Admission to Master's Degree Programmes – Architecture Area a.y. 2026/2027

• Register to the Apply@polito platform;
• Select up to 2 Master's degree programmes in order of priority. If you are eligible for both programmes, enrolment will only be allowed for the Master's degree programme indicated as your first choice;
• Pay the required fee* and submit your application.

*Payment required for applicants from other Italian universities

Please note:

• You can submit your application even if you have not earned your Bachelor’s degree yet, but you need to have earned at least 140 credits at Bachelor’s level (by July 2026);
• You can submit your application even if you don’t have an English language certificate yet;
• Your application is valid only for the academic year in which it is submitted. If you do not enrol, you will need to apply and pay the fee again (if applicable).

The outcome of your application will be visible in the Evaluations section of the Apply@polito platform.

If you get a positive evaluation (offer of admission) for all the admission requirements:

• you need to have earned your Bachelor’s degree 
  • Applicants from Politecnico di Torino: the registration of your Bachelor’s degree is automatic after graduation (Student status: GRADUATED);
  • Applicants from other Italian Universities: you must enter your graduation date and final grade on the Apply@polito platform - Educational Background section
• click the button “Procedi con l’immatricolazione/Enrol” on the Apply@polito platform -  Evaluations section;
• confirm the data previously entered to your application; 
• pay the first instalment of your tuition fees as indicated in the Tuition Fee Regulations for a.y. 2026/27

Please note: for some Architecture courses, you can enrol both in the first and in the second semester. Enrolling in the first semester allows you to include courses from both semesters.

After enrolment you will have to create your Personal Study Plan and your Annual Personal Study Plan. For more details on how to create your PSP/APSP check the Student Guide of your Master's degree programme - chapter “Creating your APSP/PSP”.

After completing the enrolment process, you must create your Annual Personal Study Plan and your Personal Study Plan within 10 days of the date of enrolment.

Procedure
Make sure you do NOT select "SINGLE COURSES" in the “Select your programme” section of the Apply@polito platform but follow these steps:

1. Submit your application for admission to the Master’s degree programme you have chosen;
2. In the Evaluations section of the Apply@polito platform, you will see that the status of your application is "rejected (respinto)" since you do not meet the curricular requirements;
3. Click “Enrol in single courses” in the Evaluations section. This option is visible only if you have 60 (or less) unearned credits;
4. A new section, called Single Courses, will be displayed, and you will be able to see the list of the suggested courses that you need to take in order to make up for your unfulfilled curricular requirements;
5. Submit your request from the Save and Submit section and pay your fees from the Evaluations section;
6. You will receive your student ID number and the access credentials to log in to your personal page of the Teaching Portal after completing your payment.

The deadline for enrolling in single courses is 30 September 2026.

Important - for applicants from other Italian Universities

After enrolling in single courses you must come in person to the Student Careers Unit during opening times. Bring with you a valid ID in order to complete the enrolment process with the identification and verification of your personal data.  Failure to do so entails permanent exclusion from the enrolment process. The deadline for completing the identification phase is 8 April 2027. Until the completion of this phase, you will have limited access to the services available on your personal page on the Teaching Portal. 

What happens after fulfilling your curricular requirements

When all the grades of your single courses are registered in your transcript, you need to contact the Student Careers Unit using the Ticketing Support System to close your position as a "student enrolled in single courses," and you will be able to complete the enrolment process in your Master’s degree programme.

After completing the enrolment process, you must create your Annual Personal Study Plan and your Personal Study Plan within 10 days of the date of enrolment.

Important

• Courses assigned to you as “unfulfilled curricular requirements” cannot be recognized after enrolment in a Master's degree programme, even if they are part of the study plan;
• The grades earned in these exams are not included in the calculation of your average grade for Master's graduation;
• Students who had some “unfulfilled curricular requirements” but failed to enrol in single courses by 30 September 2026 will NOT be able to enrol in single courses “for open competitive exams, professional updating and requalification”;
• Enrolment in single courses for unfulfilled curricular requirements is active for the entire academic year. If you do not pass your exams by the enrolment deadline for 2026/27, you may still take the exams up to the September 2027 session, but enrolment in the Master's would only be possible from the following academic year (2027/28).

Requirements

To enrol in single courses you need to:

• submit the application for admission to the Master's degree programme you are interested in;
• meet the following admission requirements: suitable academic performance + curricular requirements;
• have already earned your Bachelor's degree;
• meet the deadline for enrolment in single courses.

Procedure

The guided procedure for enrolment in single courses will become visible as soon as you receive a positive evaluation for your curricular requirements and academic performance and a negative evaluation for language requirements (language certificate missing) under the Evaluations section of the Apply@polito platform.

1. Go to the Evaluations section of your personal page of the Apply@polito platform and click “Enrol in single courses”;
2. Go to the Single Courses section:  you will see the list of all first-semester courses offered in Year 1 by all the specialist pathways of the Master's degree programme you have chosen (please see the course catalogue of your programme published on the website). You do not need to select all the courses, but only the courses that you want to attend;
3. Select your courses, save the list and submit your request from the Save and Submit section;
4. Complete your enrolment from the Evaluations section and pay the required amount.

IMPORTANT: Enrolment in single courses for unfulfilled language requirements is permitted exclusively in first semester. Courses not selected at this stage cannot be added later.

The deadline for enrollment in Single courses for unfulfilled language requirements is 30 September 2026.

Important notice for applicants from other Italian Universities

After enrolling in single courses you must come in person to the Student Careers Unit during opening times. Bring with you a valid ID in order to complete the enrolment process with the identification and verification of your personal data  Failure to do so entails permanent exclusion from the enrolment process. The deadline for completing the identification phase is 03/12/2026. Until the completion of this phase, you will have limited access to the services available on your personal page on the Teaching Portal .

What happens after obtaining the language certificate:

When you obtain your English language certificate, you must present it to Politecnico. Follow the procedure for Uploading Language Certificates available on your Personal page of the Teaching Portal –> “Personal Area” tab –> “Language Certificates Upload” portlet.

• IELTS certificate obtained through the University Language Centre (CLA): your certificate will be registered automatically a few days after the results are published (you do not need to enter the data on the Apply@polito platform);
• IELTS certificate obtained outside Politecnico: you must enter the TRF number. (You can find this number on your certificate or in the message you received by e-mail when the results were published.);
• Cambridge certificate: you must log in to your Cambridge personal page and select the option that allows Cambridge to share your results with Politecnico di Torino. Enter the Candidate's ID number – or – if this is not possible – upload the certificate or Statement of results;
• TOEFL certificate: you must enter the code of Politecnico di Torino (C285) when you register for the exam. On the Apply@polito platform you need to specify the Appointment Number;
• If you have a different English certificate (included in the list of accepted certificates published on the CLA website) you must upload a scanned copy of your certificate to the Apply@polito platform.

After Politecnico checks your certificate, you will be able to proceed with enrolment at Politecnico.

What happens if you don't get the certificate by 22/02/2027

You will not be allowed to enrol in any Master's degree programme for the academic year 2026/27. Your enrolment in single courses (exclusively first-semester courses already present in your Annual Personal Study Plan) will remain valid for the entire academic year 2026/27, until the end of the Autumn exam session 2026.

Important

• If you are going to get a language certificate by the deadline, you will be able to attend classes while waiting to enrol. You do not need to enrol in single courses. In this case, you can enrol directly in the Master's degree programme you have chosen in the first semester.
• If you have not enrolled in single courses and you do not get your language certificate by 22/02/2027, you will NOT be allowed to enrol in single courses “for open competitive exams, professional updating, and requalification".

Admissions to the Master’s degree programme in Architecture construction city, Architecture for sustainability, Architecture for heritage and to the Master’s degree programme in Landscape architecture are permitted only in the first semester.

Admissions to the Master’s degree programme in Systemic Design, Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions and to the Master’s degree programme in Urban and Regional Planning are open in both the first and second semester.

Admissions to the Master’s degree programme in Systemic Design, Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions and to the Master’s degree programme in Urban and Regional Planning are open in both the first and second semester.

If you want to request an internal transfer to another Master's programme at Politecnico di Torino, you must meet the admission requirements and the applicable deadlines. The procedure is available in the Student Guide. 

Students with a non-Italian Bachelor's degree:

• Curricular requirements: the verification of the admission requirements is carried out in advance by the Academic Advisor of the programme. In case of approval, the Academic Advisor will decide on the recognition of the credits that you earned during a previous Master's degree programme – credit transfer;
• Language requirements: students with a non-Italian Bachelor's degree who intend to transfer to an Italian-taught programme must have an Italian language certificate.

1. SUBMIT THE APPLICATION: see the specific section.
2. WAIT FOR THE EVALUATION OF YOUR ACADEMIC RECORDS:
   1. wait for the evaluation of your previous academic records (conducted by the Academic Advisor of the degree programme) with the possible recognition of previously earned credits. The results of this evaluation will be available on your Apply@polito personal page – Evaluations section. The number of credits that can be recognized will be visible only after the conclusion of the evaluation process;
   2. wait until you receive an offer of admission from Politecnico before submitting your transfer out application to your current university. Your current university will send the Transfer Out Clearance Form to Politecnico di Torino. Upon reception of this document, our offices will check your previous data and enable your enrolment.
3. ENROL AND FILL YOUR PSP/APSP
   See the Student Guide – Creating your APSP/PSP

Transfer in or withdrawal?
Before starting any transfer process at your current university, you should consider two different options:

• transfer (congedo): this option is suggested if you have already passed some exams at your university of origin and you intend to request credit transfer. In this case, the year of your first enrolment is the year when you enrolled in the Italian university system for the first time (years spent at your current university are calculated for your learning path at Politecnico);
• withdrawal from studies (rinuncia agli studi): this is suggested if you have not taken any exam yet or just a few of them. After withdrawing from your current university, you will be able to enrol as a first-year Master's student at Politecnico di Torino (years spent at your current university are not calculated for your learning path at Politecnico).

We remind you that: 

• If you come from another university you must earn a minimum of 50 credits (excluding the thesis credits) at Politecnico di Torino in order to earn your Master’s degree.
• Transfers are possible only between Italian universities.

If you want to enrol in a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico and obtain the recognition of your previously earned credits (credit transfer), you need to have one of the following degrees:

• Master’s degree - Laurea Magistrale D.M. 270/04
• Laurea Specialistica D.M. 509/99
• Five-year degree - Laurea quinquennale ordinamento previgente D.M. 509/99.

Procedure

1.Submit your application

1. You are required to meet the deadlines and follow the procedure for admission to the Master’s degree programme you are interested in. In addition, you must:
2. If you have studied at another Italian university:
   1. register to the Apply@polito platform;
   2. enter the required information about your interrupted academic studies;
   3. upload the syllabi of all the courses that you passed;
   4. select the Master's degree programme you want to apply for in the “Select your programme” section;
   5. pay the required fee;
   6. confirm your data and submit your application.
3. If you have studied at Polito:  
   1. log in to the Apply@polito platform through the Teaching Portal using your old credentials;
   2. select the Master's degree programme you want to apply for in the “Select your programme” section;
   3. confirm your data and submit your application for admission.

2. Wait for the evaluation of your academic records
Your previous academic records will be evaluated by the Academic Advisor of the programme for the possible recognition of your previously earned credits (credit transfer). (You cannot ask us to give you an informal evaluation of your previous academic records). At the end of the evaluation process, you will be able to accept or reject the credit transfer that you will find in the Evaluations section of your Apply@polito page. Make sure you meet the deadlines for this operation.

3. Enrol
If have studied at another university, after accepting the recognition of your credits, you will need to pay € 16,00 for each credit recognised. After you pay, your academic records cannot be modified. You should then complete your online enrolment via the link in the Evaluations section of the Apply@polito platform. After completing this operation, you will receive your student ID number and login credentials.

4. Fill out your PSP/ APSP
Make sure your create your PSP/APSP within 10 days of the date of enrolment.

Credit transfer after withdrawal/forfeiture
If you have withdrawn from Politecnico or if you have been declared forfeited at Polito or at another Italian university, you can request the recognition of your previously earned credits when you enrol in a Master's degree programme at Polito, following the procedure above.

Yes, you can apply for admission to a Master’s degree programme even if you have not yet graduated, provided that you have already earned at least 140 ECTS credits required by your Bachelor’s degree study plan.

You can submit your application even if you do not have an English language certificate yet. However, you will need to upload your certificate by the enrolment deadline, as it is a mandatory admission requirement.

If you do not have an English language certificate by the enrolment deadline, you can register for single courses: you can choose the first semester courses of Year 1 of the Master’s degree programme you have chosen. This option allows you to take the IELTS exam in the IELTS sessions organised by Polito University Language Centre (CLA) at a reduced cost compared to taking the exam with an external provider.

Unfulfilled academic requirements are additional exams that you must take if your application for admission to a Master’s degree programme is rejected because you do not meet all the curricular requirements. In practice, they allow you to fill the gaps between your Bachelor’s background and the prerequisites of the Master’s degree programme you have chosen.

This status appears in your personal page only if you come from another university. To complete your enrolment, you must go through the verification of your identity and personal data: without this step, you will be definitively excluded from the enrolment process.

The deadlines are:

• 3 December 2026 if you enrolled in the first semester; 
• 8 April 2027 if you enrolled in the second semester. 

To complete the enrolment process, you must go in person to the Student Careers Unit e during opening hours and bring the identity document you provided when you registered on the Apply@polito platform.

Until you complete the enrolment process, you will have limited access to university services: for example, you will not be able to request enrolment certificates or register for any exam. After your identity has been verified, the status “Enrolment to be completed” will be removed from your personal page.

You can request an internal transfer to another Master’s degree programme at Politecnico di Torino. Please note that you cannot request a transfer during the academic year. You must submit your request in advance for the next academic year by the deadlines. You also need to meet the admission requirements to the programme you like to transfer to. Please note that you cannot request an internal transfer in Year 1.

You can find the procedure for internal transfers in the Student Guide for academic year 2026/27.

If you are enrolled in a Master’s degree programme at another Italian university and you wish to continue your studies at Politecnico di Torino, you must submit your academic background for evaluation through the Apply@polito platform, in accordance with the deadlines. The evaluation is required to verify that you meet Polito admission requirements and to transfer the credits of the exams that you already passed.

For more information, please check the section: “Transfers from other universities”.