Programme enrolment: requirements, deadlines and methods

For the academic year 2024/2025 60 positions are available in two intakes:

Please note: applying for the correct quota is essential in order to complete the enrolment if you are admitted to the the degree programme. Carefully check the quota you have to refer to at the link https://www.unibo.it/en/international/Who-are-international-students

For non-EU citizens with equivalent status, please check very carefully which types of residence permit allow for the equivalence. If you participate in the selection process as a non-EU citizen with equivalent status without being in possession of the equivalence requirements, you will not be able to complete the enrolment even if you have already been admitted and paid for the first instalment.

Additional 5 positions are reserved to special programmes:

• 1 position reserved to displaced students and refugees;
• 2 positions reserved to female Afghan students with residence in Afghanistan, i.e. domiciled in third countries, in order to obtain a visa;
• 2 positions reserved to female Iranian students with residence in Iran.

Candidates participating in special programmes must meet different deadlines and different procedures (for ex. exclusively for special programmes, the SAT test is not required.)

Therefore it is necessary to check the specific information at the following link.

After checking the admission requirements (in the call for applications), you have to:

1. TAKE THE SAT-GENERAL TEST

Register on www.collegeboard.org and enrol in the SAT-General Test. Please check the dates and procedures to take the test at https://satsuite.collegeboard.org. You do not need to take the ESSAY part of the SAT Test because it does not supply any additional score.

2. SEND YOUR SAT SCORE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA 

Regardless of where you take the SAT test, it is mandatory to ask to the College Board to forward your SAT scores to the University of Bologna, using code 6993.

Please note that scores may take at least 3 weeks to be received.

The SAT score is considered valid if:

• you took it starting from February 1^st 2022
• the University of Bologna receives the score from the College Board within the deadline to apply for each intake.

3. APPLY ON STUDENTI ON LINE

Register on Studenti Online (www.studenti.unibo.it) and apply for the CLAME programme paying  the 20€ application fee.

Please note:

• the call for application refers both to CLAME (Management and Economics) and CLABE (Business and Economics) programmes therefore, you can apply for both (specifiying your preference) or for one programme only. Once inserted, you cannot change anymore the preference that you indicated.
• IMPORTANT! When you register on Studenti Online you must indicate the same personal data and the same e-mail address used for the registration on the College Board website. Indeed two e-mail addresses are reported in your Studenti online profile: one is your institutional e-mail address name.surname@unibo.it automatically assigned by the system. The other one is the one you enter. One of the two e-mail addresses shall be the same as the one indicated on the College Board website when enrolling, otherwise you will be excluded from the selection procedure.

4. CHECK THE RANKING

The ranking is based on the score received in the SAT test (i.e., SAT Score/10) and it is published on Studenti Online (www.studenti.unibo.it).

• if you are admitted to the preferred programme: enrol in the programme!
• If you are admitted in the second-choice programme: enrol in the programme and declare on Studenti Online your interest for the reallocation to the 1st choice in case of vacant positions
• If you are eligible: declare on Studenti Online your interest for the clearing procedure for the reallocation of vacant positions

The ranking is based on the score received in the SAT test (i.e., SAT Score/10) and it is published on Studenti Online (www.studenti.unibo.it).

In case candidates receive the same score, priority will be given to the youngest candidate.

There's no a minimum score required but if you obtain a score lower than 500/800 in the Math section of the SAT, you will be assigned an Additional learning requirements (OFA – Obbligo formativo aggiuntivo). 

You can fulfil the OFA passing the 1st year mathematics exam. 

You cannot complete the enrolment in the 2nd year until you pass pass the Mathematics exam (if you are assigned the OFA):  you will be enrolled in the second year for the a.y. 2025/2026 sub condicione, until the OFA is completed. If you fulfil the OFA (passing 1^st year “Mathematics” exam) within the deadline of March 31^st 2026, you will be regularly enrolled in the second year otherwise you will  be enrolled in the first year again (repeating).

FIRST INTAKE

• 30 positions for Italian citizens, EU citizens, non-EU citizens with equivalent status and non-EU citizens residing abroad competing with EU students for admission
• 10 positions for non-EU citizens residing abroad

SECOND INTAKE 

• 20 positions for Italian citizens, EU citizens, non-EU citizens with equivalent status and non-EU citizens residing abroad competing with EU students for admission

POSSIBILE THIRD INTAKE

Residual positions (if any) for Italian citizens, EU citizens, non-EU citizens with equivalent status and non-EU citizens residing abroad competing with EU students for admission: