University of Milano-Bicocca: 2027/28 admission, deadlines, fees and scholarships

Bicocca has two kinds of programme, and each has its own window:

The portal shows every closing time as "11:59:59 Central European Time" and does not say whether that is morning or night. Read it as 11:59 in the morning, which is 16:59 in Bangladesh.

Four things to know about these windows:

• Apply in the 1st call if you want the scholarship. Bicocca's own scholarship gives "priority" to candidates from the first call (see Scholarships). Bicocca calls 22 October – 22 December the "1st call", but no later call has been published yet.
• Apply at least seven days before the deadline. If Bicocca asks for more documents you have seven days to send them, and anyone who applies in the last seven days "won't have the opportunity to present additional documentation".
• Nothing can be changed after you press Submit. The file reopens only if Bicocca asks you for something.
• The English certificate has its own date. For the 1st call it is 5 February 2027; you can apply before you have it (see Admission requirements).

• Rules for Bangladesh, written down in advance. Bicocca's entry-requirements document names the Bangladeshi degrees it accepts and the GPA it requires, so you know before paying whether your file will be read.
• Low, fixed tuition for Bangladeshi students. Bangladesh is in Bicocca's lowest country group: EUR 200 or EUR 300 a year in 2026/27, with no family income papers needed for that figure (see Fees).
• A scholarship you do not apply for separately. Every applicant to an English-taught programme is considered for EUR 10,000 a year with tuition waived.
• An application fee that covers three programmes. EUR 30 lets you apply to up to three master's.
• Science, data and economics in English. Its English-taught master's are in data science, AI, physics, mathematics, materials, marine science, psychology, economics and marketing.

What Bicocca is not is a place for every degree. BBA degrees are refused outright, and most master's check your earlier subjects credit by credit.

A Bicocca master's (Laurea Magistrale) lasts two years. Your application is checked twice: first by Bicocca's credential evaluators against the country rules, then by the programme's professors on your subjects. Applications that fail the first check "will be automatically excluded from the selection".

The Bangladesh row, from Bicocca's entry-requirements document for 2027/28:

Three exclusions apply to every country:

• BBA degrees are "explicitly not accepted" for any master's. If your degree is a BBA, Bicocca is not an option, whatever your GPA.
• Franchised degrees are not accepted: a degree delivered by a third-party institution on behalf of the awarding university.
• Transnational degrees are accepted only if the programme is accredited in both countries.

Three-year degrees are not in the Bangladesh row, so a three-year pass degree does not meet it. If you hold one, ask Bicocca through the DreamApply messages before paying; see also 3-year vs 4-year bachelor's. How Bangladeshi grades are read abroad: CGPA to European grades.

Meeting the country rule does not mean admission. Each programme then asks for its own subjects; see English-taught programmes.

The programmes listed as taught in English on Bicocca's portal for 2027/28, with the entry rule each one states. Read the programme's own page before applying; Bicocca can change these rules.

A credit is not a course. Bicocca counts subjects in ECTS credits; a Bangladeshi transcript counts them in credit hours. Attach your course syllabi so the committee can see what each course covered, and do not assume a programme in a different field will accept you on a high CGPA alone.

A Marine Sciences "joint degree with the Maldives National University", which some guides mention, does not appear on Bicocca's pages. They mention only Bicocca's research centre in the Maldives.

Your degree and GPA

A Bangladeshi honours degree of four years (or a five-year MBBS, nursing or pharmacy degree) with a GPA of at least 3.3 out of 4, not a BBA, plus the subjects your programme asks for; see Master's degrees.

English

Every English-taught programme asks for English at level B2. Bicocca's table of accepted certificates (Academic Senate, 5 November 2025):

Duolingo is not on the list. A certificate must be less than five years old when you submit it. The TOEFL band is on the old scale; if your TOEFL was scored on the scale ETS introduced in January 2026, ask Bicocca how it reads it.

Medium of instruction. Each programme page says: "If your previous degree was entirely taught in English… you are exempt from submitting a separate language proficiency certificate." That exemption is for the application.

Plan for a certificate anyway, for two reasons:

1. 1Bicocca itself asks visa applicants for one at enrolment. Its required-documents page lists "English or Italian language certification at B2 level, among those accepted by the University" for non-EU candidates applying for a student visa.
2. 2The Embassy of Italy in Dhaka asks for a language certificate "if not already verified by the University with report on Universitaly", and for English the only one it names is IELTS, with a score of at least 6. IELTS 5.5 is B2 for Bicocca but below the embassy's figure.

So the safe plan is IELTS Academic 6.0 or higher. See Italy without IELTS.

When you must hold your degree

You may apply in your final year. Bicocca's limit is 31 October 2027 for obtaining your bachelor's; for a bachelor's programme, your HSC by 31 July 2027. The university validates your Universitaly pre-enrolment only after you are admitted and enrolled, so a late result delays the visa.

To apply

Bicocca's evaluators may ask for more, and you then have seven days to send it. "The production of false documentation will be reported." If your SSC, HSC and passport spell your name differently, fix it before you apply; see name mismatches.

CIMEA. For 2027/28 Bicocca asks for a CIMEA Statement of Verification or Statement of Comparability only "if requested". If it asks, you must show the receipt of your CIMEA request before your call closes; the assessment then carries on. See Declaration of Value or CIMEA.

To enrol, once admitted

Admitted students are invited to an in-person check of their original documents.

1. 1Check the Bangladesh row. A four-year honours degree (or a five-year MBBS, nursing or pharmacy degree), GPA 3.3 out of 4, not a BBA. Below it your file is excluded automatically.
2. 2Match your subjects to the programme's page, and choose up to three master's.
3. 3Register on apply.unimib.it as a new applicant, choosing "Non-EU residing abroad". Use an email you check: a one-time PIN and a welcome email set up the account.
4. 4Fill in the application and upload every document (see Documents you need). You can save and come back.
5. 5Pay the EUR 30 fee through the PagoPA link in the invoice in the finance section of your application. It covers up to three master's and is not refunded.
6. 6Press Submit at least seven days before the deadline: 22 December 2026 for open-access programmes, 8 March 2027 for limited-places ones. Nothing can be changed after it.
7. 7Answer any request within seven days, and attend an interview if one is set; the AI and Marine Sciences interviews are held online.
8. 8Upload your English certificate by 5 February 2027 (1st call).
9. 9Accept the offer and pay the EUR 150 deposit, then pre-enrol on Universitaly; see After admission.

No. Everything above is done on Bicocca's own portal, and Bicocca answers applicants through the DreamApply message section. Every window, document and fee on this page comes from Bicocca's pages, linked below, so you can apply on your own.

We are a consultancy, so you should know that before you read further. If you want a second pair of eyes on your degree, your subjects or your visa file, we help only with what you ask us to, and we do not promise an outcome. Questions to ask any agent, us included, are in how to verify a consultancy.

Two students we worked with received their Italian study visas for Bicocca master's in December 2025, and agreed to their names being published:

Two is the number of Bicocca approvals we have published, not a success rate: no authority publishes one for Italian study visas, and we do not publish ours. Every other approval we have posted is on the wins wall.

To apply

Tuition: a fixed amount for Bangladeshi students

Bicocca charges international students (non-Italian citizenship, qualification from abroad, residence abroad) by country group and subject area, not by family income. Countries are grouped by national GDP, and Bangladesh is in Group 1, the lowest. Under the 2026/27 fee guide, the latest published:

The totals are our arithmetic. In 2026/27 the first instalment was due on 6 October and tuition was split between 15 January and 14 May. International Economics and Marketing are Area A; Data Science, AI, Physics, Mathematics and Marine Sciences are Area B. These are 2026/27 figures; the 2027/28 guide is usually published in June.

Living costs and the visa's funds requirement (EUR 10,179.85 for the year) are separate and much larger; see Italy proof of funds, studying in Milan and the cost calculator.

Confirmed means Bicocca or the Italian government states the date for 2027/28. Expected follows last year's pattern. Not yet published means nobody has announced it. Check the intake calendar and Bicocca's portal as well.

There are two main options, and you can hold only one of them: Bicocca's merit scholarship, or the regional DSU scholarship based on family income.

Bicocca International Scholarship (BISP)

From the 2026/27 call and page (the 2027/28 call is not out yet):

• EUR 10,000 a year before tax, plus a tuition-fee waiver. You still pay the stamp duty and regional tax.
• No separate application. "All applicants to eligible programs are automatically considered." It covers every English-taught bachelor's and master's, and Medicine.
• About five per programme. The page says 100 in all; the 2026/27 call lists five for each of 17 programmes.
• Who is eligible: non-Italian citizens whose previous degree is from abroad and who do not live in Italy. Bangladesh is not restricted.
• Priority to the 1st call. For open-access programmes the 2026/27 rule was to be admitted and confirm enrolment by 15 March 2026; for limited-places ones, to be on the admission list and accept by the deadline.
• Keeping it: for a second year, 40 ECTS by November and 60 by March of the first year (2026/27 rules).
• Not with DSU. The call rules out the DSU grant, meals, housing and the extraordinary grant.

The DSU scholarship (income-based)

Run by Bicocca under Lombardy's rules, with a call every July. For a family whose income is in Bangladesh you need an ISEE parificato; see ISEE parificato explained and the DSU guide. In 2026/27:

• The ISEE limit was EUR 26,887.93 and the ISPE limit EUR 58,452.06.
• Women on science, technology, engineering and maths programmes received 20% more.
• The call opened on 7 July 2026; housing requests closed on 20 August and scholarship requests on 30 September.
• Students who qualify are exempt from tuition even if no grant is left for them.

Invest Your Talent in Italy

The Italian foreign ministry's scholarship: EUR 10,800 for the year plus fee exemption in its 2026/27 call, and Bangladesh is eligible. At Bicocca it covers International Economics, Economics and Technologies of Sustainability, and Marketing and Global Markets. Applications ran from 20 April to 11 May 2026, and you must already hold your degree. See Invest Your Talent in Italy.

A scholarship does not replace your proof of funds. The Embassy of Italy in Dhaka's checklist says a scholarship award "does not exempt applicants" from showing their financial means.

Bicocca accepts the HSC for a bachelor's (12 years of schooling). Two bachelor's are taught in English, both with limited places and both applied for between 11 January and 8 March 2027:

There is no application fee for a bachelor's; the test is the cost. CEnT-S is CISIA's online test in English, and our live CEnT-S seat tracker checks its calendar every 15 minutes.

Medicine and Surgery, in English

Six years, taught in Bergamo in partnership with the University of Bergamo and the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital. Admission is through the national IMAT test; in 2026/27 the test was on 29 September 2026 and 20 places were reserved for non-EU applicants living abroad. The 2027/28 call is not published yet. See studying medicine in Italy in English.

For other Italian options after HSC, see studying in Italy after HSC.

For admission (Bicocca's rules)

• Degree: a four-year honours degree, or a five-year MBBS, nursing or pharmacy degree. Not a BBA.
• GPA: at least 3.3 out of 4.
• Subjects: match your transcript, with syllabi, to the programme's own list.
• Window: the 1st call closes 22 December 2026 for open-access master's; submit a week early.
• English: B2 from Bicocca's list, by 5 February 2027 for the 1st call.
• Graduation: by 31 October 2027.

For the visa (Italy's rules, decided by the embassy)

• English: plan for IELTS 6.0, the only English test the Dhaka embassy names, unless Bicocca records your English on Universitaly.
• Funds: EUR 10,179.85 for the year, from lawful and traceable sources. The Dhaka embassy's checklist names only your own 12-month bank statement or a sponsor who is a parent, a legal resident of Italy or an institution. A scholarship does not replace this.
• Your degree: with the Universitaly receipt, the embassy asks for a Declaration of Value from the Embassy of Italy in Dhaka (or proof that you applied for one) or a verifiable CIMEA certificate.
• Deadline: the visa application must reach the consulate by 31 October 2027.
• Pre-enrolment is capped: each university may validate only 20% more pre-enrolments than its allocated places, so pre-enrol as soon as Universitaly opens (the validation cap).

1. 1Accept the offer on the portal and pay the EUR 150 deposit.
2. 2Pre-enrol on Universitaly once it opens in spring 2027, uploading the same documents as in your Bicocca application. Step by step: Universitaly pre-enrolment.
3. 3Graduate and enrol. Bicocca validates your pre-enrolment after you are admitted and enrolled; the embassy is then notified. Validation is not a visa: the embassy alone decides.
4. 4Apply for the type D study visa in Dhaka. Bicocca recommends confirming the requirements, such as proof of funds, with the consulate. The full visa file: study in Italy from Bangladesh.
5. 5Apply for DSU and housing in July if you need them, and decide between DSU and BISP if you are offered both.
6. 6Arrive by 31 January 2028 at the latest, bring your original documents for the in-person check, and apply for your residence permit.

University of Milano-Bicocca

• Application portal (apply.unimib.it)
• 2027/28 applications and deadlines
• Entry requirements by country
• Master's: required documents
• Fees and funding and the FAQ
• Visa procedure
• Bicocca International Scholarship

Our guides

• Study in Italy from Bangladesh, the Italy country guide and studying in Milan
• Scholarships, the intake calendar, the document checklist and a free eligibility assessment