Medicine and Surgery

To consult the final ranking list for EU citizens and equivalent citizens (EU quota), the candidates' personal data are represented by means of a unique identification code communicated by e-mail to each participant. If you have not received the unique identification code, you can request verification and re-forwarding to ammissioni-rm@unicatt.it, attaching a valid identity document.

To consult the final ranking list of non-EU citizens residing abroad (EU quota), the candidates' personal data are represented by means of a unique identification code communicated to each participant.

Candidates who are admitted on the basis of their position in the final renking list list and the places available must pre-enrol from 8 to 15 April 2025 by paying of the first instalment of the university tuition fees and contributions of € 4,000.00. Those who do not pay by 15 April 2025 will be considered to have withdrawn and the places made available again to candidates on the waiting list.

Candidates who are admitted on the basis of their position in the final ranking list and the places available must pre-enrol from 7 to 15 April 2025 and pay the first instalment of the university tuition fees and contributions of € 4,000.00*.

Those who do not pay by 15 April 2025 will be considered to have withdrawn and the places will be made available again to candidates on the ranking list.

* From the academic year 2024/2025 a fixed tuition fee of € 18,000.00 is applied to students enrolled in the first year of the programme (income produced in EU and non-EU countries). 

From 2:00 p.m. on 28 March 2025, participants in the admission test held on 18 March 2025 can view the score achieved and verify the correction of their paper through a special online consultation platform with their credentials:

• access the https://consultazioneonline.ilmiotest.it portal
• select Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and then the admission test to Medicine and Surgery Rome (18/03/2025)
• enter the username (PIN code) and password communicated by e-mail (in the second e-mail of activation of the exam platform)

If you have lost your access codes, please contact convocazioni@ilmiotest.it attaching a scan of your identity document.

The admission tests to the integrated degree programme in Medicine and Surgery at the "A. Gemelli" Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Rome campus for the academic year 2025/2026 will take place on 18 March 2025, at the time indicated in the convocation e-mail.  

The computer-based test will be delivered remotely.

It is recommended to carefully read the minimum technical specifications necessary to ensure the successful administration of the test (art. 7 of the call for applications) and the rules of conduct to be followed for the entire duration of the test in order not to fall afoul of disciplinary sanctions (art. 6 of the call).

The candidates on the list will receive by e-mail the instructions for starting the test procedure remotely, all participants are required to scrupulously comply with these instructions on their own responsibility.

On the day of the test, candidates must show for identification purposes:

• A valid identity document, pursuant to art. 35 of Presidential Decree no. 445 of 28 December 2000;
• Any original documentation certifying the state of disability and/or SLD declared at the time of registration for the competition.

To participate in the admission test, you must register and pay the application fee no later than 21 February 2025. Late registrations or payments made after this deadline will not be accepted. APPLY NOW. For information or support in applying to 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.)
• Contact form for information on undergraduate and integrated degree programmes

To participate in the admission test, you must register and pay the application fee no later than 21 February 2025. Late registrations or payments made after this deadline will not be accepted. APPLY NOW For information or support in applying to the test, please contact: international.admissions-rm@unicatt.it

The admission test, entirely in English, is scheduled for 18 March 2025 in multi-session home-based mode (at the candidate's PC terminals and through a remote surveillance platform). The University reserves the right to activate additional sessions on 19 March 2025 if the number of candidates exceeds the total number of places available for remote connection at each session.

A general convocation list with the date and time of the exam will be published from 12 March 2025.

The indicated convocation time must be strictly observed.

Those who, for whatever reason, log on after the closing of the identification stages will not be admitted to the test.

The test consists of 65 multiple-choice questions divided in:

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

At the end of the test, each candidate must answer further 7 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 test 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, the University will consider neutralising it and replacing it with the reserve question relating to the same subject, in order to guarantee the objectivity of the assessments and equal treatment among the candidates.

The test lasts maximum 65 minutes (plus 7 minutes for the reserve questions). A maximum score of 65 points is allocated 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 order of places available are admitted to the programme.

The test is administered on a special platform that allows remote control, both live and with review of the tests (audio-video recording of all stages of the procedure).

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

On pain of exclusion, candidates are required to observe the following rules of conduct during the test:

• It is not permitted to leave the station after carrying out the identification, for any reason whatsoever;
• It is not permitted to use or consult other applications, browsers or web pages, therefore all web pages and programmes must be closed before the start of the test;
• It is not permitted to carry additional devices (additional monitors, keyboards, mice), headphones or earphones, calculators, mobile phones (apart from the one that will act as an environmental camera). Similarly, it is not permitted to have active features that could enable the operation of additional devices (additional monitors, keyboards, mice)
• You are not allowed to speak or talk to other people;
• You are not allowed to read the contents of the test out loud
• You are not allowed to consult books, texts, web pages, notes or handouts;
• You are not allowed to use earplugs;
• No person other than the candidate may be present in the room.

In order to take the test, you must have the following:

• A PC (operating system Windows 8, or later, or LINUX) or MAC (MAC-OS 10.14 or later) equipped 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 browser provided;
• Internet connectivity with 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. We also recommend the use of wifi, during the procedure you will be asked to download an APP to 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 in place of the Smartphone, not the PC/Mac.

From the 5th day prior to the test, candidates will receive instructions by e-mail on how to carry out the technical requirements check (check requirement) within 24 hours prior to the test.

Once the check requirement has been completed, candidates receive a second e-mail containing the link to access the test on the date and time set. If you do not receive the second e-mail (also check the ‘Spam’ section of your mail), you can ask for it to be forwarded to convocazioni@ilmiotest.it.

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;
3. certifications that are not among those listed in the notice of competition 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 course in English may be exempted from producing the language certification. In this case, the candidate, upon enrolment, must produce appropriate certification of the language in which the course of study was conducted.

Once the test application fee has been paid, you can access the TEST Simulator platform free of charge via your registration profile. The simulator can be used indefinitely by each registered candidate: it contains an archive of approximately 3,000 questions administered by the University in previous years and 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 along the preparation path for the admission test, the University organises specific preparation courses delivered remotely during the competition registration period. Visit the page and discover the formula that best suits 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