Certificates and self-certification
In accordance with Italian national legislation, certificates issued by the public administration are valid and usable only in relations between private individuals and cannot be produced to the public administration or to public service operators.
The public administration and public service operators are required to accept only self-certifications (declarations in lieu of certificates).
Bachelor's and Master's graduates can use the diploma supplement in lieu of their degree certificate.
Certificates are issued on stamped paper pursuant to current legislation, except in cases of exemption as laid down by law (see point b).
a. Requests for stamped certificates
- Stamped certificates can be requested using a dedicated online service Stamped certificates service;
- Log in using your university credentials (@studenti.unimi.it; @unimi.it), if you forgot your password, you can retrieve it online;
- The following have access to the service: all students on an undergraduate or postgraduate programme and all those who have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate programme and earned a degree (Bachelor's or Master's degree, PhD, postgraduate school diploma, Master/advanced/individual course diploma);
- The service is not available to drop-off students or to those who have completed the For24 programme. These users should contact the InformaStudenti service.
- To pay the €16.00 stamp duty, use the online certificate service.
Log in using your university credentials (@studenti.unimi.it; @unimi.it), if you forgot your password, you can retrieve it online;
The documents that do not require a stamp are listed in table B attached to Presidential Decree no. 642 of 26 October 1972, as amended and supplemented, and in other special laws.
Please find below some of the documents that do not require a stamp, with the respective articles as referenced in table B.
- Deeds, documents and provisions in criminal and public safety proceedings (Article 3);
- Tax assessment and collection (Article 5);
- Applications for benefits (Article 8);
- Certificates required for the payment of family allowances, direct and survivor's pensions, severance pays and payouts (Article 9);
- Public hygiene, health care (Article 10);
- Grant applications (Article 11);
- Disputes for direct or survivor's pensions (Article 12);
- Documents required for issuing personal transport tickets or passes (Article 24);
- Certificates, declarations and statements issued by or submitted to non-profit organizations of social utility - ONLUS (Article 27).
To request a certificate that does not require a stamp by law, contact the student registrar via InformaStudenti.
The University of Milan issues the following self-certificates to its students and graduates:
- enrolment/degree and exams;
- enrolment/degree and years of enrolment;
- enrolment /degree and fees paid;
- enrolment /degree and study plan.
To obtain these certificates, log in to the Self-certification service with your University credentials.
You may otherwise access the InformaStudenti Service to request e-mail delivery (attaching a front and back copy of your identity document).
Students or graduates of other universities who must deliver a self-certification to our University, can use - if they do not hold a self-certification issued by their university of origin - the Self-certification declaration form.