Study Medicine in Italy.

Sixty multiple-choice questions in 100 minutes. A correct answer scores +1.5, a wrong one −0.4, and a question left blank scores zero. The maximum is 90 points.

Because wrong answers cost marks, knowing when not to answer is part of the exam.

One. A non-EU applicant resident outside Italy names a single university and competes only in that university’s own ranking, not a national one.

Families living in the UK are in this category, whatever their nationality. Choosing that one university well is the most consequential decision in the whole application, and it is the part we spend most time on.

Not for non-EU candidates resident abroad. Any score above zero is eligible; only a completely blank paper is excluded. The 20-point threshold that is often quoted applies to EU candidates and those treated as equivalent, not to this group.

Eligible is not the same as admitted. Places are filled in rank order.

Yes, for the study visa: CEFR B2 or above, covering all four skills, from an internationally recognised body.

Being educated in English is not automatically an exemption. Some universities grant one and issue a four-skills letter instead; others do not. Check the university’s own call before assuming.

Either, but not half of either. A visa applicant needs both CIMEA statements — comparability and verification — or a Declaration of Value from the Italian consulate, which covers comparability.

A comparability statement on its own is not enough. Both routes take weeks, so this is the first thing to start and the most common cause of a missed enrolment.

€10,179.85 for each year, from traceable sources. The return ticket and the university fees are on top of that figure, not inside it.

Consulates check where the money came from, not only that it is there. This amount rose sharply in 2026 and is reset periodically, so confirm the current figure before relying on it.

No. The registration system generates a provisional code itself, and it is not the official Italian one. The genuine tax code is needed later, to enrol in Italy, and can be obtained before or after arriving.

Italy requires twelve years of schooling, and the qualification must give access to university in the country where it was obtained. That second clause catches families out.

• United Kingdom — three full A-levels, relevant to the course. AS-levels do not count towards the three.
• Nigeria — WASSCE alone is not enough. UTME is also required, because WASSCE by itself does not give university access in Nigeria.
• India and Pakistan — Standard XII, or HSSC and equivalents, are accepted without an extra year.

It depends on which country issued them.

• United Kingdom, India, Pakistan — apostille. A single certificate from that country’s designated authority, with no embassy step. In India, state education department authentication comes first.
• Nigeria and Ghana — not apostille countries. Documents go through consular legalisation instead, which takes longer and has more stages. Start earlier.

Yes. Up to 50% extra time for a recognised disability and up to 30% for a specific learning difficulty, on request and with evidence.

Candidates applying from outside Italy need the certificate legalised and accompanied by a sworn translation into Italian or English, and the university must accept it. Start this early; it is not a same-week arrangement.

An Italian medical degree is a relevant European qualification, and the General Medical Council does not require PLAB for it.

Two things to hold alongside that. Recognition without PLAB is subject to a government review in 2028. And UK and Irish graduates are offered Foundation Programme places ahead of everyone else, which affects the first job after graduation rather than registration itself.

Each cycle is set by a ministerial decree, normally published in July or August for that autumn’s examination. Registration windows, the exam date and the number of places are all fixed in it.

Until the decree for a cycle is published, any date you see quoted for it — by us or anyone else — is last year’s pattern, not a fact.