Study in Italy Consultants in Hyderabad (2027/28): Consulate, VFS, Documents and Costs

Written by İrem Yılmaz, Student Experience Lead. Reviewed by Reeya Sharma, Student Success and Partnerships. Published 28 September 2026. Updated 28 September 2026.

In short

• Whichever of the study abroad consultants in Hyderabad you pick, your Italian study visa goes to the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru, which covers Telangana. You file it at the VFS Global centre inside Punjagutta Metro Station.
• Telangana degree documents need state authentication first, which MEA's list places with the General Administration Department at the Telangana State Secretariat in Hyderabad. Then comes an MEA apostille, or an E-Sanad apostille with its QR code visible.
• On 2026/27 figures (2027/28 fees are pending), our Milan example puts a year of study and living at about ₹10.25 lakh to ₹16.54 lakh (€9,382 to €15,142), before flights and visa costs. That uses the ECB rate of 25 September 2026 (1 EUR = 109.2605 INR). The visa needs proof of €10,179.85, about ₹11.12 lakh, a year.
• ApplyAZ has no office in Hyderabad. Students in Hyderabad work online with our team in Milan and India, from the eligibility check to the visa file.
• ApplyAZ, an independent study-in-Italy consultancy with offices in Milan and India, works only with Italian public universities and takes no commission from them. For eligible students, we handle the applications, Universitaly pre-enrolment, the DSU scholarship application and the visa file.

Before you collect a single Telangana stamp, check your eligibility. If you are eligible, you book a one-to-one consultation with one of our Italy experts, and from there we take care of everything.

Key facts for Hyderabad, 2027/28

Each row below is specific to Hyderabad or Telangana and comes from an official page opened on 28 September 2026.

Your documents from Telangana

Telangana's step before the apostille happens in Hyderabad itself. MEA's list of Regional Authentication Centres names the General Administration Department at the Telangana State Secretariat as the state's authority for documents used abroad.

The Bengaluru consulate's checklists call this step HED attestation and make it mandatory. They refuse attestation by a Sub-divisional Magistrate. After the state step comes the apostille from the Ministry of External Affairs, which has run apostille work in Hyderabad through its branch secretariat since 1 January 2019.

Each Hyderabad university handles verification its own way. Osmania University sends verification reports only on its letterhead, and only to agencies, companies, government bodies, foreign universities and embassies. JNTUH puts its 2023, 2024 and 2025 degree certificates and marksheets in DigiLocker.

The University of Hyderabad prints a QR code on its certificates that the DigiLocker app reads. TSCHE's verification service lets institutions in India or abroad check records from all 15 state universities from 2010 onwards.

We tell you exactly which documents to get, in which order, and check every page before the visa appointment. Your family obtains the attestation and the apostille; we never attest or apostille anything ourselves. Our guides to the Declaration of Value and choosing between DOV and CIMEA go deeper.

Your visa from Hyderabad

Hyderabad residents file at VFS Global in Punjagutta Metro Station, and the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru decides. Our guide to the Bengaluru consulate walks through its checklist, and the Italy student visa guide covers the national rules.

Moved to Hyderabad for work or college? If your passport shows an address outside the consulate's five states, the checklist asks for six months of proof of residence, such as an Aadhaar card, rental agreement or electricity bill.

Budget from Hyderabad

No airline flies from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport to Italy without a stop, so the flight line in a Hyderabad budget is always a one-stop fare. Fares change daily, so we leave them out of the total rather than guess.

At the visa desk, the Bengaluru consulate lists €50 for a national study visa (about ₹5,460), and VFS adds a ₹631 service charge under fees in force from 1 April 2026. The VFS fee exemption covers short-stay Schengen study visas only.

Every rupee figure below uses the ECB reference rate of 25 September 2026: 1 EUR = 109.2605 INR. Fees are 2026/27 figures, because 2027/28 fee tables are pending and usually appear in the summer before the year.

Our Bologna figure adds UNIBO's €400 single room, €60 a week of groceries and the €27 student bus pass. Sapienza's Rome figure is the oldest here, from a 2024 guide.

Worked example on 2026/27 figures: a Hyderabad graduate starts a two-year master's at the University of Milan in an Area B programme, with family income in India. Tuition is €402 a year: the €146 first instalment plus the fixed €256 for Group A countries, which include India.

Living in Milan adds €8,160 to €13,920 on the Politecnico di Milano ranges. Health cover adds €700 and the permit about €120. The year comes to €9,382 to €15,142, about ₹10.25 lakh to ₹16.54 lakh, plus the flight and the visa costs.

The bank statement still has to show at least €10,179.85, about ₹11.12 lakh, even if your real budget is lower. Study at a public university can be tuition-free for eligible students, and a DSU grant, decided by the region, can cut the real cost. Our DSU scholarship guide and cost of studying in Italy page go region by region.

Three scholarship routes can lower a Hyderabad family's bill, and each awarding body decides who receives its award. For eligible students, we handle the DSU scholarship application; the two national awards run their own calls, which our guides explain.

Numbers mean more once you know which programmes fit your marks. Check your eligibility, and if you qualify, a one-to-one consultation with an Italy expert follows and we handle everything after it.

Where to start: English-taught programmes by level in our catalogue

A Class XII memo from the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education gives the 12 years of schooling a bachelor's needs under the MUR circular. A finished degree from Osmania, JNTUH or the University of Hyderabad is the starting point for a two-year master's, and the university decides.

We have no Hyderabad-specific data cleared to publish, so the counts below are catalogue counts, not what students from Hyderabad chose.

In the three budget cities above, our catalogue lists 38 English-taught programmes in Milan, 51 in Rome and 27 in Bologna. Counts come from our catalogue on 28 September 2026.

How to choose among study abroad consultants in Hyderabad

Italy's visa office for Hyderabad is the consulate in Bengaluru, and the only Italian visa desk in Telangana is the VFS centre at Punjagutta. So an adviser who says a local office speeds up your Italian visa is offering something the system does not have.

Put these ten questions to any consultant, including us, and listen for answers you can check.

Red flags, in short: promises of a visa or admission, commissions from universities, offices that do not exist, success rates with no explanation and pressure to pay in full. Our Code of Practice sets out our ten commitments, and How ApplyAZ Gets Paid explains our fees.

For the full method, read how to choose a study in Italy consultant and our comparison of Italy consultant models.

How ApplyAZ works with students in Hyderabad

The only in-person step in Hyderabad is your own VFS appointment at Punjagutta, and we prepare you for it. Everything before that happens online with our team in Milan and India.

It starts with the eligibility check, which costs nothing. If a public university in Italy is realistic for you, a 30-minute consultation with an Italy expert follows, and parents are welcome.

If you ask us to handle your file, we shortlist 20 to 30 English-taught programmes at public universities. We then prepare your CV and statements of purpose, submit the applications you approve and complete Universitaly pre-enrolment. We also file your DSU scholarship application and build your visa file.

A named person handles each stage, and you follow every application in your ApplyAZ dashboard. You pay step by step as results arrive: a starting fee, then admission, DSU and visa fees. Our fee varies by country and is never shown as one figure; how ApplyAZ gets paid sets out each step and refund rule.

Which Italian office handles my visa if I live in Hyderabad?

The Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru handles it, provided you live in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu or Puducherry. The consulate's own visa page lists those five, and its 2026/27 checklist says a national study visa takes up to 90 days. The same office issues your Declaration of Value.

The checklist asks for two photographs, visas from the last ten years and any refusal letters. The consulate can extend processing to interview you or to ask for more documents, so a complete file matters more than a fast one.

Where is the Italy VFS centre for Hyderabad?

It is inside Punjagutta Metro Station: Unit 1, Lower Concourse, 8-2-340/1, Punjagutta Officers Colony, Hyderabad 500082, according to the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru. Submission is by appointment only, and VFS adds a ₹631 service charge to each application under its fee list from 1 April 2026.

The consulate lists three centres for its whole area: Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. Punjagutta is the only one in Telangana, and we check your file page by page before you go.

How do I get my degree attested in Telangana for Italy?

Your family has the degree authenticated by the Telangana government first, then apostilled by the Ministry of External Affairs. MEA's list of Regional Authentication Centres names the General Administration Department at the Telangana State Secretariat, Hyderabad. The Bengaluru consulate refuses attestation by a Sub-divisional Magistrate, so that shortcut costs you a redo.

Bengaluru's DOV checklist lets the consulate reject the request when the HRD or apostille stamp is missing from the back of any study document. We tell you which pages need stamps, in which order, and check each one before the DOV request goes in.

Is E-Sanad accepted for Telangana university documents?

Yes. The Consulate General in Bengaluru accepts an E-Sanad apostille for the Declaration of Value, provided the QR code is visible and you bring the original certificate with a colour copy. E-Sanad only works for documents held in a digital depository, and none of the six states on its issuer list is Telangana.

That makes NAD and DigiLocker records the deciding factor. JNTUH issues its 2023, 2024 and 2025 degree certificates and marksheets through DigiLocker, and E-Sanad is integrated with the National Academic Depository.

Older degrees that are not held in a depository go the paper route. The DOV checklist still calls HED attestation mandatory, and we work out which route your documents can take.

How much does it cost to study in Italy from Hyderabad?

Plan on about ₹10.25 lakh to ₹16.54 lakh a year for a master's at the University of Milan, before flights. That is €9,382 to €15,142 at the ECB rate of 25 September 2026, using 2026/27 fees and Politecnico di Milano living costs. A DSU grant, where you qualify, lowers it.

Tuition for students with family income in India ran from €346 to €3,943.04 a year in 2026/27 at the universities in our table. The budget table above shows Rome and Bologna too, and our cost of studying in Italy page adds more cities.

Are there direct flights from Hyderabad to Italy?

No: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport's airline list shows no Italian route, so every trip to Milan or Rome makes one stop. Emirates shows Hyderabad to Milan via Dubai in about 13 to 14.5 hours, and Qatar Airways routes it through Doha. Lufthansa and British Airways fly direct to Frankfurt and London.

Emirates also lists Hyderabad to Rome in 12 hours 15 minutes to 13 hours 20 minutes with one stop in Dubai. Etihad flies to Abu Dhabi, flydubai to Dubai and Air Arabia to Sharjah, all from RGIA.

The visa checklist asks for a confirmed one-way booking, and the consulate verifies the PNR. We time that booking to your visa appointment.

Where can I take IELTS, TOEFL, SAT or GRE in Hyderabad?

IELTS in Hyderabad runs through IDP, which lists test centres in Begumpet and in Kukatpally. The British Council notes that IDP has been the sole distributor of IELTS in India since 25 July 2021. For TOEFL and GRE, use the ETS finder; for SAT, the College Board test centre search.

ETS lets you sit the GRE at a test centre or at home, and TOEFL iBT also has an at-home version. GMAC offers the GMAT online or at a test centre.

The Bengaluru checklist asks for B2 English when the course is taught in English. Whether a medium-of-instruction letter from your Hyderabad college is enough depends on the university; our study in Italy without IELTS guide covers it.

Do I need a consultant to study in Italy?

No: university admission, Universitaly pre-enrolment and the visa are open to students who apply alone. A consultant is worth paying only if the work saves you costly mistakes, and Universitaly sets one hard stop: visa applications for 2027/28 close on 31 October 2027. Uni-Italia, at the Bengaluru consulate, is another route.

Applying alone suits an organised student with a simple case: one or two programmes, clean Telangana documents and a region whose DSU rules you already understand. If your consultation shows that, we say so.

How do I choose a study abroad consultant in Hyderabad?

Choose one whose answers you can check against official pages. Ask who pays them, because some agents earn a commission from universities for each student, and get every fee in writing before paying. Our guide on how to choose a study in Italy consultant lists ten questions, and any visa promise is a red flag.

The ten-question table above works for any adviser in Hyderabad, including us. The consultant models compared page adds how commission-based agents, "free" agents, Uni-Italia and applying alone differ.

Does ApplyAZ have an office in Hyderabad?

No: ApplyAZ has offices in Milan and India, but none in Hyderabad, and students here work with us online. The only in-person step in the city is your VFS appointment at Punjagutta, one of three VFS Italy centres under the Bengaluru consulate, and we prepare you for it. Our About page explains who we are.

Read about ApplyAZ and our Code of Practice before you decide.

Reality check

Three decisions sit outside anyone's control in Hyderabad. The university decides admission, the region decides the DSU scholarship and the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru decides the visa. Universitaly says a validated pre-enrolment does not secure a visa appointment or a visa.

What we control is the work: the shortlist, the applications you approve, Universitaly pre-enrolment, the DSU application and a visa file checked page by page. These are the usual Telangana document mistakes, with what each one costs:

• Attestation by a Sub-divisional Magistrate instead of the state authority: the consulate refuses it, and the family pays for authentication and apostille again.
• An HRD or apostille stamp missing from the back of a transcript page: the consulate can reject the DOV request, and the stamps and a new VFS submission cost weeks.
• An E-Sanad printout where the QR code cannot be read: the DOV request cannot be verified until a new copy arrives.
• A name spelt one way on an Osmania or JNTUH memo and another way on the passport: you need a One and the Same certificate first. The DOV checklist lists it for name differences.
• A passport address outside the consulate's five states with no six months of residence proof: the file is incomplete on the day.
• A bank statement not stamped and signed on every page by the branch manager, or funds under €10,179.85: the funds proof fails.
• A late VFS booking: processing can take up to 90 days, and 31 October 2027 is the last day to apply for 2027/28.

Ready to start from Hyderabad? Check your eligibility first. If you are eligible, a one-to-one consultation with an Italy expert follows, and from there we take care of everything.

Frequently asked questions

Can I apply at VFS Hyderabad if my passport shows an address in another state?

Yes, if you now live in Telangana or elsewhere in the Bengaluru consulate's area. Its 2026/27 checklist then asks for six months of proof of residence before you apply, such as an Aadhaar card, rental agreement, electricity, water or broadband bill, or a bank account. We check that your address documents match.

How much money must my family show for the Italian study visa?

At least €10,179.85 a year, about ₹11.12 lakh at the ECB rate of 25 September 2026. The Bengaluru checklist wants a six-month bank statement stamped and signed by the branch manager on every page. It also asks for income tax returns for two years, and a sponsor must be a relative up to the fourth degree.

How long does the Italian study visa take from Hyderabad?

Up to 90 days, according to the Bengaluru consulate's 2026/27 checklist, and the consulate can extend that to interview you or ask for more documents. For 2027/28 the last day to apply is 31 October 2027, so we plan your VFS appointment at Punjagutta well ahead of that date.

Can I use my JNTUH degree from DigiLocker for Italy?

It helps. JNTUH issues its 2023, 2024 and 2025 degree certificates and marksheets through DigiLocker, and E-Sanad can apostille documents held in the National Academic Depository. The Bengaluru consulate still asks for HED attestation and a visible QR code, so we check your documents before your family starts.

How does Osmania University verify a degree for an Italian university?

Through its Online Certificate Verification service, which only agencies, companies, government bodies, foreign universities and embassies can use. Osmania issues reports only on its official letterhead, and a foreign university or embassy can choose to have the student pay the verification fee. We tell you when a verification request is likely.

Which health insurance does the Bengaluru consulate ask for?

A policy valid for at least one year, or for the whole programme, from a Schengen-compliant travel medical insurer or an Italian insurance company, per the 2026/27 checklist. After arrival, voluntary registration with Italy's national health service costs €700 a calendar year, according to Politecnico di Milano.

Can students from Hyderabad study in Italy without paying tuition?

Study at an Italian public university can be tuition-free for eligible students, mainly through the regional DSU scholarship, which the region decides. Without it, 2026/27 fees for students with family income in India ran from €346 at the University of Milan to €3,943.04 in total at Politecnico di Milano, about ₹37,800 to ₹4.31 lakh.

Can I apply to Italian universities alone from Hyderabad?

Yes: admission, Universitaly pre-enrolment and the visa are open to students who apply alone, and Uni-Italia has an office at the Consulate General in Bengaluru. Applying alone suits a simple case: one or two programmes and clean Telangana documents. If your consultation shows your case is that simple, we tell you so.

What does ApplyAZ charge students in Hyderabad?

Our fee varies by country and is never shown as one figure. You pay step by step as results arrive: a starting fee after the consultation, then our admission, DSU and visa fees, each in writing before you pay. Universities never pay us, and our page on how ApplyAZ gets paid sets out the refund rules.

When should a Hyderabad student start for the 2027/28 intake?

Start now if you are aiming for autumn 2027: the University of Padua's first call for 2027/28 opened on 15 September 2026 and closes on 15 November 2026. Telangana attestation and the DOV also take time before the 31 October 2027 visa deadline. Check your eligibility first, and we plan the rest.

Sources

• Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru, visas page: jurisdiction, VFS centres and national study visa fee (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru via VFS, Requisites for Study Visa (C and D) 2026/27 and 2027/28, verified 28 September 2026.
• Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru, Requisite Documents for DOV (Study) 2026/2027, verified 28 September 2026.
• VFS Global, Italy visa information for Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad (service charge; fees from 1 April 2026), verified 28 September 2026.
• Universitaly, international students page, 2026/27 and 2027/28, verified 28 September 2026.
• MUR circular on international students for 2026/27 and 2027/28 (12 years of schooling; means of €10,179.85 a year), verified 28 September 2026.
• Ministry of External Affairs, Attestation and Apostille (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• Ministry of External Affairs, list of Regional Authentication Centres, Telangana row (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• MEA E-Sanad home page and FAQ (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• Telangana Council of Higher Education, home page (Student Verification Portal link), verified 28 September 2026.
• TSCHE Student Academic Verification Service (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• Osmania University home page, verified 28 September 2026.
• Osmania University Online Certificate Verification (2024 portal), verified 28 September 2026.
• DigiLocker issuer directory, Telangana (JNTUH entry, degrees 2023 to 2025), verified 28 September 2026.
• University of Hyderabad, Academic Section home page, verified 28 September 2026.
• Government of Telangana, Higher Education Department page, verified 28 September 2026.
• CIMEA, comparability and verification service, verified 28 September 2026.
• Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, airline information, verified 28 September 2026.
• Emirates, Hyderabad to Milan route page (schedule shown 28 September 2026), verified 28 September 2026.
• Emirates, Hyderabad to Rome route page (schedule shown 28 September 2026), verified 28 September 2026.
• Qatar Airways, Hyderabad to Milan route page, verified 28 September 2026.
• IDP IELTS India, test centres in Hyderabad, verified 28 September 2026.
• British Council India, IELTS dates, fees and locations (IDP sole distributor from 25 July 2021), verified 28 September 2026.
• ETS, schedule the GRE General Test, verified 28 September 2026.
• ETS, register for TOEFL iBT, verified 28 September 2026.
• College Board, SAT test centre search, verified 28 September 2026.
• GMAC, register for the GMAT exam, verified 28 September 2026.
• University of Milan, fee regulation 2026/2027, Art. 6, verified 28 September 2026.
• University of Bologna, reduced fixed fee, 2026/27, verified 28 September 2026.
• Politecnico di Milano, student contribution regulation 2026/2027, Table 2 and art. 5, verified 28 September 2026.
• Politecnico di Milano, students with income and property abroad, 2026/2027, verified 28 September 2026.
• Politecnico di Milano, cost of living (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• Sapienza University of Rome, International Student Guide (2024 file), verified 28 September 2026.
• University of Bologna, living costs in Bologna (undated), verified 28 September 2026.
• Politecnico di Milano, health insurance (2026 calendar year), verified 28 September 2026.
• University of Padua, admission of international students, 2027/28 first call, verified 28 September 2026.
• Uni-Italia, where we are (offices in India), verified 28 September 2026.
• Uni-Italia, Invest Your Talent in Italy (programme page), verified 28 September 2026.
• Study in Italy (MAECI), calls for applications, verified 28 September 2026.
• European Central Bank, euro reference rate for INR, 25 September 2026, verified 28 September 2026.

Exchange rate: 1 EUR = 109.2605 INR, the ECB euro reference rate of 25 September 2026. Programme counts come from our catalogue (English-only programmes) on 28 September 2026.

From Hyderabad, the first step is the same for everyone: Check your eligibility, book a one-to-one consultation if you are eligible, and from there we take care of everything.

Further reading

• Italian study visa at the Bengaluru consulate
• Declaration of Value for Italy
• Cost of studying in Italy
• DSU scholarship in Italy, 2026/27
• Choosing an Italy consultant
• Study in Italy from Bangalore