Admission procedures: who can apply
The programme is free access to Europeans and Equivalents: to be admitted, admission requirements must be verified according to the procedures described on this page and set out in the Programme’s regulations.
Admission requirements
The following requirements must be met for admission to the course.
Qualification and curricular requirements
A bachelor's degree or equivalent university qualification of at least three years' duration, also obtained abroad if recognised as suitable.
If you have a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, class L-9 from the University of Trento, you automatically meet the curricular requirements.
If you have a Bachelor's degree in a class other than L-9 from an Italian university, you need a minimum number of ECTS in the scientific disciplinary fields (SSD) indicated in Article 2, Table A of the Program Regulations. All three thresholds must be satisfied:
At least 24 ECTS in the following SSD:
- MATH-02/A (formerly MAT/02) Algebra
- MATH-02/B (formerly MAT/03) Geometry
- MATH-03/A (formerly MAT/05) Mathematical Analysis
- MATH-03/B (formerly MAT/06) Probability and Mathematical Statistics
- MATH-04/A (formerly MAT/07) Mathematical Physics
- MATH-05/A (formerly MAT/08) Numerical Analysis
- IINF-05/A (formerly ING-INF/05) Information Processing Systems
At least 18 ECTS in the following SSD:
- PHYS-03/A (formerly FIS/01 and FIS/03) Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications
- CHEM-03/A (formerly CHIM/03) General and Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM-05/A (formerly CHIM/06) Organic Chemistry
- CHEM-06/A (formerly CHIM/07) Chemical Foundations of Technologies
At least 45 ECTS in the following SSD:
- Core SSD for Materials Engineering (at least 12 ECTS):
- IIND-03/C (formerly ING-IND/21) Metallurgy
- IIND-04/A (formerly ING-IND/16) Manufacturing Technologies and Systems
- IMAT-01/A (formerly ING-IND/22) Materials Science and Technology
- ICHI-01/A (formerly ING-IND/23) Applied Physical Chemistry
- ICHI-01/B (formerly ING-IND/24) Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
- ICHI-02/B (formerly ING-IND/27) Chemical Technologies
- CEAR-06/A (formerly ICAR/08) Mechanics of Solids and Structures
- Further SSD (to complete the 45 ECTS):
- IIND-01/C (formerly ING-IND/03) Flight Mechanics
- IIND-01/D (formerly ING-IND/04) Aerospace Structures and Design
- IIND-01/E (formerly ING-IND/05) Aerospace Equipment and Systems
- IIND-01/F (formerly ING-IND/06) Fluid Dynamics
- IIND-01/G (formerly ING-IND/07) Aerospace Propulsion
- IIND-02/A (formerly ING-IND/13) Applied Mechanics
- IIND-03/A (formerly ING-IND/14) Mechanical Design and Machine Construction
- IIND-03/B (formerly ING-IND/15) Design Methods for Industrial Engineering
- IIND-05/A (formerly ING-IND/17) Industrial Mechanical Plants
- IIND-06/A (formerly ING-IND/08) Fluid Machinery
- IIND-06/B (formerly ING-IND/09) Energy Systems and Power Generation
- IIND-07/B (formerly ING-IND/11) Building Physics and Building Energy Systems
- IIND-07/D (formerly ING-IND/19) Nuclear Power Plants
- IIND-08/A (formerly ING-IND/32) Power Electronic Converters, Electrical Machines and Drives
- IBIO-01/A (formerly ING-IND/34) Bioengineering
- ICHI-01/C (formerly ING-IND/26) Analysis, Design and Control of Chemical Processes
- ICHI-02/A (formerly ING-IND/25) Chemical Plants
- IEGE-01/A (formerly ING-IND/35) Business and Management Engineering
- IIET-01/A (formerly ING-IND/31) Electrical Engineering
- IMIS-01/A (formerly ING-IND/12) Mechanical and Thermal Measurements
- CEAR-01/A (formerly ICAR/01) Hydraulics.
If you have a degree obtained outside Italy, the curricular requirements are verified by a Committee appointed by the Departmental Council, based on equivalences between the contents of your previous courses and the disciplinary fields indicated in Article 2, Table A of the Academic Regulations, listed in the "If you have a Bachelor's degree in a class other than L-9 " section above.
Personal background
For candidates with a degree obtained abroad and recognized as eligible, the verification of the adequacy of personal background may also include a test before a committee appointed by the Departmental Council.
Language skills
Knowledge of English at least at level B2 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is required. You can prove it in one of the following ways
- by having passed a university exam in English B2 as part of your degree programme;
- by providing a language certificate recognised by UniTrento.
If you don’t have any of these certifications, you can take and pass an English test at the University Language Centre before enrolment.
Request for admission 2026/2027
When: from May 18 to November 12 2026
Who must apply: all applicants, including students already enrolled at UniTrento and those who already meet all the requirements.
You can submit your application before graduating or before meeting all the curricular requirements.
Outcome: you will receive an email within one month of submitting your application.
If you are studying or have studied at another university, in the online application you must attach a self-declaration of the exams you have taken indicating for each exam:
- the Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
- the credits (CFU, undergraduate credits)
- the date on which you took it
- the final grade of the exam
- the syllabus (detailed course programme).
If you are missing certain curricular requirements, you can enroll in Single Courses for Master's Degrees and take the corresponding exams by the registration deadline.
If you don't meet the language proficiency requirement, you can make it up by passing an English language test at the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA).
The written tests will be held in person in Trento at the CLA, while the speaking part will be online.
Once you have achieved the language requirement, write an email to the Student support service in order to proceed with the enrolment.
| Session | Registration to the test | Written part | Speaking part |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | from 27 March to 20 April at 12.00 CET | 27 April at 14.30 | 8 May |
| Session 2 | from 20 April to 15 May at 12.00 CET | 25 May at 14.30 | 5 June |
| Session 3 | from 16 May to 25 June at 12.00 CET | 6 July at 14.30 | 17 July |
| Session 4 | from 26 June to 21 August at 12.00 CET | 2 September at 14.30 | 11 September |
| Session 5 | from 24 August to 2 October at 12.00 CET | 12 October at 14.30 | 23 October |
| Session 6 | from 5 October to 13 November at 12.00 CET | 23 November at 14.30 | 4 December |
As you fulfill all the admission requirements, the Student Support service will send you the instructions tu fill in the enrolment request.
Enrollment deadline for a.y. 2026/2027: 21 December 2026.
After receiving the email with your matriculation number, in order to ‘activate’ your first-year course registration, you must complete the yearly enrollment within 7 days of receiving the email: this is required to access all University services such as wi-fi, the canteen card, library services, to register for exams, and CLA language courses.
Instructions are available on the page:
Fees and funding
Front desk on appointment:
- in person Wednesday from 14.00 to 15.30
- online with Zoom: friday from 10.00 to 12.00
Helpline: from Monday to Thursday from 9.30 to 10.30, phone +39 0461 281567