OUTSIDE Italy

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

*For EU and NON-EU residing in Italy. For NON-EU residing abroad only in case of available places.

**For EU and NON-EU residing in Italy only.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

I. Minimal entry requirements check: 

Check you hold the minimal entry requirements  required to apply for WPIR.

II.  Application submission

• Enter the University of Pavia application portal HERE.
• Once in the portal, click on the “BECOME AN APPLICANT” button and enter your personal details to register. After the registration is complete, an applicant code will be assigned to you. Write it down in order to sign in again later.
• Choose the World Politics and International Relations programme and click on “APPLY NOW”, fill in the required forms and upload in the “checklist” section of the application only the requested following documents:

1.  A scan of your VALID passport / ID.
2. A scan of an academic transcript supplied by your university (or, where not available, a scan of a statement signed by yourself) containing the individual exams taken (or to be taken) for your first degree, the marks for individual exams already taken, and (where available) numbers of credits for each exam;
3. A list of relevant individual exams that count towards satisfying our minimal entry requirements. Compile this list by filling in a table that you can download here.
4. Your curriculum vitae, including a photograph of yourself;
5. A scan of your English language certificate (see minimal entry requirements).

  During the procedure you will be further asked to:

a) write a brief motivation letter;

b) arrange for two academic references. You will indicate in the application procedure the names and the email addresses of two referees who have had some experience of teaching you; they will each receive an automatic email request upon your submission of the application. Be sure to contact your referees before adding their names to the application. Please also send them our instructions. References should arrive by the relevant application deadline.

III. Application submission

All applicants (of all nationalities) must pay 35 EUR of application fee in order for their application to be considered. Instructions on how to proceed with the payment will be sent to your email address once you start your application.

When your application is complete, click on “SUBMIT”. Please note that the evaluation process will be carried out only for submitted applications. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Once you submit the application, you will be formally registered for the admission interview, which will take place shortly after the relevant application deadline.

INTERVIEWS

The appointments for the interviews will be communicated to applicants by email shortly after the application deadline.

The online interview (normally via Zoom), held in English, must use the video as well as the audio facility. Will include some questions designed to assess applicants’ analytical, argumentative, and critical abilities. The interview will not normally presuppose specialist knowledge in particular disciplines.

Applicants are normally notified about the outcome of the application process within a week after the interview. Successful applicants are then provided with instructions about enrollment.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT

Applicants should be aware that, in accordance with the statute of the degree program, enrollment in World Politics and International Relations carries with it a commitment to attend all classes for the degree programme’s core courses.

How and where to take an English Language test

You can register to take the TOEFL test here: http://www.ets.org/toefl

You can register to take the IELTS test here: http://www.ielts.org/

Full instructions are provided at these websites. In most localities around the world, there are frequent opportunities to take TOEFL and IELTS (often as frequent as once a week).

Pavia students have opportunities to take English tests (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)  and Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency (CPE)) for reduced fees at the University’s Centro Linguistico (once a year, usually in June). There are also regular opportunities to take the TOEFL or IELTS in Milan.