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
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 degree obtained in Italy in class L-8, L-9 or L-31 You automatically meet the curricular requirements.
If you have a degree obtained in Italy in a class other than L-8, L-9 and L-31 Your study path must include:
- at least 36 ECTS in the following SSD (scientific disciplinary fields):
- MAT/01 Mathematical logic
- MAT/02 Algebra
- MAT/03 Geometry
- MAT/04 Mathematics education and history of mathematics
- MAT/05 Mathematical analysis
- MAT/06 Probability and statistics
- MAT/07 Mathematical physics
- MAT/08 Numerical analysis
- MAT/09 Operational research
- FIS/01 Experimental physics
- FIS/02 Theoretical physics, mathematical models and methods
- FIS/03 Physics of matter
- CHIM/03 General and inorganic chemistry
- CHIM/06 Organic chemistry
- CHIM/07 Chemical foundations of technologies
- SECS-S/01 Statistics
- at least 12 ECTS in the following SSD:
- INF/01 Informatics
- ING-INF/05 Information processing systems
If you have a degree obtained abroad or under a system that does not use ECTS Your study path must include the following subjects and topics:
- Mathematical Analysis. Introduction to infinitesimal analysis in one variable, real and complex numbers, limits of sequences and functions, continuous functions, derivatives, polynomial approximation, integrals and improper integrals, numerical series, series of functions, linear and nonlinear differential equations.
- Geometry and Linear Algebra. Elements of analytic geometry in the plane and three-dimensional space. Geometric transformations in space. Introduction to linear algebra.
- Discrete Mathematics. Sets and cardinality (combinatorial calculus), integer and modular arithmetic, graphs, and other elements of discrete mathematics.
- Probability and Statistics. Introduction to probability theory: events and probability spaces, Bayes' theorem and conditional probabilities, random variables, discrete-time and continuous-time stochastic processes, Markov systems, Gaussian distributions, basic tools of descriptive and inferential statistics.
- Physics. Fundamentals of classical mechanics: kinematics, dynamics, reference frames. Fundamental phenomena and laws of electricity and electromagnetism.
- Programming. Basic techniques of imperative programming. Interpreted and compiled languages. Constructs of structured programming. Object-oriented programming. Elements of databases. Basic principles of software project development.
- Algorithms and Data Structures. Basic knowledge of optimization problems, algorithms and linear data structures such as lists and trees. Sorting algorithms. Elementary knowledge of computational complexity.
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: you'll have to meet them all before enrollment.
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