NUMBER OF PLACES – First-cycle/Single-cycle degree programmes

For the 2026/2027 academic year, the call for applications provides for 16 places for admission to the first-cycle and single-cycle standard degree programmes, distributed as follows across the classes:

• n. 8 places for the Class of Humanities and Life Sciences, distributed as follows among the fields:

         - n. 4 places for the field of Humanities

         - n. 4 places for the field of Biomedical Sciences

• n. 8 places for the Class of Science, Technology and Society, distributed as follows among the fields:

          - n. 4 places for the Science and Technology Area

           - n. 4 places for the Social Sciences Area

The relevant College is the Milan College. Admission to this College is a prerequisite for the allocation of a place on the standard degree programmes.

CONDITIONS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF PLACES - First-Level Bachelor’s Degree/Single Cycle

Successful candidates must necessarily gain admission to the Milan College. The rules for admission to the Milan College are set out in the relevant selection procedure; this means that the allocation of the IUSS place is subject to the candidate’s admission to the Milan College.

Students who are awarded a resident student place or a non-resident student place (i.e. a student who does not reside at the hall of residence but who participates in cultural activities and has access to the services offered by the hall of residence) in accordance with the Milan Hall of Residence’s call for applications are eligible.

In particular, the successful candidate in the IUSS competition:

• to obtain a place as a non-resident student at the Milan College, must have been deemed eligible as set out in the College’s call for applications;
• to obtain a place as a resident student at the Milan College, must have been awarded that place according to the ranking list of the College’s competition.

Successful candidates who, at the time of publication of the ranking list, have not yet attended the eligibility interview at the Milan College may attend a make-up interview organised by the Milan College itself. The interview will take place on dates to be announced and will serve solely for the purpose of granting eligibility as a non-resident student.

N.B.: For students who have been awarded a place as a non-resident student at the Collegio di Milano, the University of Milan guarantees accommodation by providing a bed in a twin room at a cost of €400 per month (subject to the allocation of student accommodation under the University of Milan’s Accommodation Call for the 2026/2027 academic year).

NUMBER OF PLACES - Two-year 2nd-level degree programmes

For the 2026/2027 academic year, the call for applications provides for 20 places for admission to the  2nd-level ordinary degree programmes, distributed as follows across the classes:

• 10 places for the Class of Human and Life Sciences, divided as follows between the fields:

               - 5 places for the field of Human Sciences;

              - 5 places for the field of Biomedical Sciences;

• 10 places for the Class of Science, Technology and Society, divided as follows between the fields:

               - 5 places for the Science and Technology Area,

              - 5 places for the Social Sciences Area.

Before the start of the entrance examinations, the School may decide to increase the number of places available.

CONDITIONS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF PLACES - 2nd-Level Two-Year Programme

Successful candidates must be enrolled as either resident or non-resident students or gain admission to the Milan College. Admission to the College is governed by the rules set out in the relevant selection procedure; this means that the allocation of the IUSS place is conditional upon the candidate’s enrolment at the Milan College.

Successful candidates will be admitted provided they are already holders of a place or have been awarded a place as a resident or non-resident student at the Collegio di Milano.

Successful candidates who intend to enrol at the University of Milan and who, at the time of publication of the ranking list, have not yet attended the suitability interview at the Collegio di Milano may attend a catch-up interview organised by the Collegio di Milano itself. The interview will take place on dates to be announced by the Collegio and will serve solely for the purpose of determining suitability as a non-resident student.

N.B.: For students who have been awarded a place as a non-resident student at the Collegio di Milano, the University of Milan guarantees accommodation by providing a bed in a twin room at a cost of €400 per month (subject to the allocation of student accommodation under the University of Milan’s Accommodation Call for the 2025/2026 academic year)

STUDY GRANTS

To successful students, the University of Milan grants:

- full exemption from university fees for the entire duration of the course of study;

- an annual study grant, the amount of which for the 2025-26 academic year is €1,500.00 (one thousand five hundred/00).

Subject to the students’ full compliance with all their obligations, the exemption from university fees and the scholarship are guaranteed for the entire duration of the degree programme.