Admission Foundation Course

The Secondary School Diploma must be obtained after at least 11 years of education as required by the Italian Education System.

Please read the section Declaration of Value for more information about the necessary documentation to provide to access Italian Educational System.

if the diploma was obtained outside Italy it must be translated, notarized and accompanied by the Declaration of Value (Dichiarazione di Valore in Loco), an official document which certifies the value of the title of study obtained in an Educational System different from the Italian one. It is written in Italian language and it is issued by the Italian Embassy or Consulate of the country in which the study title was obtained.

It is necessary for the following uses:

1. Continuation of studies
2. Enrolment in foreign universities
3. Validation of an academic study title for the continuation of post-graduate studies (Master’s, Phd..)
4. Equivalence of a study title

In case the country that issued the title of study is one of the countries that signed the Aja convention of 1961 the Italian Embassy/Consulate will put the Apostille on the study title without the need of legalizing it but in any case the the Declaration of Value (Dichiarazione di Valore in Loco) will be needed.

For the countries who signed the Brusselles Convention of 1987 (Belgium, France, Italy, Denmark, Ireland and Latvia), Germany (Convention of Rome 1969) and Austria (Convention of Vienna 1975) neither legalization or Apostille are necessary, but the Declaration of Value (Dichiarazione di Valore in Loco) will be needed in any case.

For more information about the documentation to provide to request the Declaration of Value and to see the list of the Italian Embassies or Consulates please click here.

Alternatively, thanks to an agreement with the Italian ENIC-NARIC centre called CIMEA, it is possible to request a Statement of Comparability whose processing times are usually shorter. The entire procedure is done online using the dedicated link that will be shared after positive admission in the course.

Students who do not provide the Declaration of Value or Statement of Comparability will not be able to attend the course, continue with the Bachelor of Arts and to receive a Bachelor of Arts Diploma legally recognized but only an attendance certificate without legal value or credits.

The Foundation Course is taught in Italian only with the aim of preparing students for the language requirements needed to access to the Bachelor of Arts programmes. For this purpose, the course includes an Italian language module that will help them to improve the knowledge of Italian.

In order to apply, students must provide a language certificate attesting a B1 level of Italian language according to CEFR that will be the starting point to achieve the B2 level during the course.

Italian mothertongue students are exonerated from providing the language certificate.

If you are an European citizen you won’t need to ask for a Visa but if you stay for more than 3 months in Italy you will need to ask for a Certificate of Residence that you can get at the Registration Office of the Municipality.
Bring these documents with you when you go there:

• Passport or ID card
• Certificate of Enrolment that we will send you after the enrolment that states you are a student of Accademia Costume & Moda.
• Health Insurance valid for the duration of your course
• Proof of available means of support during your stay in Italy which at the moment is fixed at € 5.977,79 per year. This will be demonstrated with a bank or insurance guarantee or a declaration in lieu of certification with the additional indication of the lawful source of income, and any other relevant information for the eventual control.

The procedure has no cost and the registration is immediate if you go in person with all the required documentation.

From the moment you have the Student Visa you can come to Italy.
Pay attention: Once arrived in Italy you will have 8 days to start applying for the Residence Permit (Permesso dI Soggiorno).

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE RESIDENCE PERMIT (PERMESSO DI SOGGIORNO)?
You will have to go to a local Post Office and ask for a Residence Permit Kit (Kit Permesso di Soggiorno).
Usually in the Post Office there is a dedicated office called Sportello Amico which is in charge of this type of requests.

What is the Residence Permit Kit?
It’s a white envelope with a yellow stripe containing:

• 3 manuals useful for the correct filling of the application form
• 2 application forms: Modulo 1 and Modulo 2.
• a bill where to put the right amount of the cost of the procedure

Note:For the Residence Permit for study reasons you will need to fill only Modulo 1 in the interested parts and the bill.
Be careful: both the application form and the manuals are written in Italian only. If you don’t feel confident enough with your knowledge of Italian or if you can’t find someone to help you at the Post Office don’t hesitate to arrange an appointment with us and we’ll help you out in order to avoid mistakes.

Which documents do you need to request the Residence Permit?

1. Copy of all the pages of your passport
2. 2 copies of the pages with the stamp put by the Italian Embassy in your country and with the stamp of the arrival date at airport custom office.
3. a 16,00 Euros revenue stamp (Marca da bollo, on sale at tobacconist’s shop or at Post Office)
4. Original copy of the Enrolment Certificate issued by Accademia Costume & Moda with the stamp of the Italian Embassy/ Consulate that was given to you when you got the Student Visa.
5. One of the following insurance which allows you to benefit from the Health Service in Italy
6. insurance policy from your own country with a declaration from the Consulate about its validity in Italy, term and overview of the health service indicating no limitations on the cost of the duration of an urgent hospitalization
7. any other insurance from other insurance companies that covers the same risk along with a declaration from the company or corporation that indicates no limitations on the cost of the duration of an urgent hospitalization.

After preparing all the documents listed above you must put them in the envelope of the Residence Permit kit, leave it open and hand it to the Post Office.
At that point the Post Officer will ask you to pay for the cost of the procedure depending on the duration of your Residence Permit. Ask the Post Officer or check the Police website to be updated in case of changes in the amount to pay for the procedure.

Pay attention: the Postal Officer will give you a receipt of payment. Guard it and don’t lose it!
You will also receive:

• A revenue card with a User ID and password to be used on the the website www.portaleimmigrazione.it to control the status of the Residence Permit request.
• A registered letter from the Immigration Office of the Police Station with the date and time in which you will be fingerprinted.

We will need a copy of this document. You can send it by email or you can hand it to us when you come to school but make sure it is before the starting date of the course.
Pay attention: When you are called please do not miss the appointment as a new  convocation will take a long time to be scheduled.
At the Police Station you must bring with you:

• 4 passport-sized photos

The procedure of obtaining the Residence Permit may take a long time so don’t panic and check the website www.portaleimmigrazione.it regularly in order to be informed when you will be given the appointment to get the permit.