Requirements for applicants from other universities a. y. 2025/26

If your Bachelor’s degree was awarded by a university other than Politecnico di Torino, you are required to have a weighted average grade of all the exams⁽¹⁾ equal to or greater than 24/30, regardless of how long it took you to earn your Bachelor’s degree.

You must include a portfolio in your application and you must upload it to the Apply@polito platform. The Admissions Committee will evaluate your portfolio.

The result of this evaluation will be published on your personal page of the Apply@polito platform.

(1) the weighted average grade is calculated on all accrued course credits (graded on a scale of 30) counting towards the achievement of the Bachelor’s degree, after having subtracted the worst 28 credits. Please note that numbers are not rounded.

Those who have been granted eligibility, whose need for curricular integration has not been identified, and who do not proceed with enrolment in the Master's degree programme in the academic year for which they have applied for admission will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in subsequent academic years.

The curricular requirements for admission are:

• Bachelor’s degree of class L-17 (or class 4 ex D.M. 509/99), or
• three-year Bachelor's degree or university diploma, or
• other suitable academic qualification obtained outside Italy and considered suitable for admission within the meaning of art. 6 c.2 ex D.M. 270/04

Another mandatory curricular requirement is that you must have completed the compulsory courses and activities listed in the table of class L-17 of the Bachelor’s degree programmes in Architecture.

Please note: enrollment will be allowed to those who have obtained eligibility and who be awarded the Bachelor's degree by 30 September 2025.

Politecnico will assess if you meet the curricular requirements for admission through the Apply@polito portal.

Applicants coming from classes different from L-17, in the event that the integration is less than or equal to 60 ECTS, will have to fulfill curricular integrations before the submission of the portfolio to a merit-based evaluation,  enrolling to Single courses for unfulfilled academic requirements. This enroment may only include in the personal study plan lessons assigned by the Evaluator as unfulfilled academic requirements.

Evaluation of personal academic performance

Politecnico di Torino sets up an Admissions Committee appointed by Rector 's decree in charge of assessing if applicants’ academic performance is suitable for admission to the Master’s degree programmes offered by the Collegio di Architettura.  

The Committee verifies if applicants meet the specific admission requirements (weighted average grade and portfolio) and have the skills and inclination for the learning objectives of the Master’s degree programme they are applying for.

For this reason, within the deadline of submission of the application, you must include a portfolio (max. 20 MB) in your application and you must upload it to the Apply@polito platform.

The submission of the application is subjected to the uploading to the portfolio.

The result of this evaluation (positive or negative) is published on your personal page of the Apply@polito platform.

Evaluation criteria and modality

Your application is assessed based on two criteria (for a maximum of 60 points):

• your weighted average grades of the exams you passed at the time of application (max 20 points)
• your portfolio content (max 40 points) – see attached instructions

The Admissions Committee evaluates your portfolio based on the following criteria:

• consistency of your portfolio with the content of the degree programme you are applying for (see evaluation specific criteria);
• novelty of content;
• overall quality;
• argument and graphic skills;
• use of specific language consistent with the degree programme you are applying for.

The guidelines to write the portfolio (compulsory for all applicants coming from other Universities and for applicants of Politecnico di Torino who do not meet the requirements for the direct enrolment) are available here.

It is possible to write the portfolio in English or in Italian.

The evaluations is positive if your score is ≥ 36 points.

The result of the evaluation of the portfolio will be published in the section "Evaluations” of the Apply@polito portlet within the deadline specified in the deadline section.

If you are admitted to the programme (positive evaluation) and you meet the other admission requirements, you must enrol before the deadline 

Specific evaluation criteria

Architecture construction city

Regarding the Master’s Degree Program in Architecture construction city, the Admissions Committee will evaluate the following aspects:

• ability to control the fundamental elements of the distributive organization, of the structural and technological conception of an architectonical project;
• ability to use the basic technical means and the ways of representation of the architectural design;
• control of the basic means needed to read the morphological and technical aspects of architectural works in their different scaling;
• mastery of the specific languages of the architectonical project and the historical-critical sciences related to Architecture;
• knowledge of the principles of Technical Physic;
• prior knowledge of the principles of Urban planning;
• ability to read and describe the multidimensionality of the urban phenomena related to an architectonical project.
• knowledge of real estate subjects’ theories and tools for Architecture and Urban planning.

Architecture for sustainability

For the Master’s degree programme in Architecture for sustainability, the Admissions Commmittee will evaluate the following aspects:

• ability to critically interpret an architectural and urban project;
• ability to describe the phenomena related to architectural planning;
• grasp of specific language of architecture;
• skills in graphic representation;
• prior knowledge of architecture’s breakthrough technologies;
• knowledge of the principles of Technical Physic;
• prior knowledge of the principles of sustainability used in architecture.
• knowledge of real estate subjects’ theories and tools for Architecture and urban planning.

Architecture for heritage

For the Master’s degree programme in Architecture for heritage, the Admissions Committee will evaluate the following aspects:

• ability to design in architectural and urban scaling related to a configured context;
• basic skills in heritage preservation;
• appropriate knowledge of History of Architecture;
• knowledge of the tools and forms of representation of architecture;
• knowledge of Architecture’s core technologies;
• knowledge of the principles of Technical Physic;
• knowledge of real estate subjects’ theories and tools for Architecture and Urban planning.

To those who have earned a Bachelor's degree other than Politecnico di Torino, is required to have a weighted average grade of all the exams⁽¹⁾ equal to or greater than 24/30, regardless of how long it took you to earn your Bachelor’s degree. Furthermore, it is necessary to pass the admission test.

The result of the admission test will be published on your personal page – “Evaluations” session - of the Apply@polito platform.

⁽¹⁾(the weighted average grade  is calculated on all accrued course credits (graded on a scale of 30) counting towards the achievement of the Bachelor’s degree, without the 28 worst credits. Please note that numbers are not rounded. 

Those who have been granted eligibility, whose need for curricular integration has not been identified, and who do not proceed with enrolment in the Master's degree programme in the academic year for which they have applied for admission will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in the second semester or in subsequent academic years, taking the admission test again.

PLEASE NOTE: those coming from the inter-university degree course with the University of Parma in Design sostenibile per il Sistema alimentare (Administrative seat: University of Parma) must refer to the chapter “Suitable academic performance” - Requirements for students at the Politecnico di Torino.

A specifically-appointed Committee will verify if you meet the curricular requirements for admission through the Apply@polito portal.

The curricular requirements for admission are:

a three-year Bachelor's degree or university diploma, first level Academic diploma recognized by the MUR (AFAM) or other educational qualification obtained outside Italy and recognised suitable for admission in accordance with article 6 c. 2 of D.M. 270/04, the skills and competences you acquired during your Bachelor’s degree programme (in terms of credits related to specific Scientific Disciplinary Fields), referring to specific scientific-disciplinary sectors or groups of them.

The applicant must have acquired a minimum of credits as specified in the table:

Educational credits from the scientific-disciplinary fields, which are in both the first group and the second group, are counted in priority to fulfill the requirement of the first group. The remaining credits are counted toward meeting the requirement of the second group. Credits from one teaching can then be counted toward meeting the minimum number of credits from both groups.

Within the limit of 10 cfu, those who have the role of Course of Study Coordinator may consider the curricular requirement fulfilled with the indication of any constrained teaching; if the number of missing credits is more than 10 cfu, the evaluation will be submitted to the final approval of those who have the role of Coordinator or Vice Coordinator of the Collegio di Design.

Any curricular integrations identified by the evaluator must be filled prior to enrollment in the Master's degree program. 
In order to fill the curricular integration, in the event that it is less than or equal to 60 credits, enrollment in the Single course enrolment for unfulfilled curricular requirements for Master's Admissions courses must be made and then attend the courses and take the related exams: this enrollment may include in the teaching load only the courses assigned by the evaluator as a formative deficiency.

Passing the admission test will allow, exclusively for those who have to fill the curricular integration, access also to the academic year following the one for which the admission test was taken (in any case after taking the exams related to the curricular integration).

N.B.: Coloro che provengono dal corso di Laurea interateneo con l'Università di Parma in Design sostenibile per il sistema alimentare (Sede amministrativa: Università di Parma) devono fare riferimento al capitolo "Requisiti curriculari" - Requisiti per studenti del Politecnico di Torino.

PLEASE NOTE: those coming from the inter-university degree course with the University of Parma in Design sostenibile per il Sistema alimentare (Administrative seat: University of Parma) must refer to the chapter “Curricular requirements” - Requirements for students at the Politecnico di Torino.

For the purposes of admission to the Master's Degree Course in Systemic Design, a Commission for the evaluation of personal preparation is set up and appointed by decree of the Rector.

Applicants with specific learning disability can request adequate support writing a ticket to the staff of the Special Needs Unit that deals with support services to students (https://www.polito.it/en/education/services-and-life-at-politecnico/welcome-inclusion-and-support/inclusive-teaching).

If the Evaluation Committee finds that an applicant has to make up for some unfilled academic requirements and he/she passes the admission test, the test result will be valid  until the following academic year.  

The results of the admission tests will be published on the Apply@polito personal page of each applicant in the "Evaluation" session.

Admission test to the Master's degree programme in Systemic Design

The evaluation of the suitable academic performance considers the result of the written test, the score attributed to the curriculum and the portfolio and the score attributed to possible other skills 

The maximum score is 100/100 divided as follows:

• Written test (maximum score: 50/100)
  The written test, which is structured with closed-ended questions, is designed to test the candidate's ability to critically examine the work carried out in an academic, business or professional context and his or her preparation and aptitude in the following subject areas:
  • Representation/design
  • Methodology of Design studio and  environmental sustainability 
  • Theory and History of Design
  • Digital culture
  • Technologies of Production and Materials

The test will last one hour and thirty minutes and will take place in person.

• Curriculum and portfolio (maximum score: 40/100)
  to be uploaded, in pdf format, while filling out the application form.
  The curriculum and portfolio seek to verify the coherence, the detailed study and the kind of planning activities developed both in the educational/academic and in the private/professional field.
   
• Other skills (maximum score: 10/100)
  to be uploaded, in pdf format, while filling outthe application form.
  The Evaluation Committee will also consider other qualifications possibly presented (participation to exhibitions, stages, publications etc) in order to verify the eligibility and completeness of the competence in the field concerning the subjects about the design project. 

The minimum score to pass the test is 60/100

Room, date and timetable of the test are published in the deadlines section.
The result of the test will be published  within the date specified in the deadlines section. 

The curricular requirements of the applicants will be verified by a specific Committee through the Apply@polito platform.

The curricular requirements for admission to this programme are a degree obtained in the following classes (or other qualification obtained abroad deemed suitable pursuant to art.6 c.2 ex DM 270/04):

or, alternatively, the competencies and knowledge you have gained during your Bachelor’s studies (in terms of credits related to specific Scientific Disciplinary Fields or to groups of Scientific Disciplinary Fields).

It is mandatory to have acquired a minimum of credits as specified in the table:

When the credits of a certain Scientific Disciplinary Field are present both for 1st GROUP and for 2nd GROUP, they are counted for 1st GROUP. Residual credits are counted for 2nd GROUP. Therefore, the credits of a course can be split in two parts and calculated separately to reach both the minimum credit threshold for 1st GROUP and for 2nd GROUP.

If you lack max 10 credits to be admitted to the programme, the Academic Advisor can decide to accept you in any case; if you lack more than 10 credits, your application must be evaluated  by the Coordinator or by the Deputy Coordinator of the Collegio of the Master's degree programme.

If you come from a Bachelor's degree programme of another Bachelor's class, your application will be sent to the Teaching Committee for evaluation. If you do not meet the curricular requirements for admission to this programme, the Teaching Committee will suggest the courses that you need to take in order to make up for your unfulfilled academic requirements.

In this case, you will have to attend the courses suggested by the Teaching Committee and pass the exams before you can enrol in the Master's degree programme.
If you need to make up for 60 credits or less, you must enrol in Single courses for unfulfilled academic requirements and take the exams. This type of single course enrolment is allowed exclusively for the courses assigned by the Teaching Committee.

Those who have obtained eligibility and do not proceed with enrolment or with the advancement of the Master's degree courses will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in the second semester or subsequent academic years and, if necessary, take the admission test again.

If you meet the curricular requirements, we will verify if your academic performance is suitable for admission in the following ways:

1. Verification of the weighted average of all grades
2. Admission test (Interview)

1. Verification of the weighted average of all grades

   Applicants from other universities (not Università degli Studi di Torino)

You must have a weighted average grade equal to or greater than 25/30, regardless of how may years it took you to graduate. The weighted average is calculated on all credits with a grade in thirtieths acquired and useful for a first degree with the exclusion of the worst 28 credits, without any rounding.

    Applicants from Università degli studi di Torino

The following applicants can be admitted to our Master's degree programmes:

- time to graduation is equal to or lower than 4 years ⁽¹⁾ regardless of the weighted average grade;

- time to graduation is greater than 4 years but lower than or equal to 5 years ⁽¹⁾ with weighted average grade equal to or greater than 24/30;

- time to graduation is greater than 5 years with weighted average grade⁽²⁾ equal to or greater than 25/30.

In case of career shortening, the calculation of the years must be increased in proportion to the number of validated credits (10-60 credits = 1 year, etc.). The worst 28 credits must be subtracted proportionally to the number of recognized credits.

⁽¹⁾ The last useful session to meet the average requirement is the December graduation session.

⁽²⁾ The weighted average is obtained from the sum (marks x credits) / sum of credits and is calculated on all credits with a grade in thirtieths acquired and useful for a first degree with the exclusion of the worst 28 credits, without any rounding.

2. Admission test (Interview)

For all students who do not meet the required curricular requirements (verification of the weighted average grade), there is an interview to verify their personal preparation.

The outcome of the verification interview will be announced in the 'Assessments' section of the personal page of the APPLY@polito platform.

Your offer of admission is only valid for the academic year in which you submitted your application. This means that if you are admitted to the programme but you eventually do not enrol, you will have to submit your application through the Apply@polito platform again for admission and pass the admission test in the second semester or in future academic years. 

The Committees in charge of evaluating applicants's academic performance for admission to the Master's degree programmes offered by Collegio of "Pianificazione e progettazione" are appointed with decree of the Rector. 

Applicants with disability and applicants  with specific learning disability (DSA) can request adequate support writing a ticket to the staff of the Special Needs Unit that deals with support services to students. 

If the evaluation Committee finds that an applicant has to make up for some unfilled academic requirements and he/she passes the admission test, the test result will be valid  until the following academic year.  

If an admitted applicant does not enrol or does not advance any Master's courses in the academic year for which he/she has applied, he/she wil have to apply again and retake the admission test to be eligible in the following academic years. 

The results of the admission tests will be published on the Apply@polito personal page of each applicant in the "Evaluation" session

Admission test for the Master's degree programme in Digital skills for sustainable societal transitions

The test consists of an interview that will assess the applicant's academic performance.
The topics of the interview refer to "fields" of knowledge that characterize the training considered necessary to successfully attend the master's degree programme.

The interview will focus on the following topics:

• action programs for achieving the sustainable development goals;
• strategies and initiatives for the digital transition in urban agendas;
• basic elements of information technology;
• elements of territorial information systems.

Room, date and time of the test are published in the deadlines section.

The results of the test will be announced within the deadline indicated in the deadlines section.

Those who have received a Bachelor's degree from other universities are required to have a weighted average⁽¹⁾ of exams equal to or higher than 24/30 regardless of the period it took to earn the degree. Passing the admission test (interview) is also required.

The result of the admission test will be announced on the personal page of the APPLY procedure.
 

⁽¹⁾ The weighted average is calculated on all credits with a grade in thirtieths acquired and useful for obtaining the bachelor's degree, excluding the worst 28 credits, without any rounding

Enrolment

Those who have obtained the eligibility and do not proceed with matriculation to the Master's Degree in the academic year for which they have applied for admission must re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in the second semester or in subsequent academic years and take the admission test for access again.

Curricular requirements are verified through the Apply procedure.

Curricular requirements for admission to the Master's degree course are the possession of a degree or three-year university diploma or other qualification obtained abroad deemed suitable pursuant to Art. 6 c.2 of Italian Ministerial Decree 270/04, the skills and knowledge acquired in the Bachelor's degree programme of origin expressed in the form of credits referring to specific scientific-disciplinary sectors or groups thereof.

For admission, the curricular requirements of candidates and applicants possessing a bachelor's degree in class L-21 (DM 270/04) and class 7 (DM 509/99) are automatically met, reserving for the (mandatory) interview a verification of prior career and other significant educational or professional experiences.

It is necessary to have acquired a minimum number of credits as specified in the table
 

The credits from the scientific-disciplinary fields in both the first group and the second group are counted in priority towards meeting the requirement for the first group. The remaining credits are counted towards meeting the requirement of the second group. The credits from one course may then be counted towards meeting the minimum number of credits from both groups.

If you lack max 10 credits to be admitted to the programme, the Academic Advisor can decide to accept you in any case; if you lack more than 10 credits, your application must be evaluated  by the Coordinator or by the Deputy Coordinator of the Collegio of the Master's degree programme.

Any curricular additions identified by the evaluator must be filled before enrollment in the master's degree program. 

If you need to make up for 60 credits or less, you must enrol in single courses for unfulfilled academic requirements and take the exams. This type of single course enrolment is allowed exclusively for the courses assigned by the Teaching Committee.

If you pass the admission test, you can be admitted to the programme in the academic year following the one for which the admission test was taken (in any case after passing the exams - single courses - suggested to make up for your unfulfilled academic requirements).

The commission for the evaluation of personal preparation for the admission to the master's degree program in Urban and Regional Planning is appointed by Rectoral Decree.    

Those with disabilities or specific learning disabilities (DSA) may request appropriate support by contacting via ticket the staff of the Special Needs Unit that manages student support services (https://www.polito.it/en/education/services-and-life-at-politecnico/welcome-inclusion-and-support/inclusive-teaching).

In the event that the need to fill curricular supplements is identified, for the purpose of enrollment, any eligibility acquired as a result of passing the admission test (interview) will be held until the following academic year.

Those who have obtained eligibility, whose need for curricular additions has not been identified, and do not proceed with enrollment or advancement of the Master's degree teachings in the academic year for which applied, will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure and take the admission test again for admission in subsequent academic years.

Admission test results will be published on the Apply personal page - “ Evaluations” section.

Admission Test

The test consists of an interview aimed at evaluating the adequacy of the personal preparation of the applicant(s).

The topics of the interview refer to “fields” of knowledge that characterize the education considered necessary to successfully follow the Master's degree course:   

• fundamentals of urban and regiona planning; 
• institutional system for land governance;  ;  
• sustainable local development; 
• spatial information systems.

Place, date and time of the test are published in the deadlines section.

The result of the test will be announced by the deadline indicated in the deadlines section.

Possession of the curricular requirements for admission to the Course of Study is automatically verified for those who hold a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree from courses in the following degree classes:

D.M. 270/04:
L-17, Scienze dell'architettura;
L-21, Scienze della pianificazione territoriale, urbanistica, paesaggistica e ambientale;
L-23 Scienze e tecniche dell'edilizia;
L-25 Scienze e tecnologie agrarie e forestali,
LM‐4 Architettura e ingegneria edile.

D.M. 509/99:
Classe 4, Scienze dell'architettura e dell'ingegneria edile;
Classe 7 Urbanistica e scienze della pianificazione territoriale e ambientale;
Classe 20 Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Agroalimentari e Forestali.

Fulfilment of the curricular requirements for access to the Course of Study is also automatically verified for those who have obtained a Bachelor's degree in other degree classes in Italy or abroad provided that they have acquired at least 45 CFUs in the following scientific-disciplinary sectors:

AGR/02 – Agronomia e coltivazioni erbacee
AGR/03 – Arboricoltura generale e coltivazioni arboree
AGR/04 – Orticoltura e floricoltura
AGR/05 – Assestamento forestale e selvicoltura
AGR/08 – Idraulica agraria e sistemazioni idraulico-forestali
AGR/09 – Meccanica agraria
AGR/10 – Costruzioni rurali e territorio agroforestale
AGR/11 – Entomologia generale e applicata
AGR/12 – Patologia Vegetale
AGR/13 – Chimica agraria
AGR/14 – Pedologia
BIO/03 – Botanica ambientale e applicata
BIO/07 – Ecologia
GEO/04 – Geografia fisica e geomorfologia
GEO/05 – Geologia applicata
ICAR/06 – Topografia e cartografia
ICAR/07 – Geotecnica
ICAR/12 – Tecnologia dell'architettura
ICAR/14 – Composizione architettonica e urbana
ICAR/15 – Architettura del paesaggio
ICAR/17 – Disegno e rappresentazione
ICAR/18 – Storia dell’architettura
ICAR/20 – Tecnica urbanistica
ICAR/21 – Pianificazione urbanistica
INF/01 – Informatica
ING-INF/05 – Sistemi di elaborazione delle informazioni

Within the limit of 10 cfu the Course Coordinator may deem the curricular requirement to have been met with the indication of any tied courses; if the number of missing credits is greater than 10 cfu the assessment will be subject to final approval by the Course Coordinator or Vice-Coordinator.

Any curricular integrations identified by the evaluator must be filled prior to enrolment in the Master's degree programme.

In order to make up the curricular integration, in the event that it is less than or equal to 60 credits, students must enrol in the in Single course enrolment for unfulfilled curricular requirements and subsequently attend the courses and sit the relative exams; this enrolment may only include in the annual personal study plan the courses assigned by the evaluator as an unfulfilled academic requirement.

Passing the admission test (interview) will allow, exclusively for those who have to complete the curricular integration, access also to the academic year following the one for which the admission test was taken (in any case after passing the exams relating to the curricular integration).

Once the curricular requirements have been met, the methods for verifying the adequacy of personal preparation are as follows:

1. Verification of weighted average marks
   1. Admission test (interview)

1. Verification of weighted average marks

Candidates for whom the weighted average ⁽²⁾ of examinations is greater than or equal to 24/30 regardless of the number of years taken to obtain the degree are eligible, without the need to pass the admission interview, after having sent their application via the Apply procedure.

The weighted average⁽¹⁾ is calculated on all credits with a grade in thirtieths acquired and useful for the achievement of the bachelor's degree without any rounding.

In the case of career shortening, the calculation of years must be increased in proportion to the number of CFUs validated (10-60 CFUs =1 year, etc.). 

⁽¹⁾ The weighted average is obtained by summing (grades x credits) / summation of credits.

2. Admission test (interview)

In the event that the adequacy of personal preparation is not met by means of the weighted average test, as indicated above, an admission interview is scheduled. 

The outcome of the admission interview will be announced on the personal page of the APPLY procedure.

Considering that the application for admission to the Master's degree may be made upon achievement of 140 credits and that the average and duration requirements may vary until the degree is obtained, the possibility is given to take the admission interview, in order to satisfy the requirement of personal preparation, even if the requirements are met at the time of application.

This possibility is offered in order to protect oneself in the event of a later deterioration of the average for obtaining the degree.

Those who have obtained eligibility and do not proceed with enrolment for a Master's degree in the academic year for which they have applied for admission must re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in subsequent academic years and, if necessary, take the admission test again.

Commissions for the evaluation of personal preparation for admission to the Master's degree courses offered by the Collegio di Architettura' are appointed by Rector's decree.    

Those with disabilities and those with specific learning disorders (DSA) may request appropriate support by contacting the staff of the Special Needs Unit, which manages student support services https://www.polito.it/en/education/services-and-life-at-politecnico/welcome-inclusion-and-support).

Should the need to complete curricular integrations be identified, for the purposes of enrolment, any suitability acquired after passing the admission test shall be kept until the following academic year.

All those who have obtained eligibility, whose need for curricular integrations has not been identified, and who do not proceed with enrolment or with the advancement of the Master's degree courses in the academic year for which they have applied, will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure and, if necessary, take the admission test again for access in following academic years.

The results of the admission tests will be published on the Apply personal page in the "Evaluations" section.

Admission test

In the event that the average requirement is not met, there will be an interview with a specially appointed committee that will decide on the possibility of admission. The interview will focus on the following fields of knowledge:

- landscape architecture, with particular reference to the design of urban open space
- landscape history and culture;
- plant ecology.

Place, date and time of the test are published in the deadlines section.

The outcome of the test will be announced by the deadline indicated in the deadlines section.