Economics and Finance (English curriculum of Economia e Finanza, L-33)

About the course

A three-year economics degree (class L-33) that has an English-language curriculum running alongside the Italian one, with its own English timetable. It covers economics, finance and quantitative methods, taught in person in Rome.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• Sapienza publishes no rule of its own for the Irish Leaving Certificate. Italy accepts a foreign school-leaving qualification that follows 12 years of schooling and gives university entry at home, and the Leaving Cert normally meets both conditions. Sapienza checks your documents itself (you email scans to studentistranieri@uniroma1.it before enrolling), so confirm with Sapienza whether it expects a minimum number of Higher Level subjects or H-grades.
• You must sit an entry test: either the CEnT-S (Mathematics and Reasoning on texts and data sections) or the SAT. It checks your level and is not a competition. A score below the threshold (for example below 960/1600 on the SAT, or below 8 on the CEnT-S sections) means extra first-year requirements (OFA) that must be passed within the first year.
• The English curriculum requires a B2 English certificate from a recognised body. Native speakers and those educated at English-medium institutions in the EU/EEA are listed as exempt, which should cover a Leaving Cert taken in English, but confirm this with Sapienza.

How to apply

1. Sit CEnT-S or SATBook the CEnT-S through CISIA or sit the SAT. For 2026 entry the test had to be taken by 29 October.
2. Register on InfostudCreate a Sapienza Infostud account, pay the €10 selection fee and upload your SAT score if you used it (deadline 29 October in 2026).
3. Send school documentsEmail scans of your Leaving Cert results and the other documents Sapienza lists for foreign qualifications to studentistranieri@uniroma1.it before the enrolment deadline.
4. Enrol and payPay the first fee instalment and €16 stamp duty in the enrolment window (1 September to 5 November in 2026).

Costs

• Sapienza fees depend on family income. The full fee for Economics-faculty degrees (bracket A) is €2,821 a year in three instalments, plus €140 regional tax and €16 stamp duty; Italian tax residents with a low ISEE pay less. Students whose family income is earned abroad and who cannot submit an Italian ISEE pay a fixed amount by country band: Ireland is listed in Band C, which is €1,500 a year. Confirm with Sapienza which applies to you. These are the currently published figures (instalment dates point to 2025/26). One-off costs: €10 non-refundable Sapienza selection fee, plus the CEnT-S fee (paid to CISIA) or the SAT fee.

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