Programme enrolment: requirements, deadlines and methods

Admission Requirements

Knowledge and Skill Requirements for Admission

Acceptance into the Single Cycle Degree Programme inMedicine and Surgery requires students to hold a secondary school diploma(five-year secondary school programme) or an equivalent qualification.
Students must also meet the knowledge and skill requirements defined annuallyby the decree of the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research(MIUR) regulating the admission test, as well as a B2 level of English language(or higher); these requirements are published in the call for admissions.

The number of students admitted each year to theDegree Programme, the date of the admission test, as well as test contents andprocedures are defined annually by the decree of the Italian Ministry ofEducation, Universities and Research (MIUR) regulating the admission test;these requirements are published in the call for admissions.

Provisions for the assessment of knowledge and skillrequirements are further specified in par. Admission Procedures.

Students admitted with a negative (insufficient)assessment are given additional learning requirements (ALR). ALRs are subjectto ad hoc assessment; assessment procedures are further specified in par.Admission Procedures.
Students who fail to complete their ALRs by the date set annually by thegoverning bodies of the University, or by the end of the first year ofenrolment, must enrol again in Year 1 as repeat students.

Admission Procedures

Regulated Access
Access to the Single-Cycle Degree Programme is regulated on a national basis(art. 1 of Italian Law 264/99) by a decree of the Italian Ministry ofEducation, Universities and Research (MIUR)
The number of students admitted each year to the Degree Programme, the date ofthe admission test, as well as test contents and procedures are definedannually by the decree of the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities andResearch (MIUR) regulating the admission test; these requirements are publishedin the call for admissions.

Knowledge and Skill AssessmentProcedures
Student knowledge and skills are assessed upon admission to the DegreeProgramme after passing the admission test. The minimum score for admission isdetermined annually by the decree of the Italian Ministry of Education,Universities and Research (MIUR) regulating admission tests for degreeprogrammes with nationally-regulated access.
Should the Ministerial Decree define no minimum score for admission, the DegreeProgramme Board will define this requirement.

Additional LearningRequirements (ALRs)
The Additional Learning Requirement (ALR) for the Degree Programme is “Basicknowledge of chemistry and biochemistry, cellular molecular biology andgenetics, medical physics”.
The ALR is regarded as being completed upon passing the following exams by thedate set annually by the governing bodies of the University:
• CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (I.C.);
• CELLULAR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS (I.C.);
• MEDICAL PHYSICS.
The student will be considered to have met ALR requirements if all compulsorylearning activities of Year 1 are passed. Year 1 optional learning activitiesdo not count towards completion of the ALR.
Students who fail to complete their ALR by the date set annually by thegoverning bodies of the University and published on the University website mustenrol again in Year 1 as repeat students.

Assessment of LanguageKnowledge and Skills
English language knowledge and skills at B2 level or higher are assessed duringthe admission test.
A B1 level or higher of Italian language knowledge and skills is a mandatoryrequirement to access clinical clerkships of the Degree Programme. B1-levelItalian language is tested during Year 1.
The Italian B1 language requirement is regarded as met by students holding oneof the qualifications defined with a specific resolution of the DegreeProgramme Board.