Campus Bio-Medico (UCBM): the science admission test in Rome

There is no logic section. The test lasts 100 minutes. You sit it in person in Rome, on one date. Questions are drawn at random from the university's own archive. No phones, calculators, books or notes. Medicine and Surgery and MedTech are separate courses, both taught in English. You register and pay once for each course. Registering opens an official online simulator of the test. Students with a certified disability or learning difference can get up to 50% more time.

A blank scores 0. The maximum is 60. You need at least 12 of 60 to be eligible for a place. In 2026, the first 84 in Medicine and the first 68 in MedTech won places. Others moved up as places came free. Notices usually came on Tuesdays and Fridays. On the first 2026 Medicine list, the 84th place scored just over 48 of 60. That list showed 476 candidates, and 471 reached the minimum. Ties go to the better Biology score, then Chemistry, then Mathematics. After that, the younger candidate wins.

Biology covers the cell, energy, genetics, biotechnology, evolution, and human anatomy and physiology. Chemistry covers atoms, bonding, reactions, solutions, acids and bases, buffers, and basic organic chemistry. Physics covers mechanics, fluids, heat, and electricity and magnetism.

You pay EUR 8,000 plus the tax at enrolment, then two payments of EUR 5,500. The first payment comes back only in these cases: if you do not get your school diploma in 2025/26; if you enrolled with conditions and lose your place because the ministry cuts places; or if you get the UCBM scholarship after another winner withdraws. If a scholarship is not accepted by 4 March 2026, it passes to the next candidate, and enrolled candidates with an ISEE below EUR 28,000 may get the first payment back. Otherwise, fees are not refunded. There are two merit scholarships, one per course. The top-ranked winner with an ISEE (Italian family income index) up to EUR 28,000 pays half the fee for six years, on the second and third payments. To keep it, you must earn enough credits each year and keep an average of at least 27/30.

This call is for students who have a diploma, or who finish school in 2025/26. If you finish school later, look for a later call. You need at least 12 years of school. With 10 or 11 years, you also need 1 to 2 years of passed university study. A diploma from abroad needs a Dichiarazione di Valore or a CIMEA comparability certificate. There is one test date a year, and you can compete for both courses. After enrolment, a test checks core subjects. Below 60% in a subject, you take extra courses in your first year.

Attach it before you pay the fee: the application locks when you pay. No certificate yet? You can still sit the test, marked with an asterisk. In 2026 you then had to upload one between 20 March and 19 June, 13:00. Without it, you are left out of the final ranking. A full year at a school or university taught entirely in English also counts.