Here is a vademecum for incoming ALGANT students to Milan: first a calendar in which the main steps are outlined for EU students:
| First year EU students | Second year EU students | |
| September | Apply for codice fiscale (if needed) | |
| October | First semester begins Pay fees (if not scholarship holder)/Immatriculation |
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| December | Sign contract | |
| January | First semester ends | |
| March | Second semester begins | |
| May | Piano di studio | |
| June | Second semester ends | 2nd sem ends/Application for defense |
| July | Defenses | |
And now for the non-EU students:
| First year non-EU students | Second year non-EU students | |
| April | Apply for student visa | |
| May | Apply for a study visa | |
| September | Apply for codice fiscale and permesso di soggiorno | |
| October | First semester begins Pay fees (if not scholarship holder)/Immatriculation |
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| December | Sign contract | |
| January | First semester ends | |
| March | Second semester begins | |
| May | Piano di studio | |
| June | Second semester ends | 2nd sem ends/Application for defense |
| July | Defenses | |