Maturità 2026, here are the subjects of the second test: Latin for the Classics and Mathematics for the Scientifico

The interview focuses on four disciplines. The list is contained in the annexes to the decree and in the Unica platform. In addition to ascertaining the achievement of the student's educational, cultural and professional profile and verifying the acquisition of the content and methods specific to each discipline, the interview examines the student's ability to use and relate the knowledge acquired and to argue critically and personally, as well as the degree of responsibility and maturity achieved.

The oral test highlights and enhances the responsibility and commitment shown by students in particularly meritorious actions, also inferable from the student's Curriculum, in a perspective of integral personal development. In the course of the interview, the candidate also presents his/her experiences in the context of school-work training activities and the skills acquired in the field of civic education.

The Maturity Examination is valid if the candidate has duly completed all the examination papers, including the interview.

If the internal candidate reports a conduct grade of six tenths in the final examination, the interview also includes a critical essay on the subject of active citizenship and solidarity, assigned by the class council. The conduct grade affects the award of credit.

A third written test is foreseen in some subject areas (EsaBac sections, EsaBac techno, sections with an international option, schools in the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta, the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and schools with a Slovene teaching language in Friuli-Venezia Giulia).

The Maturity Examination is validly taken if the candidate has duly taken all the examinations, including the interview.

"From this year," says Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara, "we are returning to the Maturity Exam, with a radically new oral exam. We have removed the discussion of the paper, which forced interdisciplinary connections to be made, creating unnecessary apprehension in the students, also because of its random unpredictability, and which did not necessarily contemplate a disciplinary assessment. We preferred to focus on an interview referring to four disciplines, during which the candidate could demonstrate not only the degree of knowledge and skills attained, but also the degree of autonomy and responsibility acquired. Hence the relevance of extracurricular, sporting or cultural activities. Hence the importance of particularly meritorious actions performed. Hence also the need to repeat the year for those who refuse to be assessed at the oral exam. In a society that needs to rediscover the value of maturity, the new oral examination allows the student's whole person to be valued'.

For the Licei, the subjects for the second test are: Latin for the Classical; Mathematics for the Scientific, also for the Applied Sciences option and the Sports section; Foreign Language and Culture 1 for the Liceo Linguistico; Human Sciences for the Liceo delle Scienze umane (Law and Political Economy in the Economic-Social option); Design disciplines characteristic of the individual addresses for the Liceo artistico; Theory, Analysis and Composition for the Liceo musicale; Dance Techniques for the Liceo coreutico.

For technical institutes: Business economics for the "Administration, Finance and Marketing" subdivision (also in the "International Relations for Marketing" and "Business Information Systems" subdivisions) and Tourism and Business Disciplines for the "Tourism" subdivision; Design, construction and systems for the "Construction, Environment and Territory" subdivision; in the 'Computing and Telecommunications' address, Systems and Networks for both the 'Computing' and 'Telecommunications' articulations; Plant Production for the 'Production and Processing' and 'Environment and Territory Management' articulations of the Agricultural Institutes (Viticulture and Vine Protection for the 'Viticulture and Oenology' articulation).