Application

Applications for Master's degree programmes for the academic year 2026/2027 are open from 22 January 2026. The application deadline for non-EU students VISA applicants is 30 April 2026. The application deadline for EU students is 20 July 2026.

The application must be submitted online, through the “Admission application” button (on the bottom of this page). Before that, you have to login into the system, by following the instructions provided at this page.

1. Submit required documents:
   • (i) degree certificate - if already graduated - and (ii) transcript(s) of records with the list of taken exams plus grades and credits (ECTS/CFU) for each of them;
   • Passport/ID card;
   • A short CV;
   • English language certification (if any; please check the list of accepted certificates here);
2. Pay the application fee by the same deadlines (visa applicants: 30 April; others: 20 July), under penalty of exclusion. The payment form is available at the end of the application procedure. Online electronic payments from major circuits are accepted.

Please note: unpaid, incomplete or multiple submissions will not be considered.

1. Applicants will be asked to take a compulsory online background knowledge test to verify personal competencies and skills. To learn more about the test, please check the "Background knowledge test" section here below. Candidates who do not sit or reach the minimum level required by the Admission Board in the admission test will not be further evaluated and cannot sit further tests;
2. The Admission Board will verify the entry requirements in terms of credits (CFU/ECTS) for candidates who successfully pass the test (these credits must be possessed by the date of effective submission of the application for admission);
3. Once the entry requirements verified, the Admission Board will decide whether to admit or reject or ask the candidate for an interview (via MS Teams or other electronic means). In the meanwhile, applicants must take and pass an English test with SLAM, unless they already provided a valid English certificate. The English test with SLAM can only be taken once per academic year. If candidates fail or miss the English test with SLAM, they have time until 31 August 2026 to send SLAM a B2 level (or higher) English certificate taken on their own, among those accepted by Unimi. Please notice that medium of instruction letters are never accepted, even if coming from English fully-taught programmes;
4. The candidate will receive the letter of admission/rejection, through the students’ application portal, to the e-mail address provided in your online application submission.
   IMPORTANT: at this step of the procedure, the International Admissions and Credentials Evaluation Office will also verify the compliance of provided documents from international applicants;
5. In case of admission, the applicant will be able to proceed with enrolment and pay the annual fees. As soon as the procedure opens, we kindly suggest proceeding with the enrollment.

All applicants who regularly apply for MEF and paid the application fee will be invited via e-mail to take a compulsory online background knowledge test about the following areas: Mathematics and Statistics; Economics and Business/Finance (please see the "Suggested Bibliography" section here below). 

This is a multiple choice test. Time available: 60 minutes.
Minimum threshold to pass the test: 20 correct answers out of 40. No penalties for wrong answers.
The background knowledge test can be taken once only.
Instructions on how and when to take the test are usually sent about one week prior to the test date.
Please check your e-mail spam folder as well.

Tests are scheduled in four sessions as follows:

16 April 2026 - for those who applied by 31/03/26
13 May 2026 - for those who applied by 30/04/26 (last session available for non-EU visa applicants)
11 June 2026 - for those who applied by 31/05/26
30 July 2026 - for those who applied by 20/07/26

Candidates must take the online background knowledge test at the test session they are invited to.
Candidates missing the test session they are invited to will not be allowed to sit another test session.

Here is a suggested bibliography to prepare yourself for the online background knowledge test. This is not intended to be mandatory, as each applicant may feel free to choose different materials.

Applicants may also be invited to an oral interview held in English language and exclusively done via electronic devices (e.g.: via MS Teams). The interview is aimed at examining in more depth the applicants' background knowledge.

For an idea of the appropriate level of knowledge and skills, candidates may consult the following textbooks:

Mathematics

Topics: Calculus, Linear Algebra

Suggested reference:

• Sydsæter, K., Hammond, P. (2008) Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, (3 edition), Pearson. Chap: 1-10 (Calculus I), 15-16 (Vector and Matrices)
• Simon, C.P., Blume, L. (2010) Mathematics for Economists, W. W. Norton & Company

Economics

Microeconomics

Either one of these books:

• Mankiw N.G. and M.P. Taylor (2020) Economics, Cenage (fifth edition or any preceding edition), Parts 1-2-3-4-5
• Krugman P. and R. Wells (2018) Microeconomics, Worth Publishers, Chapters 1-17

Equivalent textbooks are also as good.

Macroeconomics

Suggested reference:

• Blanchard O. (2010) Macroeconomics, 5th edition, Pearson Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Statistics

Topics: Elementary Probability and Random Variables; Descriptive Statistics;  Statistical inference.

Suggested references (any of those):

• Trosset M.W. (2009) An introduction to statistical inference and its applications with R, CRC Press.  Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14.
• Ross S. (2010) Introductory Statistics, 3d Edition, Elsevier
• Moore D., McCabe G.P., Craig B. (2012) An Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 7th edition, W.H. Freeman & Company

Econometrics

Topics: Linear Regression Model With One or More Regressors: Estimation and Testing, Instrumental Variables.

Suggested reference:

• Stock J., Watson M. (2010) Introduction to Econometrics, 3rd Edition, Addison-Wesley.