en/prospective-students/how-to-apply/admission-to-laurea-magistrale

No, the local application process is entirely online.

Congratulation and welcome aboard!! Make sure you get everything ready for starting your next academic year in Milano. Our dedicated Student Office will follow up directly with you and will provide guidance on the next steps. Looking forward to welcoming you on campus in September!