Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro"

UPO offers 31 three-year bachelor's degrees (one taught in English) and 6 single-cycle master's degrees. Fields are taught across the departments on the three campuses, including:

• Law, political science and business administration (Alessandria)
• Economics and business (Novara)
• Science and technological innovation (Alessandria)
• Pharmaceutical sciences (Novara)
• Medicine and health professions such as nursing and physiotherapy
• Humanities (Vercelli)
• Social services

At postgraduate level UPO offers 16 master's degrees (three taught in English), 20 first- and second-level university master's programmes (three in English), 6 PhD programmes and 33 specialisation schools, as well as 5 joint or dual degrees. Admission requirements and procedures for each master's degree are published on the programme's own webpage.

Applicants from outside the EU who need a student visa submit a pre-enrolment application on the Italian Universitaly portal; for the 2026/2027 academic year the university gives 30 November 2026 as the deadline. Master's programmes have additional procedures set out on each programme's webpage. Documents required:

• Bachelor's: secondary school diploma after at least 12 years of schooling, with a legally certified translation
• Master's: bachelor's diploma and transcript, with a certified translation
• Declaration of Value (DoV), or the CIMEA comparability and verification certificates
• Language certificate (see language requirements)

Original documents must be handed in person to the Student Administration Office to complete enrolment.

Students need a B2 certificate in the language of their programme: Italian for Italian-taught degrees, English for English-taught degrees.

• Italian: CILS, Cert.IT, CVCL, PLIDA or the CISIA test (minimum 48/72); UPO also runs its own Italian tests
• English: for B2, IELTS 5.5-6.5, TOEFL iBT 46-93 or Cambridge First (FCE), among others; Medium of Instruction certificates are also accepted

IELTS Academic Online and PTE Academic Online are not accepted.

Scholarships are managed by the regional agency EDISU Piemonte and require a separate application. Students whose income or family are based abroad need an equivalent ISEE (ISEE Parificato), an economic indicator used to obtain reduced tuition fees, apply for scholarships and request accommodation benefits.

University accommodation is managed by the regional agency EDISU Piemonte and requires a separate application. There are student residences on all three campuses: Casa Sappa (EDISU) and Santa Chiara in Alessandria, EDISU residences in the Perrone complex in Novara, and the Dal Pozzo and Quintino Sella residences in Vercelli.