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The Foundation Year Programme is a preparatory training course aiming to enable international students who wish to study in Italy with the aim to:
> fill any educational gaps in the disciplines assessed in the admission tests to year Bachelor’s and Master's Degree Programme in Medical Biological and Nursing fields.
> improve their Italian/English language skills for academic purposes.
Where and When | From 1st September 2022 to 31st May 2023 at UCBM |
Course Language | English/Italian |
Available places | 20 Medical Biological and Nursing fields |
Enrolment |
First Call for Admission: from 28th January 2022 to 20th April 2022 by 1.00 p.m. (CET) Second Call for Admission (if applicable): from 20th May 2022 to 20th June 2022 by 1.00 p.m. (CET) |
In order to enable students to further develop their academic skills, UCBM provides the following services:
The academic calendar is organised on a weekly basis from Mondays to Saturdays from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Every week there are between 20 and 25 hours of teaching activities scheduled, including frontal lectures and online learning, problem-based learning (PBL) and collaborative learning. Attendance is compulsory for at least 75% per subject.
Students enrolled in the Foundation Programme will have free access to the University's libraries and study areas.
The programme is organised in two semesters followed by two standard Exam sessions:
Students enrolled in the Foundation Programme will study the following subjects: Italian, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Logic (600 hours).
Learning Assessment
Learning assessment is evaluated through in-itinere tests and final examinations. These tests may be carried out in written and/or oral form.
In order to obtain the final qualification of the programme, students must achieve:
Students of the Foundation Year who pass the final assessment and who are interested in UCBM Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programmes may apply to the calls for admission published annually on the university website. Exclusively for the Degrees taught in English, these candidates are exempt from the Italian Language test (B1 level CEFR).
Candidates who intend to pursue the preparatory training course are required to submit the application form exclusively online by clicking on the appropriate button on the admission website.
The registration to the procedure requires:
The following documents must be attached to the application:
The secondary-school diploma and the Declaration of Value can be submitted at a later stage.
Admission to the Foundation Year is based on the merit ranking defined according to the school grades achieved by each candidate and calculated as specified below:
The merit ranking shall be published by 29th April 2022 for the first session and by 27th June 2022 for the second session (if applicable).
For the enrolment procedure please see the Foundation Year Programme Call For Admission 2022/2023.
The total cost of the Foundation Year programme is € 6,000.00 (six thousand/00), divided into two instalments: