Programme enrolment: requirements, deadlines and methods

Call for applications for the academic year 2025/2026 will be published on this same page around the end of February 2025

Please make sure that all the provided documents are entirely readable.

Documents containing lighting, ink or other kind of spots that hide evaluation (i.e. grades on transcript) or biometric data (i.e. name and date of birth on the document) will not be taken into consideration. In case of compulsory documents your application might be rejected.

ID documents must be valid through the duration of the intake (i.e. for first intake an ID document expiring on September 3rd 2024 will be considered valid, if it expires before April 10th 2024 it will be considered as expired). Applications with expired documents will not be evaluated.

Documents (including IDs) in languages different from English, French, Spanish, Italian will not be accepted.  

Curricular Requirements

In order to be admitted to the degree programme in Digital Transformation Management the following curricular requirements shall be met:

• having obtained a degree in one of the following classes or having obtained another degree deemed suitable in another country: ex D.M 270:
  • L-16 Business administration 
  • L-18 Economics and business administration 
  • L-33 Economics 
  • L-41 Statistics
  • L-31 Computer Science and Technologies
  • L-8: Information Engineering
  • L-9: Industrial Engineering

or an equivalent degree from previous systems;  

or

having a 1st-cycle/bachelor’s degree of another class with at least 36 ECTS in business, economics, computer science areas in the following scientific disciplinary sectors (SDS):

• Business SDS: SECS-P/07 – Business Administration and Accounting Studies, SECS-P/08 Management, SECS-P/09 Corporate Finance, SECS-P/10 Organization and Human Resource Management, SECS-P/11 Financial Markets and Institutions;
• Computer Science SSD: ING.INF/05 Information Processing Systems and INF/01 Informatics 
• Economics SSD: SECS-P/01 Economics, SECS-P/02 Economic Policy, SECS-P/03 Public Economics, SECS-P/05 Econometrics, SECS-P/12 Economic History;

of which at least 24 ECTS in the Business and Computer Science SSDs.

In addition, English proficiency is required at B2 level of the CEFR at least.

The English B2 proficiency is met if the candidate holds one of the following certificates:

• at least at a B2 level, among the ones specified at https://centri.unibo.it/cla/it/riconoscimento-idoneita-linguistica/tabella-certificazioni-equipollenti-prova-idoneita-linguistica.pdfregardless of the date of the certificate;
• a certificate (or self-certification) proving that an exam or a pass/fail exam (”idoneità”) of English language at B2 level at least has been passed during the student’s university career (the certificate has to state the level, otherwise it cannot be accepted).

Holding one of the certificates listed above is not mandatory to apply. Candidates can be admitted to the second phase of the selection procedure (interview in English) without a certificate and the examining board will assess their English proficiency as well. In case the requirement is not met, the candidate will be excluded from the rankings.

Required Documents

• For students and graduates from Italian universities: properly filled in self-certification of the exams passed, specifying the grades, ECTS or credits, scientific area / academic field (SSD) and the final grade of graduation (for graduates only). It is possible to include only the exams officially recorded, on the other hand, partial exams cannot be taken into consideration (mandatory)
• For students and graduates from foreign universities: transcript of all the exams passed with grades and, ECTS or credits, where available, or workload of each course expressed in hours, and the final grade of graduation. It is possible to accept certifications in English, Italian, French or Spanish; otherwise it is required a translation in English or Italian. (mandatory)
• Certificate of English proficiency at least at a B2 level (if any).
• Front and back copy of a valid ID document (Italian identity card, passport): (mandatory)
• Copy of residence permit / “permesso di soggiorno” (only for extra-EU citizens), if already
• For the reference / recommendation letters (optional), candidates have to indicate the e-mail address of the referee who will have to upload the letter online.