Available places
Academic year 2025/2026
Non Europeans: 5 places
Europeans and Equivalents: 30 places
In case of dual citizenship, the European citizenship prevails on the non-European one
Minimum requirements
Following minimum requirements must be fulfilled by MISS applicants:
- a Bachelor's or higher degree from an internationally recognized institution at university level include the equivalent of at least 60 credits from at least two of the following disciplinary areas: History and Philosophy, Economics, Law, Political Science, Sociology or Foreign Languages.
- good knowledge of the English language (min. B2 level of the European Common Framework)
- basic knowledge of a second foreign language (min. A2 level), other than Italian, among the following: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, German (Please note that in order to graduate MISS students must reach a B2 level for the second language. While the University can organise B2 exams for Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese and Russian, currently we do not offer courses beyond A2 in these languages)
- a personal background with suitable professional vocational and academic experience appropriate to the interdisciplinary nature of the degree course
- Minimum GPA: 24 out of 30 (for International students an equivalent grade, i.e. 75%)
English Language Requirements
To participate in the selection procedure, candidates must possess one of the following international language certificates dated not earlier than March 2023:
- IELTS: no skill lower than 5.5,
- TOEFL Internet-based (or equivalent TOEFL paper based of TOEFL computer based): no skill lower than 21.
- CAMBRIDGE B2 FIRST: no skill lower than 165
Exemptions: Candidates who have gained their degree (Bachelor's or Master's) from a university where the tuition takes place entirely in English are not required to submit an English Language certificate.
Application deadlines a.y. 2025/2026
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Opening: December 18, 2024 Deadline: March 6, 2025 at noon (CET) |
Non Europeans |
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Opening: April 1, 2025 Deadline: July 1, 2025 at at noon (CET) |
Europeans and Equivalents |
How to apply
1) read carefully the Call for Admission: Italian version and English Version
2) check the Minimum requirements
3) submit the online application within the given deadline
4) pay the application fee (30 euros) after submitting the application (information in the confirmation email)
Evaluation criteria
Academic background and reference letter (up to 40 points)
Relevance of previous studies and experience in relation to the course objectives (up to 35 points)
Statement of purpose (up to 25 points)
Final ranking and admission
The short list for non Europeans will be published by April 30, 2025.
The list for Europeans and Equivalents will bel published by July 31, 2025.
Credit transfer pre-evaluation
Candidates who already gained credits at MA level and would like to know how many credits could be transferred in case of admission can send the request by email to miss.sis [at] unitn.it including:
- a copy of their ID/passport
- the transcript of records
- the courses syllabus
The request can be sent from December 18, 2024 until May 15, 2025. UniTrento will send you the evaluation results by June 15, 2025
Useful Information
For non Europeans
For Europeans and Equivalents