Medicine and Surgery

To participate in the test  it is necessary to register and pay the participation fee by and no later than 16 April 2025 (late registrations or payments made after this deadline will not be accepted).

For information or support in registering for the test, please contact:

• Toll-free number 800 954 459 (Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
• Application form for information on undergraduate and integrated degree programmes

To participate in the test , you must register and pay the participation fee by and no later than 16 April 2025. Late registrations or payments made after this deadline will not be accepted.

For information or support in registering for the test, please contact: international.admissions-rm@unicatt.it

The admission test, in English, will take place on 14 May 2025 in multi-session home-based mode (at the candidate's personal computer workstation and through a remote surveillance platform).

The general list of convocations, with indication of the date and time of the test, will be published from 7 May 2025. The convocation time indicated must be strictly respected. Those who, for any reason, connect after the closure of the identification phases will not be admitted to the test.

The test consists of 65 multiple-choice questions distributed as follows:

• 2 questions of general knowledge;
• 20 questions of logical reasoning;
• 18 questions of biology;
• 12 questions of chemistry;
• 4 questions of physics;
• 4 questions of mathematics;
• 5 questions of ethical-religious culture.

At the end of the exam, each candidate must answer 7 additional questions in 7 minutes, automatically assigned by the test platform (one for each subject). These "reserve" questions will NOT count towards the assessment of the test unless, after the scheduled sessions have been held, an anomaly emerges in one or more questions in each subject that leads to their cancellation. Only in this case, once the criticality has been ascertained, will the University evaluate its neutralization and replacement with the reserve question relating to the same subject, in order to guarantee the objectivity of the assessments and equal treatment of candidates.

A maximum time of 65 minutes is allocated for the test (+ 7 minutes for the reserve questions). A maximum score of 65 points is awarded for the evaluation of the test according to the following criteria:

• 1 point for each correct answer;
• minus 0.25 points for each wrong answer;
• 0 points for each answer not given.

The minimum score required to be eligible for the degree programme must be no less than 20 points out of 65. Those who are placed in the corresponding ranking list in the order of the places available are declared successful.

The test is administered via a special platform that allows remote control, both live and asynchronous (audio-video recording of all phases of the procedure).

The room where the candidate chooses to take the exam must be well lit, isolated, quiet, equipped with a single access door that must remain closed for the entire duration of the procedure. During the unfolding of the test, the candidate is held personally responsible for the correct configuration of the workstation according to the instructions that will be given at the beginning and/or during the test and for the isolation of the room.

Subject to penalty of exclusion, candidates are required to observe the following rules of conduct during the test:

• It is not allowed to leave the workstation after having carried out the identification, for any reason
• The use or consultation of other applications, browsers or web pages is not permitted, therefore, before starting the test, it is necessary that all web pages and programs are closed
• It is not allowed to keep additional devices (monitors, keyboards, mice), headphones or earphones, calculators, mobile phones (other than the one that will act as a camera to film the room) with you. Similarly, it is not allowed to have active features that could allow the management of additional devices (additional monitors, keyboards, mice)
• It is not allowed to talk or interact with other people
• It is not allowed to read the contents of the test aloud
• It is not allowed to consult books, texts, web pages, notes or handouts;
• Earplugs are not permitted
• No person other than the candidate is allowed to be present in the room

In order to take the test, it is essential to be in possession of:

• A PC (Windows 8 or later or LINUX) or MAC (MAC 10.14 or later) with a webcam and microphone. The use of a company computer is strongly discouraged;
• GOOGLE CHROME browser (min. version 81.0) to be used as the only supported browser;
• Internet connectivity with a minimum upload and download speed of 1.5 Mbps;
• A smartphone or tablet (Android min 4.1 – IOs min v.8) equipped with a webcam. The use of a wifi Internet connection is also recommended. During the procedure you will be asked to download an APP on your smartphone/tablet (34MB) from Google Play or AppStore (depending on whether you are using a smartphone with Android or IoS operating system). The tablet can ONLY be used as a replacement for the Smartphone, not the PC/Mac.

Starting from the 5th day before the test, candidates will receive by e-mail the instructions for a check requirement to be carried out within 24 hours before the test.

At the end of the check requirement, candidates will receive a second e-mail containing the link to access the exam on the date and time of the convocation. If you do not receive the second e-mail (also check the "Spam" section of the mail) you can ask for it to be re-forwarded writing to the convocazioni@ilmiotest.it address.

The specific prerequisites for the Medicine and Surgery programme include knowledge of the English language demonstrated by a certification at a level no lower than B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. The list of certifications admitted is expressly indicated in the competition notice (art. 10 Enrolment);
2. This list is final as regards the type of certifications admitted and the minimum mark required for each of them;
3. Certifications that are not among those listed in the competition notice are in no way taken into consideration ;
4. The language certificate must be presented upon enrolment in the degree programme, but is not necessary for participation in the test.

Only candidates who have completed their full secondary school career in English may be exempted from producing the language certificate. In this case, the candidate, upon enrolment, must produce appropriate certification of the language in which the school career was conducted.

Once the test participation fee has been paid, you can access the TEST Simulator platform free of charge via your registration profile. The simulator can be used unlimitedly by each registered candidate: it contains an archive of approximately 3,000 questions administered by the University in previous years which have been made available for purely practice purposes. Questions administered on the day of the test are not extracted from the simulator.

In order to support candidates in their study for the admission test, the University organises specific preparation courses delivered remotely during the competition registration period. Visit the dedicated page and discover the formula that best meets your needs.

Places are limited and allocated in chronological order of enrolment.

• Instruction DIGNITAS PERSONAE on Certain Issues of Bioethics
• Encyclical Letter CARITAS IN VERITATE - Pope Benedict XVI
• Encyclical Letter LAUDATO SÌ - Pope Francis