STUDENT GUIDE
(2025 - 2026)
Master's degree programme in
DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Prospective students applying for a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico di Torino must have an English language certificate (CEFR – B2 level). This is an admission requirement. If you do not meet this admission requirement, you will not be able to enrol at Politecnico.

More information is available in the  "Language requirements" section of the website dedicated to the admissions to Master's degree programmes.

The language requirements vary depending on the year of first enrolment at Politecnico. Please verify which English language certificates are accepted by Politecnico in your case. 
The indication of your language certificate is visible on your personal page of the Teaching Portal -  "Online Services" TAB -  "View your data and change your address " portlet - "Personal data".  
Information on language learning is provided as follows: 
  • for information on your course requirements and academic progress (Personal Study Plan, credits, recognition of exam credits…) please contact the Careers Unit through:
    • the ticketing service, available from your personal page of the Teaching Portal (Ticket TAB)
    • the office front desk,during opening hours available at: Student careers
  • For information on language teaching and exams (timetables, deadlines, registrations, level test) please contact the Teaching & Language Center (CLA)  through:
    • the Language Center (CLA) website
    • the Ticketing Support Service, available from your personal page of the Teaching Portal (Ticket TAB);
    • your personal page of the Teaching Portal: you can register for language activities (Languages TAB)
    • the Language Center (CLA)
Information on the costs of the English language certificate at the Politecnico is available in the section "To know before registering for the IELTS test", "Do I have to pay?".
Language certifications required for a.y
First Enrolment YearAccepted CertificatesExemption cases
up to a.y 2019/2020table dated 04/12/2017
Upon enrolment, provide a stamped declaration/certificate written on official letterheaded paper, which certifies that: 
a) you have attended at least one school year at a high school in which the medium of instruction is English. In this case the school must issue a certificate stating that “The medium of instruction is English”.b) you have a non-Italian high school diploma which is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research as equivalent to the Italian high school diploma (diploma di maturità), or you have a higher qualification awarded by a higher education institution in which the medium of instruction is English. The school must issue a certificate stating that “The medium of instruction is English”. 
With regard to points “a” and “b”, please note that diplomas awarded by high schools based in the USA, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand do not need to include the phrase “The medium of instruction is English”.

Studenti iscritti all'ordinamento DM 509/99 e previgente DM 509/99La certificazione di lingua inglese richiesta ai fini del conseguimento del titolo di studio deve essere pari al livello B1 del quadro QCER. Le certificazioni B1 riconosciute dal Politecnico di Torino sono indicate in tabella.
a.y 2020/2021 e 2021/2022table dated 23/09/2019, updated on 26/11/2021if you have a non-Italian qualification recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research as equivalent to the Italian high school diploma (diploma di maturità), or if you have a higher qualification awarded by a higher education institution in which the medium of instruction is English, exclusively if the institution is based in USA, Canada, UK,  Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
up to a.y 2022/2023 onwardstable adopted on 23/09/2019, updated on 22/12/2022
  • IB Diploma (International Baccalaureate https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/)   exclusively if you have attended the entire learning path in English, except for the foreign languages;
  • High school diploma awarded by one of the European Schools listed in Annex 2 of the "Procedures for entry, stay and enrolment in higher education programmes in Italy of students requiring visa", exclusively if the first language of the learning path (L1) is English;
  • Educational qualification recognized by the Italian Ministry for University and Research as equivalent to an Italian high school diploma (diploma di maturità), or academic qualification earned at a higher education institution or university where the medium of instruction is English and awarded by the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zeland, regardless of the country where the school/university is located;
  • Educational qualification recognized by the Italian Ministry for University and Research as equivalent to an Italian high school diploma (diploma di maturità), or academic qualification earned at a higher education institution or university where the medium of instruction is English and based in one of the countries listed in Annex A.
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