Requirements for applicants from other universities a. y. 2026/27

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;
• the preparation of a portfolio (to be attached to the APPLY procedure before submitting your application).

⁽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.

The guidelines to write the portfolio are available here.

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.

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.

You may submit your portfolio in Italian or English. The submission of the application is subjected to the uploading to the portfolio.

Evaluation criteria

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.

Specific evaluation criteria

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

The Admissions Committee 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

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.

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. 

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 or with the advancement of courses 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.

A curricular requirement is the possession of a Bachelor's degree in class L-17 (or class 4 ex D.M. 509/99) or a three-year Bachelor's degree or university diploma, or other suitable academic qualification obtained outside Italy, recognized suitable according to the art. 6 c. 2 of 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.

The verification of the curricular requirements can have as outcomes the admission, the non-admission  or the admission with condition subject to the obligation to fill your curricular gaps by taking some courses assigned by the Teaching Committee.

Please note: enrollment will be allowed to those who have obtained eligibility and who be awarded the Bachelor's degree by 30 September 2026.

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.

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.

⁽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.

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.

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 (Disabilità e DSA | Presentazione).

Admission test
Room, date and timetable of the test are published in the deadlines section.
The test will last one hour and thirty minutes and will take place in person.

Evaluation criteria
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
• 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 out the 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.  

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

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.

All those who have obtained eligibility, whose need for curricular integration 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 for admission in the second semester or in subsequent academic years and, if necessary, retake the admission test.

Curricular requirements are verified through the Apply procedure.

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

The credits of a certain Scientific Disciplinary Field present both for the first and for the second group are counted for the first group. Residual credits are counted for the second group.
The credits from one course can then be taken into account to satisfy 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.

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.

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 pass the admission test, and only if you have to complete your curricular gaps, you can be admitted to the Master's 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). You will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in subsequent academic years.

Please note: enrollment in the first semester will be allowed to those who have obtained eligibility and who be awarded the Bachelor's degree by 30 September 2026.

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 of Politecnico di Torino.

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.

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). You will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in subsequent academic years.

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

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) as described above, an admission test is required.

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.

Evaluation methods and criteria
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 admission tests will be published on the Apply@polito personal page of each applicant in the "Evaluation" section.

All those who have obtained eligibility, whose need for curricular integration 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 for admission in the second semester or in subsequent academic years and, if necessary, retake the admission test.

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.

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.
• the preparation of a portfolio or summary of previous studies and experiences.

⁽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

If you don't meet the appropriate weighted average for admission, you need to go through a merit-based evaluation. You must upload a portfolio/summary to the Apply@polito platform before submitting your application.

The evaluation of suitable academic performance and of the portfolio/summary is carried out by a special Commission appointed by Rector's Decree.

To this end, a portfolio/summary (maximum size 20 MB) must be attached to the Apply procedure by the application deadline, which will be evaluated by the commission.

The guidelines to write the portfolio/summary are available here.

You have to include your portfolio/summary in order to submit your application.

Evaluation criteria and modality
Your application is assessed based on two criteria (for a maximum of 100 points):

• your weighted average grades of the exams you passed at the time of application (max 40 points)
• your portfolio or summary content (max 60 points)

The Admissions Committee evaluates your portfolio or a brief summary of of previous educational program and work experiences based on the following criteria:

• consistency of your portfolio or a brief summary of previous educational program and work experiences with the content of the degree programme you are applying for (see the Specific evaluation criteria);
• novelty of content;
• overall quality;
• argument and graphic skills;
• use of specific language consistent with the degree programme you are applying for.

Specific evaluation criteria
The Admissions Committee will evaluate the following:

• knowledge of the main principles and theories of urban and regional planning;
• knowledge of the institutional and planning system;
• knowledge of the main principles and theories about sustainable local development;
• knowledge and skills using spatial information systems;
• ability to use the basic technical tools and the approaches of the planning and architectural design;
• ability to read and describe the multidimensionality of the urban phenomena;
• ability to read, describe, and analyse a case study, considering the specific spatial scale;
• basic knowledge of the theories and tools of disciplines related to urban planning (such as geography, urban sociology, history of the territory and architecture, evaluation, transport planning, etc.).

The evaluations is positive if your score is ≥ 60 points.

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 (in ogni caso successivamente all'assolvimento dell'integrazione curriculare). (in any case after passing the exams - single courses - suggested to make up for your unfulfilled academic requirements). You will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in subsequent academic years.

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, re-attach the portfolio/summary.

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

Curricular requirements are verified through the Apply procedure.

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. For other degree classes, access is subject to a merit-based assessment of the portfolio/summary.

Applicants holding a bachelor’s degree in a subject area other than those listed above must submit their portfolio/summary for assessment, regardless of their admission grade point average, and must have earned the minimum number of credits 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.

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.

Passing the portfolio/summary evaluation will allow, exclusively for those who have to complete the curricular gaps, 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 gaps).

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: 

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).

Possession of the weighted average ⁽¹⁾ of the examinations is greater than or equal to 24/30 is required, regardless of the number of years taken to obtain the qualification.

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. Please note that numbers are not rounded.

In the event of credit transfer, the duration of the university path is increased proportionally to the number of recognized credits (10-60 credits = 1 year, etc.).

⁽¹⁾ the weighted average is calculated as follows: (grade*credits) /credits.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.