Admission to single-cycle degree courses in Medicina e chirurgia, Odontoiatria e protesi dentaria and Medicina veterinaria

At the end of the filter semester, you will have to take exams in Biologia (6 credits), Chimica e propedeutica biochimica (6 credits) and Fisica (6 credits).

The exams will be the same at the national level and will take place simultaneously, on the same day, in person.

Teaching activities will begin on September 1st. Classes will be held online. On 25 August, the introductory lesson (lezione zero) will take place.
You can join the introductory lesson using this link.

The first exam session is set for December 10th, with results published on December 23rd. The second exam session will take place on January 11th, with results published on January 20th.

Each of the three subjects will involve one test, lasting 50 minutes and consisting of 31 questions, of which:

• 21 multiple-choice
• 10 fill-in-the-blank

There will be a 30-minute break between one test and the next.

The scores obtained in the individual exams will be valid for the formation of the national ranking.

You must take at least one of the two exam sessions scheduled for each subject.

If you take both sessions, the one in which you obtained the higher grade will prevail, provided it is equal to or higher than 18/30.

The Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) promotes two free, complementary platforms designed to help students prepare for classes and examinations during the 2026–27 Open Semester. These initiatives reflect the commitment of both MUR and the University to providing students with high-quality learning resources.

CISIA Platform
The platform is promoted by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI), in collaboration with MUR, and developed through the CISIA Interuniversity Consortium. It provides learning materials, self-assessment tools and exam simulations.

The platform already offers exercises and assessment tests covering upper secondary school curricula in Chemistry, Physics and Biology. These resources are designed to help students assess and consolidate their existing knowledge before the start of the Open Semester. Learning modules covering the same subjects will also be made available.

Once the Open Semester begins, exercises based on the 2026–27 syllabuses for Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Introduction to Biochemistry will be available. These exercises are designed to assess students’ understanding of the topics covered in the various teaching units.

Students will also be able to take mock examinations.

Go to the CRUI-CISIA platform.

MOOD Platform – MedOdontOrientaDomain
The MOOD platform, which has been successfully operating since last year, is available both online and via a mobile app. It is promoted by the Conferences of Degree Programmes in Medicine and Dentistry, funded by MUR, and supported by 44 Italian universities, including the University of Parma. The platform is developed by “thefaculty”.

For 2026, the service has been enhanced with even more advanced tools and now includes:

• over 100 hours of video lectures in Biology, Chemistry and Introduction to Biochemistry, and Physics, delivered by university lecturers, as well as storytelling content featuring real-life experiences to inspire students and support their educational choices
• thousands of questions with detailed explanations
• mind maps
• flashcards
• timed mock tests with rankings
• a personalised adaptive study plan.

thefaculty App
You can also prepare free of charge for the Open Semester examinations using the thefaculty app.

With thefaculty, you can follow a personalised study plan, review course content through lessons and video lectures, mind maps and flashcards, and practise under exam-like conditions.

If you have already attended classes or taken the exams required during the Open Semester, you may apply to have them recognized according to the procedures outlined below.

• You completed the attendance requirements during the 2025/2026 Open Semester at the University of Parma
  You do not need to submit any application. Your attendance records will be verified directly by the University's administrative offices using the information already available in the University's records.
   
• You completed the attendance requirements during the 2025/2026 Open Semester at another university
  You must indicate, through the dedicated online procedure available from 7 to 21 August 2026, the university where you completed the attendance requirements. The administrative offices will then verify the information you have provided.
   
• You completed the attendance requirements in other degree programmes
  You may apply for recognition of attendance already completed only for:
  - courses for which you have taken and passed the corresponding examination;
  - courses with mandatory attendance for which you have duly fulfilled the attendance requirement.
  Applications must be submitted through the dedicated online procedure available from 7 to 21 August 2026.
  Applications will be assessed by a Committee, which will examine the documentation you provide. The administrative offices will also verify the information you have declared.
   

PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES

The online application procedure will be available from 7 to 21 August 2026.

Detailed instructions on how to submit your application will be published on this page on 7 August 2026.

The outcome of the assessment will be communicated by 15 September 2026.

As the results will be published after teaching activities have begun, you are strongly advised, as a precaution, to start attending classes from September 1 2026.
 

VERIFICATION OF DECLARATIONS

The University reserves the right to verify your self-declarations and the supporting documentation you submit, including after September 15, 2026.

If any false declarations or inaccurate documentation are identified, recognition of your attendance and the corresponding exemption from the attendance requirement will be revoked with retroactive effect, without prejudice to any further measures provided for under the applicable legislation.

To enrol in the filter semester you must pay a flat-rate fee of €250 by 6 August 2026 at 11:59 PM.

You will be able to view the payment notice at the end of part 2 of the open semester enrolment procedure and in the PAYMENTS section of your personal area on Esse3 - Online Secretariat.

You may request a reduction if you submit your ISEEU 2026 certification (or documentation relating to foreign income) by 6 August 2026, following the procedures described in Annex 3 of the University Regulations or on this page.

The following amounts are calculated based on your ISEE:

ISEE from €0 to €22,000: flat-rate fee €0
ISEE from €22,000.01 to €24,000: flat-rate fee €50
ISEE from €24,000.01 to €26,000: flat-rate fee €125
ISEE from €26,000.01 to €28,000: flat-rate fee €187.50
ISEE from €28,000.01 to €30,000: flat-rate fee €225
ISEE from €30,000.01 onwards: flat-rate fee €250

If you have not yet submitted your ISEE application on the ER.GO portal, the system will automatically assign you the maximum fee of €250.

To request a reduction, you must submit your ISEEU 2026 application following the procedures described in Annex 3 of the University Regulations or on this page. Within 24 hours of submitting your application, you will be able to view a new payment notice recalculated based on your ISEE bracket.

If you have been recognised as having a disability pursuant to Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 3, of Law 104/1992, or a disability of 66% or more, you are exempt from paying the flat-rate fee.
To request the exemption, you must declare your status and upload the relevant certification during the filter semester enrolment procedure on Esse3 - Online Registry Office by 6 August 2026.
Uploading the certification is also required in order to access the services offered by the University Centre for Inclusion.
 

PAYMENT DEADLINE AND ENROLMENT CONFIRMATION

You must pay the flat-rate fee by 6 August 2026 at 11:59 PM.

Without payment by the deadline, you will not be enrolled in the open semester, unless you have correctly requested an exemption by 6 August.

In case of withdrawal, the flat-rate fee will not be refunded.
 

HOW TO PAY

Payment must be made from the SECRETARIAT > PAYMENTS section of your personal area on Esse3 - Online Registry Office via the pagoPA system (IUV), choosing one of the following methods:

• online by credit card;
• online via bank account;
• at authorised institutions, by printing the payment notice.
   

AFTER THE OPEN SEMESTER

If, at the end of the open semester, you enrol in Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, Veterinary Medicine, or a non-related programme, you will need to pay the annual university fees (personalised university contribution) and, if you have not done so previously, the regional tax and virtual stamp duty (€156), minus the flat-rate fee already paid.

If, at the end of the open semester, you enrol in a related degree programme, you will need to pay the annual university fees (personalised university contribution) and, if you have not done so previously, the regional tax and virtual stamp duty (€156), reduced by 50%.

For all information on university fees and benefits, please visit the relevant section of the website.

Access to the second semester will be determined by your position in the national ranking, calculated based on the results obtained in the exams and published on the Universitaly portal on January 22th, 2027.

The national ranking will in fact be composed of 3 sections:

1. for those who have passed 3 exams;
2. for those who have passed 2 exams;
3. for those who have passed 1 exam.

If you take both sessions, the one in which you obtained the higher grade will prevail, provided it is equal to or higher than 18/30.

If you rank in a favorable position on the list despite not having passed one or two exams, you will be able to make up the missing credits directly at the assigned university, in time to enroll regularly at the start of the second semester.

After the ranking is published, you will have until January 28th to enroll at the assigned university or to withdraw in order to later be assigned to a related course.

Between February 2nd and 5th, the remaining places will be reassigned, with enrollments taking place between February 8th and 10th.

If you are enrolled in the Open Semester, you may also enrol in, or remain enrolled in, other degree programmes at the same time, except in the cases outlined below.

You may enrol in:

• a non-related degree programme with no compulsory attendance requirements;
• a non-related degree programme with compulsory attendance requirements. In this case, you are responsible for ensuring that the attendance requirements of the Open Semester are compatible with those of the other degree programme;
• a related degree programme, whether or not attendance is compulsory.

Enrolling in a related degree programme may be a suitable option if you wish to secure a place on that programme in the event that you are not admitted to Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics, or Veterinary Medicine.

In this case:

• if you enrol in the related degree programme indicated on Universitaly, you must update your Universitaly application to indicate that you are already enrolled in that programme;
• if you enrol in a different related degree programme, you do not need to update your Universitaly application.

In both cases, you must complete the enrolment procedure for the related degree programme and pay the corresponding tuition fees.

PLEASE NOTE: In all of the cases described above, if you enrol in either a related or a non-related degree programme, you will be required to pay the corresponding tuition fees.

If you are already enrolled at the University of Parma and renew your enrolment for the 2026/2027 academic year, please note that you will also be required to pay the second and third tuition fee instalments.

Important Deadlines

• Application for the personalised tuition fee contribution (to apply for a reduction in tuition fees based on your household's financial circumstances): applications must be submitted via www.er-go.it by 4 November 2026, 5:00 p.m. (CET).
• Scholarships and other financial benefits: please refer to the website of ER.GO – the Regional Agency for the Right to Higher Education.

For full details on tuition fees and available financial benefits, please refer to Annex 3 of the Study Manifesto and the dedicated section of the University's website.
 

You cannot enrol in the Open Semester if:

• you are already enrolled in Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics, or Veterinary Medicine and intend to attend the Open Semester to gain admission to the same degree programme.

  Example: You are enrolled in Medicine and Surgery at another university and wish to enrol in the Open Semester to transfer to Medicine and Surgery at the University of Parma.

  You may, however, attend the Open Semester to gain admission to a different degree programme.

  Example: You are enrolled in Medicine and Surgery and wish to gain admission to Veterinary Medicine.

• you are already enrolled, or you enrol during the Open Semester, in the single-cycle Master's degree programme in Medicine and Surgery (taught in English) and are attending the Open Semester to gain admission to the Italian-taught degree programme in Medicine and Surgery.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have already enrolled in the Open Semester but fall within one of the cases above, your enrolment will be cancelled.
 

DOUBLE ENROLMENT

If you have already been authorised for double enrolment, you may also enrol in the Open Semester, provided that none of the restrictions outlined above apply.

In all cases, you are responsible for ensuring that the compulsory attendance requirements of the Open Semester are compatible with those of any other degree programme in which you are enrolled.
 

AFTER THE OPEN SEMESTER

If, at the end of the Open Semester, you enrol in Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics, or Veterinary Medicine, you will be required to:

• withdraw from any other academic career or degree programme with compulsory attendance requirements that are incompatible with your new programme;
• where permitted under the applicable regulations, apply for authorisation for double enrolment.
   

TUITION FEES AFTER THE OPEN SEMESTER

If, at the end of the Open Semester, you enrol in Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics, Veterinary Medicine, or a non-related degree programme, you will be required to pay the annual tuition fees (including the regional fee for the right to higher education and the stamp duty), less the flat-rate contribution already paid for the Open Semester.

If, at the end of the Open Semester, you enrol in a related degree programme through the national ranking, you will be required to pay the annual tuition fees (including the regional fee for the right to higher education and the stamp duty), reduced by 50%. In this case, the flat-rate contribution paid for the Open Semester is not deducted.

For full details on tuition fees and available financial benefits, please refer to Annex 3 of the Manifesto degli studi and the dedicated section of the University's website.

You can get all the details about the open semester reading the Ministerial Decree and all the Annex. 

For general information about the University, deadlines, admission procedure and services: 

- send a request using the unipr service desk;

- please call us on 800 904 804 (domestic calls only) or +39 0521 905111. Both the numbers are available Monday and Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM and from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 PM to 4:30 PM.

If you are already a student or if you need specific information regarding academic programs or enrollment procedures, contact your student registry office using the unipr service desk