RomeLazioPrivate universityFounded 197711,900 students
Luiss Guido Carli
- Tuition a year€15,000 to €18,000Set by your assessed household income. Each degree page carries its own.
- Application fee€150Paid once, to the university.
- IntakesSeptemberVisa pre-enrolment on Universitaly is once a year, for one programme.
- Founded1977
- Students11,900
- Degrees in EnglishNot published yet
Luiss Guido Carli is a private university in Rome. Its own Statute settles both facts.
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Article 3 reads: "Luiss Guido Carli, with its headquarters in Rome, is a private university with legal personality and didactic, academic, administrative, organizational and disciplinary autonomy". Supervision sits with the Ministry of Universities and Research. Italian league tables put it in the legal category non-state, which is what private means for an Italian university, and its own ranking page describes it as "the top large non-state university (with over 10,000 students enrolled)". The Statute gives the full legal name as Luiss Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, and then adds "Luiss Guido Carli for short". Its About Us page dates the University from 1977, and that is the year this record carries. Its history page adds the longer story: "We emerged from the transformation of Pro Deo University, founded in 1966", the Luiss name was adopted in 1977, and the Board of Directors named the University after Guido Carli in 1994. Luiss publishes "over 11.900 students from more than 100 different countries" and approximately 1,500 international students. It has seven departments: Accounting and Corporate Finance, AI Data and Decision Sciences, Business and Management, Business and Economic Law, Law and Institutions, Economics and Financial Markets, and Political Science. Teaching is spread across sites in Rome. Viale Romania 32 houses the Undergraduate and Graduate Schools and the economics, finance and political science departments. Via Parenzo 11 houses Graduate School teaching in Law, Global Law, Political Science and EPP. Viale Pola 12 holds the offices of the President, the Rector and the General Manager. Villa Emiliani houses the School of Government and the School of European Political Economy. Villa Blanc, at 216 Via Nomentana, houses Luiss Business School. What it teaches is economics, management, law and political science, and more recently data science and artificial intelligence. Five bachelor's degrees are taught in English: Business Administration, Economics and Business, Global Law, Management and Artificial Intelligence, and Politics: Philosophy and Economics. Three bachelor level programmes are taught in Italian, along with the single-cycle Law degree. There are master's degrees, PhD programmes and a one year Foundation Programme that sits before a degree. Entry is by selection and places on each programme are limited, so admission is restricted rather than open. A non-EU applicant has two routes: the Luiss Test, sat online with live proctoring, or a route based on an aptitude certificate such as SAT, ACT, IB, GMAT or GRE. Each route charges a participation fee of 150 euros that is mandatory and not refundable. Only one degree programme may be named per application, and that choice binds admission and enrolment. Fees are one flat annual figure that Luiss calls the Single Contribution. It does not vary with income and it does not vary with nationality. The 2026/2027 year began on 7 September 2026 and its admission cycle is closed. The cycle open now is 2027/2028, and its admission notices were due from October 2026 for bachelor's and November 2026 for master's.
What it costs
INCOME AND THE FEE ITSELF. The fee is not banded by income.
How the fee is actually worked out
The tuition page states: "The University adopts a 'Single Contribution' system, meaning that tuition fees are not determined according to income brackets." The Italian page agrees: "Il sistema di contribuzione dell'Ateneo è definito "unico" in quanto non prevede la suddivisione in fasce di reddito." There is no ISEE table to place yourself in, and the price is the same whatever your nationality. INCOME DOES COUNT SOMEWHERE ELSE. Luiss awards exemptions from the Contributo Unico on top of the fee, and some of those competitions read an income document. Its financial aid FAQ tells applicants to obtain "il certificato ISEE che si applica alle prestazioni per il diritto allo studio universitario", and says Luiss accepts neither an expired ISEE nor a DSU in its place. Where a family has only foreign income and cannot obtain an ISEEU, two of the 2026/2027 calls have Luiss work the value out from a self-certification on the call's own form, converting the currency at the Bank of Italy official average rate. Income earned in Pakistan does not shut you out of an income-assessed award. WHICH ROUTES ARE OPEN TO YOU. Several of the 2026/2027 income-assessed calls are closed to an applicant arriving from Pakistan by conditions of their own. Some require residence in a named Italian region, and one bars a student coming from a foreign university. That is what the calls we opened say, and it is not the whole list: Luiss publishes further income-assessed calls aimed at applicants already inside the Italian system, and the set is reissued each year. Read the current bandi rather than treating any list here as complete. What a Pakistani applicant can plainly enter is scored on merit. The non-EU call for a first year bachelor's or single-cycle Law place carries 12 awards. For a master's entered by the Luiss test, 30 awards go to international students, 15 of them reserved for non-EU and non-Schengen candidates, with Management and Finance excluded. For a master's entered with GMAT or GRE, 24 awards carry no nationality rule and need GMAT Focus 645 or above. WHAT YOU PAY IN THE CYCLE YOU CAN APPLY TO NOW. For a bachelor's degree or the single-cycle Law degree the 2027/2028 non-EU page states: "The one-off annual contribution is €15,000 for the first year." The Italian twin agrees: "Il contributo unico annuale è pari a € 15.000 per il primo anno." Most master's degrees are 16,000 euros. Finance is 18,000 euros. Budget 18,000 euros for Management too, because that is the figure the master's admission pages attach to it. WHERE THE 18,000 COMES FROM. The Luiss page for the Master's Degree in Finance states: "The single annual fee for enrolment in the first year of the Master's Degree in Finance for the 2027/2028 academic year is €18,000, payable in three instalments, plus the regional tax." The master's admission pages print the same 18,000 for "the Bachelor's degree programmes in Management and Finance", a labelling slip on pages whose subject is master's degrees. WHICH DOCUMENT GOVERNS. The Student Affairs fee schedule still publishes the lower 2026/2027 figures, 14,000 euros for a first year bachelor's or Law. Enrolment for that year closed on 22 July 2026. What governs your money is the admission notice for the cycle you apply under. Luiss will publish the 2027/2028 notices from October 2026 for bachelor's and single-cycle Law and from November 2026 for master's. No 2027/2028 fee schedule exists yet. The fee is paid in three instalments a year, and later years cost less than the first. WHAT IS NOT IN THESE FIGURES. The Lazio regional tax is added to the first instalment, and Luiss does not publish the amount. All five of its 2026/2027 fee documents end with the same footnote: "The amount of the regional student tax will be established by Lazio Region in June/July 2026." No figure had appeared by 12 September 2026, so you cannot total a year from Luiss pages alone. A full tuition waiver does not cover it, because every scholarship call leaves state and regional taxes with the student. APPLYING COSTS 150 EUROS on every non-EU route, not refundable, with no waiver published. Tuition drops 20 per cent when a sibling is enrolled in the same year, applied to the younger student's record. TIMING. The 2026/2027 non-EU call closed at noon on 25 March 2026, and on 12 September 2026 no 2027/2028 call was published. A total waiver that round needed a Luiss Test score of 90, or SAT 1440, or ACT 32, or an IB grade of 40. Winners still pay the first instalment first. LATE PAYMENT costs 50 euros a month or part month, and fees are not refunded once you have enrolled, under Article 27 of Royal Decree 1269/38. The Foundation Programme is priced separately, at 7,500 euros.
What it takes as English
- Medium of Instruction letter
- No
- Duolingo English Test
- No
Luiss asks for no English language certificate to enter the first year of a degree. Its admission FAQ is explicit: "Do you need an English language certificate?
The rest of the English requirement
No, passing the English language test is sufficient to access courses in English." No IELTS or TOEFL score table appears in any first year degree admission route, in either language version of the site. English is tested inside the Luiss admission test. The language you sit the test in is binding. For bachelor's and single-cycle Law the same page says: "Test in English: If admitted, you can enroll in any course (whether taught in English or Italian). Test in Italian: If admitted, you will only be able to enroll in courses taught in Italian." For master's degrees a level is set. The minimum curricular requirements page gives the rule in full: "For degree programmes taught in English, in addition to meeting the minimum curricular requirements, applicants must have a level of English proficiency equivalent to at least B2. Depending on the admission route taken by applicants, proficiency at this language level is verified (for example, by passing the Admission Test in English or by submitting GMAT or GRE certificates)." The Italian page carries the same clause: "Inoltre, gli studenti devono possedere una conoscenza della lingua inglese almeno di livello B2 che verrà verificata in fase di test di ammissione." MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION. A letter of this kind is accepted in exactly one place, and it is not first year entry. The Student Affairs incoming transfer page lists two alternatives under the language certifications to submit: "A valid certificate of English language proficiency at a minimum B2 level for students from programs taught in a language other than English who are interested in Luiss courses taught in English" and "A university certificate confirming that the course is taught in English (Medium of Instruction certificate) for students who have completed programs taught in English at an Italian or foreign university and are interested in Luiss courses taught in English." Which one you need depends on the language your previous programme was taught in. Both belong to a route for a student already enrolled at another university, which needs 24 ECTS at a weighted average of 27 out of 30 for year two of a bachelor's degree, or 90 ECTS at 27 out of 30 for year three. An applicant from Pakistan starting at year one cannot use it, which is why this record answers no. So the opening claim is bounded to first year admission: a transfer applicant arriving from a programme taught in another language does face an English certificate at B2. No country restriction is published on either document. DUOLINGO. Accepted for the Foundation Programme only. That programme's 2026/2027 call requires an English certificate at CEFR level B2 or above, "not older than three years max", and names four: "TOEFL, with a minimum score of 72", "IELTS, with a minimum score of 5.5", "Cambridge, with a minimum score of B2", and "Duolingo, with a minimum score of 100". That list is closed and has no medium of instruction option. The Foundation Programme is a route into a degree rather than a degree: its page says "Foundation Credits (FC) cannot be converted into CFU or ECTS credits." No bachelor's, single-cycle or master's route at Luiss accepts Duolingo, because none of them asks for an English certificate at all. What a non-EU applicant submits instead is an aptitude test, not a language test. Bachelor's and single-cycle Law: SAT total score 1200 out of 1600, LSAT 160 out of 180, ACT 25 out of 36, or an IB Diploma or predicted grade of 36 out of 45. Master's degrees other than Finance and Management: GMAT with a minimum of 515 out of 805, or GRE with a minimum of 154 out of 170 in both the Quantitative and the Verbal sections. Finance and Management run their own selection with higher bars: GMAT 555 out of 805, or GRE 157 out of 170 in both sections. ITALIAN. No Italian certificate and no Italian level is required for the degrees taught in English, and Luiss publishes no Italian threshold for degree admission. Italian becomes a gate only if you sit the test in Italian or choose an Italian-taught course. A transfer student who is not an Italian citizen and wants an Italian-taught programme needs Italian at B2. The Foundation Programme includes classes in basic Italian.
Paying for it
Funding open to a student here.
In Italy the largest route is regional rather than national, and Rome sits in Lazio.
ER.GO, Emilia-Romagna right-to-study agencychecked
Run by Luiss Guido Carli
No award run by Luiss Guido Carli itself is on record yet. This list fills in as each institution page is read and dated. An empty list is not a statement that none exists.
Open anywhere in Italy
Politecnico di Milano, Integrazione al Bando Diritto allo Studio a.a. 2026/2027, art. 1 (Decreto Dirigenziale Prot. 0166386 del 1 luglio 2026), checked 11 September 2026
ER.GO, Emilia-Romagna right-to-study agency, checked 30 August 2026
Invest Your Talent in Italy, current call, 11th edition, Art. 2, checked 11 September 2026
Politecnico di Milano, official call PDF for a.y. 2026-2027, Art. 1-3, checked 11 September 2026
Politecnico di Milano, official call PDF for a.y. 2026-2027, Art. 1-2, checked 11 September 2026
Politecnico di Milano, official call PDF for a.y. 2026-2027, checked 11 September 2026
Politecnico di Milano, official call PDF for a.y. 2026-2027, Art. 1-4, checked 11 September 2026
MAECI, list of eligible foreign countries and other territories, academic year 2026-2027, checked 11 September 2026
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Questions
About applying to Luiss Guido Carli.
What does a first year at Luiss actually cost if my family's income is in Pakistan?
The same as for anyone else on your programme. Luiss charges one flat annual figure. Its tuition page states: "The University adopts a 'Single Contribution' system, meaning that tuition fees are not determined according to income brackets." So the price is not banded by income. That is not the same as income never mattering. Luiss runs separate competitions for exemptions from the Contributo Unico, and some of them do require an ISEE certificate valid for university right to study benefits. Where a family has only foreign income and cannot obtain one, Luiss works the value out itself from a self-certification on the call's own form. For the 2027/2028 cycle, the one now open, the non-EU admission pages give 15,000 euros for the first year of a bachelor's degree or the single-cycle Law degree, 16,000 euros for most master's degrees, and 18,000 euros for the master's degrees in Management and Finance. On top of that, the Lazio regional tax for the right to higher education is added to your first instalment, and Luiss does not publish its amount.
Can the 150 euro application fee be waived, or refunded if I am not admitted?
Neither, on anything Luiss publishes. The non-EU master's page says you must pay "a mandatory, non-refundable participation fee of EUR 150", and the non-EU bachelor's page says "The participation fee is 150 euros". No waiver, reduction or hardship route appears anywhere on the site. You may also name only one degree programme per application, and that choice is binding for admission and for enrolment, so the fee buys one shot at one programme.
Will Luiss accept a medium of instruction letter from my Pakistani university instead of IELTS?
For a first year application the question does not arise, because Luiss asks for no English certificate at all. Its admission FAQ says: "Do you need an English language certificate? No, passing the English language test is sufficient to access courses in English." English is tested inside the Luiss admission test. A medium of instruction letter is accepted in exactly one place, the incoming transfer route on the Student Affairs pages, and that needs you to be already enrolled at another university with 24 ECTS at a 27 out of 30 average for year two, or 90 ECTS at 27 out of 30 for year three. A student starting at year one cannot use it. On that same route, a student whose previous programme was taught in another language needs an English certificate at B2 instead, so the letter is an alternative to a certificate rather than a way round one.
Does Luiss accept the Duolingo English Test?
Only for the Foundation Programme, which is a one year course before a degree rather than a degree. Its call for applications accepts "Duolingo, with a minimum score of 100", alongside TOEFL at 72, IELTS at 5.5 and Cambridge at B2, each issued no more than three years earlier. That list is closed. No bachelor's, single-cycle or master's route at Luiss accepts Duolingo, because none of them asks for an English certificate. The Foundation Programme page also warns that "Foundation Credits (FC) cannot be converted into CFU or ECTS credits."
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