Are you choosing your study path and want to pursue two courses in parallel and earn two degrees simultaneously? Are you already enrolled in the university and also want to take another course (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, doctorate, professional master course, specialization) simultaneously? This is possible, even at more than one University and/or Institution of Higher Education, Italian or foreign.
You have the option to enroll at the same time:
Simultaneous enrollment in a course belonging to the system prior to Ministerial Decree 509 of 1999 and one of the courses listed in the previous paragraph is not permitted.
In the case of simultaneous enrollment in two study programs, you can identify only one of the two programs as the reference to access the benefits provided by the current legislation on financial aid throughout the period you are simultaneously studying at both programs.
If you are already enrolled in a study program in the second or subsequent year and have already applied for financial aid associated with that course, you must compulsorily indicate that as the reference enrollment.
If, on the other hand, you have never claimed financial aid on your first course of enrollment, you may choose which of the two courses you wish to claim against.
If the requirements are met, full or partial exemption from paying the all-inclusive annual fee applies to both enrollments.
In the case of simultaneous enrollment in two study programs at the University of Florence, there is a 50% reduction in the all-inclusive fee for the second course (a study program is defined as a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and single-cycle master’s degree).
If you are already enrolled in a higher education course and want to enroll in a university master course, you must follow the procedures for admission to the course, and declare whether you are already enrolled in another university or AFAM course.
If the course in which you are already enrolled is a PhD or Medical or Non-Medical Specialization School or a compulsory attendance course (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, single-cycle master’s degree, an AFAM or other type of course) or other University master course, you will have to acquire in advance the favorable opinion of the Board of the course in which you are enrolled. Enrollment in the professional master course is subject to the approval of both courses (the one you are enrolled in and the one you want to enroll in).
The Law 33 of April 12, 2022, allows simultaneous enrollment in two higher education courses even at more than one university and institutions of higher artistic, musical, and choreographic education (AFAM), both Italian and foreign.
The DM 930 of July 29, 2022, and the DM 933 of August 2, 2022, regulate the procedures for simultaneous dual enrollment regarding university and AFAM courses, respectively.
The Implementing Decree on nationally-scheduled courses, provided for in Article 4 c.2 of Law 33/2022, is not yet available.