Overview

• The reform abolishes the traditional entrance test in favour of the semester aperto introduced by Minister Anna Maria Bernini.
• After the semester aperto, candidates face three simultaneous exams in chemistry with biochemistry, physics, and biology, each featuring 31 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 45 minutes and granting six credits.
• Universities across Italy will hold all subject exams on the same date, and students have two scheduled attempts per exam with the option to reject a score and retake it once.
• Scores from the three exams will form a national ranking that determines allocation of about 20,000 medical school seats for the next academic year.
• Each student may enroll in the open semester up to three times, and universities retain autonomy to adapt teaching methods and course plans supported by a €23 million ministry fund.