Frequently asked questions

The official call for applications for course admission is usually published in spring and you can apply until the first days of October. If available online, the PRE-ENROLMENT form is valid as an official application for the admission test, unless otherwise indicated by the applicant. The admission test is usually held in mid-October and teaching activities start by 30 October.

The admission test is designed to assess the candidate’s logical, reasoning and motivational skills. To prepare, we generally recommend using the textbooks already used in your school career, especially those for Physics or Applied Sciences and Technologies. For Technical Drawing, you can refer to the Technology and Drawing textbook from the first two years of upper secondary school, focusing on line types and orthographic projections.

Yes, an upper secondary school diploma is required, but it does not necessarily have to be technical. At the beginning of the programme there are alignment activities designed to provide the basic knowledge and practical skills needed to follow the chosen course.

Classes take place during the day, from 4 to 8 hours per day in the periods dedicated to classroom and lab activities, and according to company hours during the internship period. The calendar is provided periodically by the ITS staff and depends on the availability of technical instructors, who are mostly working professionals. There is a summer break of about one month.

Yes, periodic assessments are scheduled to verify students’ preparation and the actual learning of the course content. There is no formal exam between the first and second year, but each student receives an individual assessment report that must be satisfactory in order to be admitted to the final examination.

ITS MAKER periodically offers the opportunity to carry out training experiences abroad, either through curricular internships in European companies or through extracurricular projects. The opportunities available may vary from year to year.

Yes, the course is not closed to working students. However, since classes take place during the day and attendance is mandatory for at least 80% of the total hours, it is clearly not compatible with a full-time, highly demanding job. In particular, attendance of lab activities requires consistent presence and strong commitment.

Absolutely yes.
The ITS diploma is recognised at national level and allows you to work throughout the European Union.

Yes, Ministerial Decree 247 of 2023, implementing the relevant articles of Law 99/2022, sets out the procedures for mutual recognition of training credits. In practice, not all university offices apply these rules in a fully consistent way. For this reason, ITS MAKER has specific agreements with some bachelor’s degree and professionalising bachelor’s degree courses to ensure a broader and more reliable recognition of credits obtained in ITS courses. Further agreements are being finalised with other universities.
At the moment we have a formal agreement with the University of Bologna, which will soon be updated for 2025 and subsequent years and published in this section, with an active link as soon as it becomes available.

Yes, in general it is possible to recognise a previous university experience as credit for ITS, provided that it is significant and consistent with the chosen course. We have specific agreements with some universities in Emilia-Romagna for credit recognition and for direct access to the 2nd year of ITS courses (minimum 40 ECTS), according to rules defined in our calls for applications. For more information and to learn about the specific conditions, you can contact us directly.