Incoming Students

Video Incoming students' experience at IULM

Click here to download the official Factsheet for the academic year 2025-2026.

Click here to read the Handbook for incoming students 2024-2025.

IULM University has Erasmus+ and Exchange agreements with numerous international universities worldwide. To spend one or two semesters at IULM, students from partner universities must first be nominated (Nomination process) by their home university coordinator/contact person through a Nomination Form sent to partner universities by email. After the nomination, students will receive instructions by email to complete the application (Application process).

The official teaching language in IULM is Italian, therefore most of courses and exams are given in Italian. IULM University also offers a wide interdisciplinary selection of courses in English. To be admitted and attend courses held in Italian and/or in English, an official certification attesting the actual language level possessed by the student is required:

• B2 is the minimum level required for the English language, in order to be admitted to and be able to attend courses taught in English;
  
• B2 is the minimum level required for the Italian language, in order to be admitted to and be able to attend courses taught in Italian.

The following certificates are accepted:

• International language certifications
• Official declarations signed by a home university language teacher 

Please note that they must explicitly certify the exact level possessed by the student (B2 or higher).
Students may have both language certifications (English and Italian) or just one of them, depending on the courses they plan to attend in IULM.

The language certification must be uploaded during the student's nomination process. If the student wishes to attend courses in both languages, both certificates must be uploaded.

NOMINATIONS

Partner universities must fill out our Nomination Form in the periods indicated below:

• (Fall) First-semester/Full-year students: April 14^th, 2025 (9:00 a.m. CET) – May 9^th, 2025 (5:00 p.m. CET)
• (Spring) Second-semester students: September 15^th, 2025 (9:00 a.m. CET) – October 10^th, 2025 (5:00 p.m. CET)

APPLICATIONS

Students nominated by their home university must complete their application by following the instructions received by email after nomination, during the periods indicated below:

• (Fall) First-semester/Full-year students: May 12^th, 2025 (9:00 a.m. CET) – May 30^th, 2025 (5:00 p.m. CET)
• (Spring) Second-semester students: October 13^th, 2025 (9:00 a.m. CET) – October 31^st, 2025 (5:00 p.m. CET)

Before starting filling in the Application form, students will have to prepare and then upload the following documents:

• Jpeg photo (ID/Passport format)
• PDF of Passport (for non-EU students) or ID card (for EU students); please document front and back in one page
• PDF of Academic records in English (Official Transcript of Records) with all the exams passed until now
• PDF of European Health Card (for EU students) or a private health insurance (for non-EU students, to stipulate before arriving in Italy)

AGREEMENT WITH AON: Students who do not have private insurance, upon arrival in Italy can contact the insurance company AON with which IULM has a special agreement.

For further information, please write to: [email protected].

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

1st / Fall semester — fullyear

2nd / Spring semester

ACADEMIC OFFER

Incoming students can select courses from different degrees and different years of study, according to the language certification they possess, their semester of mobility and restrictions listed below. Students can attend courses for up to 30 credits per semester.

Restrictions

• To attend some specific 2-year Master's degree courses, capped courses (with limited places available) or courses with special prerequisites, students need first a confirmation from the Study Abroad Office.
• Undergraduate incoming students are admitted to Master’s courses only upon acceptance by the Study Abroad Office, except for 1-year courses from English-taught Master's degrees.
• The language laboratories from the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees of the Faculty of Interpreting and Translation can be selected only by students attending a degree course in foreign languages and translation in their home university.

Language courses taught by the International Language Center (ILC) follow specific rules. For more information on these courses and corresponding requirements, please email [email protected].

COURSE CATALOGUE & PROGRAMS

The Course Catalogue 2024-25 is available at this link. Course programs may be found through the links available within the catalogue.

The Course Catalogue 2025-2026 will be published once available.

Please filter the file by semester of mobility and teaching language, and then pay attention to the column "Restrictions".

COURSE REGISTRATION FORM & TOR

All incoming students will need to fill out our Course Registration Form, in order to officially select and enrol to IULM courses they want to attend to during the semester. Modalities and instructions will be provided before the start of the semester, during the online webinars.

At the end of the study period all students will receive the Transcript of Records attesting the exams taken and the relative credits acquired.

Here you can download the  Statement of Italian Grading System.

Incoming handbook 2024-25