{"id":941,"date":"2026-02-27T16:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/?page_id=941"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:50:06","slug":"official-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/?page_id=941","title":{"rendered":"Recognition of a foreign qualification (Equipollenza)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students holding an academic qualification obtained abroad may request the&nbsp;<strong>recognition (equipollenza)<\/strong>&nbsp;of their degree in Italy. This procedure verifies whether the foreign qualification corresponds to an equivalent Italian academic degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Required Documents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applicants must prepare the following documents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Original diploma or certified copy (<strong>titolo accademico \/ diploma<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transcript of records with courses attended and examinations passed (<strong>certificato degli esami sostenuti \/ transcript of records<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study programs (syllabi) of the completed courses (<strong>programmi degli insegnamenti \/ syllabus<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Official translation of the documents into Italian (<strong>traduzione ufficiale<\/strong>) \u2013 not required if the documents are issued in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legalization of the documents by Apostille or validation by the competent Italian diplomatic authority (<strong>apostille \/ legalizzazione consolare<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, applicants must provide one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Declaration of Value (Dichiarazione di Valore)<\/strong>\u00a0issued by the Italian Embassy or Consulate in the country where the qualification was obtained<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CIMEA Statement of Comparability (Attestato di comparabilit\u00e0 CIMEA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diploma Supplement (Diploma Supplement)<\/strong>\u00a0if available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Application Procedure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prepare the required academic documents and translations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit the documentation together with a valid identity document (<strong>documento di identit\u00e0<\/strong>) and the required administrative forms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pay the administrative evaluation fee (<strong>\u20ac150 contributo amministrativo<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The competent Academic Council (<strong>Consiglio del Corso di Studio<\/strong>) evaluates the qualification and determines whether full or partial recognition can be granted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If&nbsp;<strong>partial recognition<\/strong>&nbsp;is granted, the applicant may enroll in the corresponding degree program and complete the missing examinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If&nbsp;<strong>full recognition<\/strong>&nbsp;is granted, an additional administrative fee (<strong>\u20ac450<\/strong>) is required for issuing the official equivalence certificate (<strong>certificato di equipollenza<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For detailed information about the procedure and deadlines, applicants are encouraged to consult the official University of Genoa webpage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unige.it\/en\/iscrizioni-internazionali\/equipollenza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/unige.it\/en\/iscrizioni-internazionali\/equipollenza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download the module for Recognition of a foreign qualification using the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b7e5d555-73bf-4aee-9770-02405c0a9222\" href=\"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/modulo_copia_conforme_inglese.pdf\">modulo_copia_conforme_inglese<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/modulo_copia_conforme_inglese.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b7e5d555-73bf-4aee-9770-02405c0a9222\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students holding an academic qualification obtained abroad may request the&nbsp;recognition (equipollenza)&nbsp;of their degree in Italy. This procedure verifies whether the foreign qualification corresponds to an equivalent Italian academic degree. Required Documents Applicants must prepare the following documents: In addition, applicants must provide one of the following: Application Procedure If&nbsp;partial recognition&nbsp;is granted, the applicant may enroll in the corresponding degree program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-941","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/941\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdcruise-academic.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}