General conditions
All postgraduate programs have restricted entry, for a maximum of 25 students.
Every curriculum sets specific admission requirements regarding academic degree qualifications and technical and project-related skills, as specified in the specific descriptions. Different backgrounds can be taken into account provided that they are supported by a strong motivation and research interest towards the program’s topics.
A commission lead by the program’s Director will evaluate whether the degree corresponds to requirements and will identify possible extra educational credits through the evaluation of the candidate’s profile.
First level academic master programs may be open also to students not holding a first level Bachelor degree/academic diploma, as well as professionals with a significant experience in the program’s field. Participants not holding a first level Bachelor degree/academic diploma will not get the 60 educational credits, but will receive a certificate (instead of a diploma) of attendance to the first level academic Master.
Admission to Master of Arts Degree programs, on the other hand, may be required only by applicants who already completed a first level academic career (Bachelor degree or academic diploma), or who will complete it within the first months of the program’s attendance.

Selection procedure
All admission are based on an evaluation interview. In order to apply for the evaluation interview, candidates have to fill in the application form, to be required on HERE or via email, writing to infomaster@naba.it.
Together with the application form, candidates will have to submit to NABA the following documents, creating the “application dossier”:

• curriculum vitae/resume (max 2 typed pages)
• artistic and professional portfolio
• motivation letter (max 1 typed page)
• documentation regarding previous academic career:
  • study plan (academic transcript) of previous studies, translated into English/Italian, listing subjects and exams, with corresponding number of hours/credits and short description of each subject’s program
  • copy of Bachelor Degree/Academic diploma (if available), translated into English/Italian
• documentation regarding further courses or seminars attended (if available)
• certificate attesting the knowledge of the Italian (for programs taught in Italian) or English (for programs taught in English) language, or letter of purpose stating the student’s commitment to learn the corresponding language
• copy of passport/ID card.

Upon reception of the “application dossier”, NABA will get in touch with the candidate, in order to answer possible doubts or questions and to communicate the exact date and time of the evaluation interview.
Before starting the interview, applicants will have to submit a copy of a valid identification document. Any educational credits or debts will be notified to the applicants together with the results of the selection procedure.
For those international applicants who cannot come in person to NABA for the interview, alternative distance evaluation methods will be agreed for every single case. Please contact us writing to infomaster@naba.it for further details.

Important notices
The same documentation required for admissions will be considered valid for students wishing to take part in the selection procedure for the awarding of scholarships.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR STUDENTS HOLDING A NOT-ITALIAN BACHELOR DEGREE:
Please notice that in case you will be admitted to the program and will decide to complete your enrolment, you will have to get in touch with the nearest Italian representative authority (Embassy/Consulate/Cultural Institute) in order to require:

• the legalized translation into Italian of your academic transcript (plan of studies)
• the legalized translation into Italian, as well as the value declaration (“Dichiarazione di Valore in loco”) of your Bachelor Degree.

For a complete list of Italian representative authorities worldwide please see:
http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Ministero/Rappresentanze/

Deadlines
Applications will be evaluated starting from April 1st, 2010, until all the available places will have been assigned. Deadlines vary depending on the selected program and on the candidate’s citizenship, according to the following outline.

Fees
To learn about tuition fees amount, grants and scholarships opportunities, deadlines for grants or scholarships applications, please visit the website area Fees and grants.