Study in Italy: Useful links

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Italy
With the above link you can see the universities, their location the number of students and much more, Wikipedia provides lot of information regarding stats.

http://www.study-in-italy.it/ 
You can see the database of available courses, you can even get the piratical information. It gives you a lot of information when to apply for admissions and pre-enrollment.

http://www.bachelorsportal.eu
You can find here also the courses offered by Italian universities.
You might not find all of them, so its better to go above and see the other link

http://www.italia.it/en/home.html
You can discover Italy by visiting this website and get an overview of Italian culture.

Further more, you can check the regional websites regarding tourism which can be helpful for you when you enter Italy and you can easily manage your accommodation temprarily.
  

DOV for Italian Study Visa

DOV (Declaration of Value) is an assessment of degree, where the worth of degree is evaluated according to the country education system. It is also necessary for the enrollment in the Italian university. Italian university won't enroll you without DOV unless you are an exchange student.

To proceed with DOV, you have to make request to Italian embassy, like in Islamabad and you provide all the attested original documents and their copies with Italian translation. Furthermore the documents and their copies usually 3 should be attested from Foreign ministry and the Central Board. For more clarification you can contact the respected authorities.

You can attain the DOV without final degree, but you can apply on hope certificate. Once you got the final degree your application will proceed to final step. For better information you can consult my post. Soon I will post all these with details so it could be more clearer to you.

Study Visa Italy

Italian study visa is easy to get but only thing required is patience. You completed your intermediate studies then you are good to apply for undergrad admission in Italy. Application for international students are open from January to March each year. The cost of study in Italy is too low as comparing to other European countries. The university fees are low. Living expenses are not much. Even you don't have a scholarship it will cost you around 4500 per annum. If you get any scholarship, like regional or from university it will more than enough in most cases. They will provide you accommodation, pay your tuition fee, and you'll also get a handsome amount for covering your expenses.

Following are the three most simple steps to apply;

1- Apply for admission in Italian Universities
Italian universities allow the students with 12 year of education to enroll for undergrad. There are no restrictions, you can also apply if you are waiting for your result. For that you should apply with hope certificate and consult with university to how to proceed. It is better to apply for more than one university, you can search many courses in english language, then search also for scholarship opportunities.Priorities your options, which city, which university is better for you. You like the university ranking or not. Check about all the necessary things and apply. To see the admission requirements for international students you can see the International admission section of university website. Or you can also find the contact of international admission office of respected university and ask your queries.

2- Apply for pre enrollment in Italian Embassy
After securing the admission you can proceed with pre enrollment. For pre enrollment you have to provide DOV (declaration of value), and your all attested educational degrees and documents. All documents should be translated in Italian language from an authorized translator. First you will fill in the pre enrollment application and then submit your documents for declaration of value. This process takes time depending on the relevant embassy where you submitted. They might not accept your application if you are waiting for your result of final year of school (only in Pakistan). But you can show them the pages of national website of MIUR where its clearly written student waiting for final degree can apply.


3- Apply for study visa
For students in Pakistan, the visa process is quite easy, you just have to submit your passport, visa fee, your documents showing your financial strength and application form at Gery Visa dropbox. You can ask the complete list from Gery Visa dropbox for required documents. Now each major city have local centers. Italian embassy don't handle visa service as before. Within one month you will get your documents back, with visa stamped or refused. The thing to keep in mind is that don't apply late. Try to apply for visa as early as possible.



This is a just short overview to apply, for queries you can comment, may be able to help out.