Admission – Archaeology, Asia Africa and the Mediterranean

The orientation sessions of the Master's Degree Course in Archaeology: Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean will be held every Monday, from June 8 to July 27 and from September 7 toNovember 30, 2026, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on the Teams platform at this  link

Teams group name:  General | Orientamento laurea magistrale Archeologia: Asia, Africa, Mediterraneo MAC 2026-27 

To participate in the orientation sessions, please book at least one week in advance by completing the following  form or by sending an email to the Coordinator

prof. Valentino Nizzo: valentino.nizzo@unior.it  or any of the other members of the Committee.

Any changes to the schedule will be communicated on the Degree Course webpage and in the Teams group chat.
 

Orientation sessions MACR 2026-27

Committee and incoming orientation schedule a.y. 2026-27

Admission requirements

To be admitted to the Degree Program Archaeology: Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean,

applicants must hold a three-year degree, a three-year university diploma, a four-year degree, another specialist or Master’s degree, or another foreign qualification recognized as valid under current legislation. Four-year degrees under the old system, three-year university diplomas and valid qualifications obtained abroad will be assessed by a Master’s Degree Programme Committee to verify eligibility for admission.

Applicants must also possess a general background in the humanities, acquired through formal study or other means, that provides a foundation for the analysis of the archaeological aspects of ancient societies. This background should include basic knowledge of the histories and cultures of the ancient world, an understanding of the core disciplines that underpin the degree programme, and familiarity with archaeological methods and their application to specific geographical and chronological contexts.

Applicants holding a foreign qualification should refer to the University's procedures for international students. International applicants who require a visa must complete the pre-enrolment process through the UNIVERSITALY portal. Validation of the pre-enrolment application does not constitute either the issuance of a visa or final admission to the programme. For programmes or curricula taught in English, applicants must demonstrate the required level of English proficiency in accordance with University regulations. For programmes taught in Italian, the University's Italian-language requirements apply.

The Master's Degree Programme Committee will assess applicants' eligibility for admission on the basis of the documentation submitted, including a self-certification of examinations passed, indicating the corresponding SSD/ GSD (Scientific-Disciplinary Sectors / Scientific-Disciplinary Groups, see list below) and CFU or university credits obtained, as well as an admission interview. Any deficiencies in the CFU credits required for admission within the relevant SSD/GSD may be remedied through credits earned by enrolling in and successfully completing individual courses. Such credits may be recognised for the purpose of meeting the admission requirements of the Master's Degree Programme.

Applicants holding a degree other than those listed below, and/or who only partially meet the curricular requirements, will have any relevant knowledge and competencies acquired in the archaeologies, cultures, and histories of the ancient world assessed by the Committee during the admission interview. Applicants who fully satisfy the curricular requirements are also required to attend an admission interview. The interview is intended to verify their academic preparation and to assess the coherence of their previous studies with the educational objectives of the Master's Degree Programme. No exemptions from the admission interview will be granted. Enrolment with the Student Office will be permitted only upon successful completion of the admission interview. The interview schedule and information on the admission procedures are published on the Master's Degree Programme webpage. The results of the admission assessment are also published on the same webpage, in accordance with the procedures established by the Programme and in compliance with current legislation.

For information on the documentation required for admission to Master's Degree Programmes by applicants holding a foreign qualification, please refer to the following webpage:

https://www.unior.it/it/studia-con-noi/didattica/immatricolarsi-e-iscriversi/studenti-stranieri

Applicants must have obtained a degree in one of the following degree classes, or hold an equivalent qualification also obtained abroad:

pursuant to Ministerial Decree no. 270/04:

L-1 Beni culturali (Cultural Heritage)
L-10 Lettere (Humanities)
L-42 Storia (History)
L-43 Tecnologie per la conservazione e il restauro dei beni culturali (Technologies for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage)

pursuant to Ministerial Decree no. 509/99:

Class 5 Lettere (Humanities)
Class 13 Scienze dei Beni culturali (Cultural Heritage Studies)
Class 38 Storia (History)
Class 41 Tecnologie per la conservazione e il restauro dei beni culturali (Technologies for Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration)

Alternatively, applicants must have acquired at least 36 CFU credits overall in one or more of the following Scientific-Disciplinary Sectors / Scientific-Disciplinary Groups:

GEOS-03/A – Geografia fisica e geomorfologia (Physical geography and geomorphology) (ex GEO/04)
GIUR-05/A – Diritto costituzionale e pubblico (Constitutional and public law) (ex IUS/09)
GIUR-06/A – Diritto amministrativo e pubblico (Administrative and public law) (ex IUS/10)
GIUR-10/A – Diritto dell’Unione europea (European Union law) (ex IUS/14)

ARCH-01/A – Preistoria e protostoria (Prehistory and protohistory) (ex L-ANT/01)
ARCH-01/B – Numismatica (Numismatics) (ex L-ANT/04)
ARCH-01/C – Civiltà dell’Italia preromana ed etruscologia (Civilisations of pre-Roman Italy and Etruscology) (ex L-ANT/06)
ARCH-01/D – Archeologia classica (Classical archaeology) (ex L-ANT/07)
ARCH-01/E – Archeologia cristiana, tardoantica e medievale (Christian, Late Antique and Medieval archaeology) (ex L-ANT/08)
ARCH-01/F – Topografia antica (Ancient topography) (ex L-ANT/09)
ARCH-01/G – Metodologie della ricerca archeologica (Methodologies of archaeological research) (ex L-ANT/10)

FICP-01/C – Papirologia (Papyrology) (ex L-ANT/05)
STAN-01/A – Storia greca (Greek history) (ex L-ANT/02)
STAN-01/B – Storia romana (Roman history) (ex L-ANT/03)

ARTE-01/A – Storia dell’arte medievale (History of medieval art) (ex L-ART/01)
ARTE-01/B – Storia dell’arte moderna (History of modern art) (ex L-ART/02)
ARTE-01/C – Storia dell’arte contemporanea (History of contemporary art) (ex L-ART/03)
ARTE-01/D – Museologia e critica artistica e del restauro (Museology and art and restoration criticism) (ex L-ART/04)
PEMM-01/A – Discipline dello spettacolo (Performing arts studies) (ex L-ART/05)

FICP-01/A – Filologia greca e latina (Greek and Latin philology) (ex L-FIL-LET/05)
FICP-01/B – Letteratura cristiana antica (Early Christian literature) (ex L-FIL-LET/06)
FLMR-01/A – Letteratura latina medievale e umanistica (Medieval and Humanistic Latin literature) (ex L-FIL-LET/08)
FLMR-01/B – Filologia e linguistica romanza (Romance philology and linguistics) (ex L-FIL-LET/09)
HELL-01/A – Filologia e civiltà dell’Egeo e del Mediterraneo preclassico (Philology and civilisation of the Aegean and pre-classical Mediterranean) (ex L-FIL-LET/01)
HELL-01/B – Lingua e letteratura greca (Greek language and literature) (ex L-FIL-LET/02)
HELL-01/C – Civiltà bizantina (Byzantine civilisation) (ex L-FIL-LET/07)
ITAL-01/A – Letteratura italiana (Italian literature) (ex L-FIL-LET/10)
LATI-01/A – Lingua e letteratura latina (Latin language and literature) (ex L-FIL-LET/04)
LIFI-01/A – Linguistica italiana (Italian linguistics) (ex L-FIL-LET/12)

STAA-01/A – Storia dell’Asia occidentale e del Mediterraneo orientale antichi (History of ancient Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean) (ex L-OR/01)
STAA-01/B – Egittologia e civiltà copta (Egyptology and Coptic civilisation) (ex L-OR/02)
STAA-01/C – Assiriologia (Assyriology) (ex L-OR/03)
STAA-01/D – Anatolistica (Anatolian studies) (ex L-OR/04)
STAA-01/E – Archeologia e storia dell’arte dell’Asia occidentale e del Mediterraneo orientale antichi (Archaeology and art history of ancient Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean) (ex L-OR/05)
STAA-01/F – Archeologia fenicio-punica (Phoenician-Punic archaeology) (ex L-OR/06)
STAA-01/G – Semitistica - lingue e letterature dell’Etiopia (Semitic studies - languages and literatures of Ethiopia) (ex L-OR/07)
STAA-01/H – Ebraico (Hebrew) (ex L-OR/08)
STAA-01/I – Lingue e letterature dell’Africa (African languages and literatures) (ex L-OR/09)
STAA-01/J – Storia dei paesi islamici (History of Islamic countries) (ex L-OR/10)
STAA-01/K – Archeologia e storia dell’arte musulmana (Islamic archaeology and art history) (ex L-OR/11)
STAA-01/L – Lingua e letteratura araba (Arabic language and literature) (ex L-OR/12)
STAA-01/M – Armenistica, caucasologia, mongolistica e turcologia (Armenian, Caucasian, Mongolian and Turkic studies) (ex L-OR/13)
STAA-01/N – Filologia, religioni e storia dell’Iran (Philology, religions and history of Iran) (ex L-OR/14)

ASIA-01/A – Archeologia e storia dell’arte dell’Asia centrale e dell’India (Archaeology and art history of Central Asia and India) (ex L-OR/16)
ASIA-01/B – Storia, religioni e filosofie dell’Asia meridionale e centrale (History, religions and philosophies of South and Central Asia) (ex L-OR/17)
ASIA-01/C – Indologia e tibetologia (Indology and Tibetology) (ex L-OR/18)
ASIA-01/E – Archeologia, storia dell’arte, religioni e filosofie dell’Asia orientale e sud-orientale (Archaeology, art history, religions and philosophies of East and Southeast Asia) (ex L-OR/20)
ASIA-01/F – Lingue e letterature della Cina e dell’Asia sud-orientale (Languages and literatures of China and Southeast Asia) (ex L-OR/21)
ASIA-01/G – Lingua e letteratura del Giappone, lingua e letteratura della Corea (Japanese language and literature, Korean language and literature) (ex L-OR/22)
ASIA-01/H – Storia dell’Asia orientale e sud-orientale (History of East and Southeast Asia) (ex L-OR/23)

SDEA-01/A – Discipline demoetnoantropologiche (Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, and Folklore Studies) (ex M-DEA/01)
HIST-01/A – Storia medievale (Medieval history) (ex M-STO/01)
HIST-02/A – Storia moderna (Modern history) (ex M-STO/02)
HIST-03/A – Storia contemporanea (Contemporary history) (ex M-STO/04)
HIST-04/C – Archivistica, bibliografia e biblioteconomia (Archival science, bibliography and library science) (ex M-STO/08)
HIST-04/D – Paleografia (Palaeography) (ex M-STO/09)

Application submission

 The Applications for admission, together with all required supporting documentation, must be submitted by forms  in accordance with the procedures and within the deadlines established annually by the Master's Degree Programme and published on this webpage.

The deadlines and procedures for submitting applications to the Master’s Degree also apply to students intending to request transfers, course changes, career shortening or other forms of academic mobility. 

The Regulations specify that, in cases of incoming transfer, course change, career shortening, or resumption of studies after lapse or withdrawal, students must first submit an application for admission to the Master’s Degree Programme so that their qualifications, curricular requirements, and personal competencies can be assessed. Only after admission has been granted may they submit an application for academic mobility. 

The following documents must be attached to the application:

  1. Valid identity document.
     
  2. For graduates: a self-certification or official degree certificate indicating the degree awarded, examinations completed, corresponding CFU credits, grades obtained, and the relevant Scientific-Disciplinary Sectors (SSD) and/or Scientific-Disciplinary Groups (GSD).
  3. For students who have not yet graduated: a study plan or a self-certification/official certificate listing examinations completed and those still to be taken, including the corresponding CFU credits, grades obtained, and the relevant Scientific-Disciplinary Sectors (SSD) and/or Scientific-Disciplinary Groups (GSD).
  4. For applicants holding a foreign qualification: the documentation required under the University’s procedures for international applicants and/or holders of foreign academic qualifications.

Forms

  1. Application for Admission 

Required admission interviews

Admission interviews are required for all applicants. No exemptions from the interview will be granted.

Admission interviews calendar

The interview will take place on the dates indicated by the Master’s Degree Programme and will be conducted by a Committee composed of two or more Programme teaching staff members. The Committee will assess the applicant’s possession of the curricular requirements, competency, and language proficiency on the basis of the submitted documentation and compulsory interview.

Credits acquired through enrolment in individual courses may be recognised in order to make up any missing CFU credits in SSD/GSD required for admission to the Master’s Degree Programme. In cases where the applicant holds a degree different from those indicated and/or only partially satisfies the required curricular requirements, the Committee will assess by interview the competency otherwise acquired in relation to the archaeologies, cultures and histories of the ancient world.

The individual interview is designed to assess the applicant’s academic preparation and the suitability of their educational background in relation to the learning objectives of the Master’s Degree Programme. Enrolment may be completed only after the successful completion of the admission assessment. The results of the admission assessment, together with the interview schedule, will be published on the Degree Programme’s webpage.

Applicants who are unable to attend the interview on the scheduled date and time are requested to contact the Coordinator of the Master’s Degree Programme by email as soon as possible.

Curricula

Curriculum MAC 1 – Archeologie del Mediterraneo 
Curriculum MAC 2 – Archeologie dell’Asia e dell’Africa 
Curriculum MAC 3 – Archaeology: Networks of Exchange 

The Master’s Degree Programme has three curricula that enable students to tailor their studies to specific geographical and cultural areas while benefiting from a coherent and interdisciplinary academic framework. The curriculum Archeologie del Mediterraneo (Archaeologies of the Mediterranean) and the curriculum Archeologie dell’Asia e dell’Africa (Archaeologies of Asia and Africa) enhance the University’s traditions of study in these macro-areas. The curriculum Archaeology: Networks of Exchange, delivered in English, is dedicated to the analysis of contacts, exchanges, hybridisations and adaptations among cultures of the ancient world, from a trans-area and intra-regional perspective.