Universities: how the entrance exam for the 3,792 places on the English-language Medicine course works

Of the 3,792 places available for Medicine, 2,292 – or 60 per cent – are at state universities, whilst the remaining 40 per cent (1,500) are at non-state universities. In addition to these, there are 60 places for Dentistry (25 at Sapienza University of Rome and 35 at the University of Siena, for both EU and non-EU students, whether resident in Italia or abroad) and 70 for Veterinary Medicine (50 at the University of Bologna and 20 at the University of Naples Federico II).

Focusing here solely on Medicine, the largest number of places is held by a non-state university, Unicamillus, which totals 650 if we include both its Rome and Venice campuses. In second place overall, and first among state universities, is Roma Tor Vergata, which boasts 405 places; however, this figure includes the 320 places in Tirana, Albania, which are reserved exclusively for citizens residing abroad.

Rounding off the top three is another private institution, Humanitas University, which, with its two sites in Pieve Emanuele, on the outskirts of Milan, offers a total of 330 all-inclusive places. This is nearly a hundred more than the 240 places advertised by Neuromed in Pozzilli, in the province of Isernia – a university in Molise which is also publicly funded – which is still awaiting accreditation.

Filling the remaining six places that round off the top ten for places on English-language courses are three further private universities – the Campus Biomedico in Rome in fifth place with 200 places available, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in seventh place with 170 (of which 60 are in Bolzano and 110 in the capital) and San Raffaele University in Milan in ninth place with 150 – alongside an equal number of state universities. These are Padua, which ranks sixth with a total of 185 places, Bologna, eighth with 160, and Pavia.

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