The HUMAT: Humanitas University's admission test

It lasts 120 minutes, in three timed parts. Scientific Thinking and Academic Literacy: 45 minutes. Biology and Chemistry: 35 minutes. Mathematics and Physics: 40 minutes. Each subject has 10 questions. At the end, 6 reserve questions take 12 extra minutes. They count only if a main question is cancelled. There are two rounds each year. Students in their second-to-last school year can sit it. Their score then counts only for the next year.

A wrong answer loses a quarter of those points. A blank scores 0. The total is out of 960. To be ranked, you need 192 in total. You also need 88, 64 and 40 in the three parts. MEDTEC uses the same test with the points reversed: Mathematics and Physics earn 22 a question. You get two tries, one in each round. Your better result counts. Passing the HUMAT also counts as your B2 English proof.

Scientific Thinking tests skills, not facts: maths, step-by-step and visual thinking. Academic Literacy uses scientific texts of about 700 words, at C1 level or above. Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics each have five topic blocks. Mathematics includes formal logic. Physics includes optics.

ISEP below EUR 30 thousand: EUR 10,206 a year. From 30 to 55 thousand: EUR 15,206. From 55 to 80 thousand: EUR 19,206. Above 80 thousand: EUR 23,206. Non-EU students paid EUR 23,206 a year. The first payment at enrolment was EUR 5,206. There are scholarships, including 3 of EUR 18,000 a year for non-EU students. Fees do not include housing, food or books.

In your second-to-last school year, you can sit it for the next year's entry. Non-EU route with a diploma from abroad? At enrolment, bring a copy translated into Italian and legalised by the Italian consulate. Add a Dichiarazione di Valore (the consulate's statement of what your diploma is worth).

Stay at your desk, alone, and do not speak to anyone. You may use blank paper and a pen. The official rules (bando) allow up to five sheets. The technical guide says two. Breaking a rule cancels your test. You need a Windows or Mac computer with a webcam and microphone. The test runs in Safe Exam Browser. A phone or tablet runs Zoom, so supervisors can watch you. You cannot take the test on a phone, a tablet or a virtual machine. You need at least 1 Mbps on the computer and 4G on the phone. In 2026 the demo test was open from 16 February to 4 March, and from 9 to 17 March. Use it to check your connection, computer and phone.

It shows no names. Each candidate saw only their own position and status. The call gives no cut-off score. Medicine places 1 to 150 and MEDTEC places 1 to 80 could enrol online. Enrolment ran from 30 March to 8 April 2026, 12:00. By then, admitted students had to pay EUR 5,206, or lose the place. This money comes back in one case only: if you enrolled on condition and better-ranked candidates then filled all the places. The refund comes within 60 days of your request.