Recognition of previous career

This assessment is a standard practice, not an administrative procedure, and therefore does not introduce any changes to the administrative deadlines for enrolment or to the fees and contributions due, which are defined by the administrative deadlines and the regulations on fees and contributions.

Such a request may also be submitted by students who have been expelled or have withdrawn from their studies or who hold a foreign qualification for the purpose of enrolment with a shortened career.

In all cases where an informal assessment of previous academic career is requested, it is necessary to provide certification or self-certification of the exams taken and any other available documents relating to one's academic career, such as the syllabuses of exams already passed.

No preliminary assessments are carried out for degree courses belonging to the School of Medicine.

How to apply for recognition of prior learning and who to contact.

Environmental, chemistry, physics and mathematics

You can send your request for recognition of prior learning, together with the relevant documentation (certificate of exams taken or self-certification (proving the date, grade, university credits and exam programmes), to the Chair of the Degree Programme Council of the degree programme you are interested in, namely:

• Prof. Massimo Mella (Course Council for Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry) – massimo.mella@uninsubria.it
• Prof. Alessia Allevi (Physics Degree Programme Council) – alessia.allevi@uninsubria.it
• Prof. Giovanni Bazzoni (Mathematics Degree Programme Council) – giovanni.bazzoni@uninsubria.it 
• Prof. Andrea Pozzi - (Environmental Sciences Degree Programme Council) – Andrea.Pozzi@uninsubria.it 
• Prof. Bruno Alberto Dal Lago (Course Council for Occupational and Environmental Safety Engineering) – bruno.dallago@uninsubria.it  
   

Environmental, IT and history area

Bachelor's degree courses in: IT, Environmental and Natural Sciences, History and Contemporary World History

• Prof. Francesco Bisi - francesco.bisi@uninsubria.it; Prof. Maria Francesca Ferrario- francesca.ferrario@uninsubria.it; Prof. Elisa Terzaghi - elisa.terzaghi@uninsubria.it (Course Council for Environmental and Natural Sciences) 
• Prof. Valter Castelnovo - walter.castelnovo@uninsubria.it: Prof. Paolo Massazza - paolo.massazza@uninsubria.it (Computer Science Degree Programme Council)
• Prof. Katia Visconti - katia.visconti@uninsubria.it (Contemporary World History and Histories Degree Programme Council) 
   

Master's degree courses in: Computer Science and Environmental Engineering and Sustainability in the Workplace

• Prof. Valter Castelnovo - walter.castelnovo@uninsubria.it: Prof. Paolo Massazza - paolo.massazza@uninsubria.it (Computer Science Degree Programme Council)
• Prof. Bruno Dal Lago (Occupational and Environmental Safety Engineering Degree Programme Council) – bruno.dallago@uninsubria.it

The request for evaluation of previous academic career, together with the relevant documentation (certificate of exams taken or self-certification proving the date, grade, university credits, scientific-disciplinary sector and the programmes of the exams taken), must be sent by e-mail or ordinary post to the Academic Secretariat. 
 

Biology, biotechnology and biomedical sciences

The request for an informal preliminary assessment of previous academic career, together with the relevant documentation (certificate of exams taken or self-certification proving the date, grade, university credits, scientific-disciplinary sector and exam programmes), must be sent by e-mail to the Academic Secretariat at: PratichestudDBSV@uninsubria.it.

This assessment is not binding, as recognition of exams taken in previous studies will be granted by decision of the practical committee:

For master's degrees: only after enrolment has been completed.

For bachelor's degrees: according to the procedures and timelines described in the admission notices. 

See: Admission to limited-enrolment courses

Law, linguistics and tourism

For each degree course, it is possible to send a request for an informal assessment of previous academic career to a specifically identified lecturer. 
The following must be attached to the request: the certificate of exams taken or relevant self-certification (proving date, grade, university credits) and the syllabuses of the exams taken. 
The lecturers to contact are:

• Law Como - Prof. Elisabetta Codazzi: elisabetta.codazzi@uninsubria.it
• Law Varese - Prof. Lilli Viviana Casano: lilliviviana.casano@uninsubria.it
• Modern Languages for Communication and International Cooperation - Prof. Fabrizio Vismara: fabrizio.vismara@uninsubria.it
• Tourism Sciences - Prof. Giuseppe Colangelo: giuseppe.colangelo@uninsubria.it
• Hospitality for Sustainable Tourism Development – Prof. Roberta Minazzi: roberta.minazzi@uninsubria.it 
   

Medical and healthcare sector

For limited enrolment courses in the medical-healthcare area, no informal assessment of previous academic career is carried out.

Those who are currently enrolled in or have previously obtained a degree and intend to enrol in a second degree programme or transfer to a limited enrolment degree programme in the medical and health sciences area must take the admission test.

Only after passing the test and achieving a sufficient ranking is it possible to enrol according to the procedures and terms set out in the competition notice and, at that stage, request recognition of previous academic career.

See: 
Admission test - Admission to limited-enrolment courses 
 

Humanities and social sciences

Contact the lecturers responsible for the degree course you are interested in:

• Interlinguistic and Intercultural Mediation Sciences - Prof. Daniele Brigadoi Cologna: daniele.cologna@uninsubria.it; Prof. Elisa Bianco: elisa.bianco@uninsubria.it 
• Communication Sciences – Prof. Elena Valentina Maiolini: ev.maiolini@uninsubria.it
• Communication Sciences and Techniques – Prof. Elena Valentina Maiolini: ev.maiolini@uninsubria.it
• Languages and Skills for Education – Prof. Valeria Pecorelli: valeria.pecorelli@uninsubria.it
• History and Stories of the Contemporary World – Prof. Katia Visconti – katia.visconti@uninsubria.it 
   

Economics

Requests for assessment of previous academic career may be sent in the following ways:

• by post: Department of Economics - Academic Office - Via Monte Generoso, 71 - 21100 Varese
• via the Infostudenti application - Office of destination: Academic Secretariat, Economics

The following must be attached to the request: self-certification of exams taken (proving the date, grade, university credits) and the relevant syllabuses.

Since no preliminary assessments are carried out for degree courses affiliated with the School of Medicine, a formal application for recognition must be submitted at the same time as enrolment, transfer or internal transfer to another course of study. 
For specific information, please consult:

From 10 July 2025 to 13 March 2026 for three-year bachelor's degrees and single-cycle master's degrees.

From 10 July 2025 to 13 March 2026 for master's degree courses that are not single-cycle.

For students admitted after 30 November 2025, following the ranking lists for courses with national admission quotas and after obtaining authorisation for the same courses, the application for recognition must be submitted within 15 days of enrolment or admission to years after the first.

Graduating students may submit their application for recognition within the deadlines established by each degree programme for the submission of applications for the award of a degree. Please inform the Student Secretariat of the urgency of transmitting the results.