Guides for the road to Italy.

Written from the official calls, decrees and regulations, with the year each one applies to.

New to all this? Start with the whole route: Study in Italy.

10 min read · Applies to 2026/27 · Checked 29 October 2026

Admission tests for English-taught degrees in Italy: which test for which course

CEnT-S, the SAT, the IMAT, a university's own test or none at all: what Italian public universities ask international applicants for, by subject.

9 min read · Applies to the 2026 sitting · Checked 29 October 2026

The IMAT: how Italy's English-taught medicine test works

Format, scoring, the two rankings and the calendar, from the ministerial decree.

7 min read · Applies to 2026/27 · Checked 29 October 2026

CEnT-S: CISIA's English admission test, explained

The test many English-taught Bachelor's in sciences, engineering and economics now use: sections, scoring, test periods, sitting it from home, and what each university does with your score.

7 min read · Applies to 2026/27 · Checked 29 October 2026

Private medical schools in Italy: their own admission tests

Humanitas, San Raffaele, Cattolica, Campus Bio-Medico and UniCamillus select through their own tests, months before the IMAT.

6 min read · Applies to 2026/27 · Checked 29 October 2026

Using the SAT for Italian universities

Which public universities accepted the SAT in 2026/27, the minimum each one set, and how to time your test so the score arrives before the call closes.

5 min read · Applies to 2026/27 · Checked 29 October 2026

Nursing and dental hygiene in English: the health-professions test

The national test for health-professions degrees, sat in English in Italy on one day in September.

5 min read · Applies to 2026/27 · Checked 29 October 2026

The architecture admission test in Italy, in English

The national architecture test: 50 questions in 100 minutes, run by each university, with an English version for English-taught courses.

4 min read · Applies to 2026 test dates · Checked 29 October 2026

CISIA's English TEST HUMANITIES

A 30-question reasoning and reading test for some English-taught humanities and social science degrees: format, scoring, dates and which programs ask for it.