Overview
- The second and final session took place on December 10 for roughly 50,000 candidates across Biology, Chemistry and Physics, with results due December 23 and the national ranking expected in January.
- Physics again drew the sharpest criticism, with students and professors citing tight timing and reported errors in questions and units, as papers are now processed by Cineca and then reviewed by universities.
- Informal data from the November 20 session showed only about 10% passed all three subjects and roughly 22–23% passed two, raising concern over filling 19,757 state‑funded places, or about 24,000 including non‑state universities.
- The Ministry of Universities is evaluating a plan to include all candidates in the national ranking, ordered by bands of sufficiencies, with missing credits to be recovered, while Minister Anna Maria Bernini defended the reform in the Senate.
- Reports flagged alleged irregularities such as WhatsApp question sharing and unusual search spikes, student groups announced protests and collective legal actions, and local accounts in Turin described phone seizures, annulled papers and poor testing conditions.