One Cycle Degree Courses

A select number of programs, including Dentistry, Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Architecture, and Law, are offered as Single-Cycle Degree Courses (one-block LM courses). These programs require a high school diploma or an equivalent foreign qualification for admission. Entry is competitive and determined through selective entrance exams. Each degree program is structured as a continuous, integrated curriculum lasting 5 or 6 years.

Students should verify whether the course is a limited access program and, if so, check how many seats are allocated for applicants from non-EU countries.

Remember that for Single-cycle Degree Courses with national programming (Medicine, Dentistry, Architecture, Building Engineering-Architecture), in addition to submitting the pre-registration application at the competent Diplomatic Representation, it is also compulsory to register for the admission tests on the Universitaly web page no later than 31.07.2025.

Please note that the University of Catania offers only Medicine and Surgery course in English. Other One-Cycle Degree Courses are taught in Italian.

For information about Medicine and Surgery in English please check this page.

To be eligible for enrollment you must possess a valid foreign secondary school diploma that meets the following criteria:

• Minimum Education Requirement: The diploma must be obtained after completing at least 12 years of schooling.
• Eligibility for Comparable Programs: The qualification must provide access to a comparable degree program in the universities of the country where it was issued (or in the country associated with the educational system).
• Entrance Exam Completion: If university admission in your country requires entrance examinations (e.g., the Gaokao in China), you must have successfully passed these academic tests.

Check here  to learn whether there are particular requirements for the diplomas of your country.

All students in order to enrol should submit:

• High/secondary school leaving qualification certificate or equivalent qualifications (e.g. A levels/the International Baccalaureate/High school diploma or equivalent);
• certificate confirming you have passed a university entrance test if the school that issued your secondary/high school certificate (or equivalent) is under the jurisdiction of a country where the regulations require such an exam
• ENIC/NARIC "Statement of comparability" of your Secondary School leaving qualification or the Dichiarazione di Valore issued by the Italian Diplomatic Representative in the country where the qualification was awarded;
• B2 certificate of knowledge of the language (English for Medicine and Surgery Italian for others one cycle degree courses)