Degree courses with capped enrolment in the School of Science

The ranking lists are published as indicated in the relevant admission notices.

The places available for admission to the second and third years are published by June 2026.
The rankings are published by September 2026.
For information regarding credit recognition for the shortening of your degree programme: https://www.unipd.it/riconoscimento-crediti-pregressi

To enrol in the first year, you must pre-enrol and sit the TOLC-I test. The order in which these two steps are completed does not matter, provided they are carried out within the stated deadlines; the TOLC result is acquired automatically after the closing of the pre-enrolment period for the selection in which you are participating.

The merit rankings are then drawn up: if you are admitted during the scheduled rounds of list scrolling or reallocation, you may submit an online enrolment application by following the instructions provided on the dedicated page. The procedures and timeframes for completing the process are set out in the admission notice and differ for each of the 2 selections.

Enrolment is finalised automatically with the assignment of a student ID number within a few working days from the time the application is submitted (including payment of the first instalment for the 2026/27 academic year), following the necessary administrative checks. For enrolment applications submitted before August, the student ID number will be assigned starting from 3 August 2026.

Please note: anyone accessing the course with a secondary school qualification obtained abroad must follow additional procedures for the verification of the entry qualification. For further information, please refer to the admission notice.

A degree programme change to enter the first year, in procedural terms, differs from standard enrolment only in the final stage of the process: you must therefore take part in the selection process like other applicants (by pre-enrolling and taking the required TOLC), be admitted in the ranking list, and submit the online degree programme change application instead of the standard enrolment application.
There are financial implications regarding the choice between a degree programme change and enrolment: information on this is available in a dedicated document on the page https://www.unipd.it/cambi-corso.

A degree programme change does not automatically imply the transfer of any exams/activities already completed from previous academic records to the new one. Interested applicants must submit a specific online application for credit recognition as indicated in the paragraph "In brief: Career shortening". Access procedures vary depending on the recognitions and the proposed year of admission, either the first year or subsequent years.

Information on the requirements and procedures to follow in order to request a degree programme change is available on the page https://www.unipd.it/cambi-corso.

Please note: those entering the degree programme using a secondary school qualification obtained abroad must follow additional procedures to verify their entry qualification, as indicated in the admission notice. The procedures for requesting a degree programme change are instead set out on the page https://www.unipd.it/en/degree-programme-change

Transferring from another university to enter the first year differs, in procedural terms, from standard enrolment only with regard to the final stage of the process: you must therefore take part in the selection process like the other candidates (by pre-enrolling and taking the required TOLC), be admitted in the ranking list and submit the online application for incoming transfer instead of the standard enrolment application. You must also follow the procedures for requesting transfer out at your university of origin.
There are financial implications relating to the choice between incoming transfer and enrolment: information on this is available in a dedicated document on the page https://www.unipd.it/trasferirsi-altro-ateneo.

Incoming transfer does not imply the automatic transfer of any exams/activities already completed from previous academic records to the new one. Interested applicants must submit a specific online application for recognition as indicated in the paragraph "In brief: Shortening a degree programme". The admission procedures vary depending on the recognitions and the proposed year of admission, whether the first year or years subsequent to the first.

Information on the requirements and procedures to be followed in order to request a transfer from another university is available on the page https://www.unipd.it/trasferirsi-altro-ateneo.

Please note: those who access the course using an upper secondary school qualification obtained abroad must follow additional procedures for verification of the entry qualification, as indicated in point 6 of the admission call. The procedures for requesting incoming transfer are instead set out on the page https://www.unipd.it/en/transfer-from-italian-university

It is possible to request recognition of certified academic and professional activities, and of examinations already taken (including abroad), such as single courses or in previous university careers, so that they do not have to be taken again in the Degree Programme that will be followed at the University of Padua.

The credit recognition request must be submitted by following a specific online procedure, available approximately between June and the first half of July 2026. Information on how to proceed and the exact dates are published on the page www.unipd.it/domanda-valutazione.
The appointed committee issues a resolution containing the list of recognised examinations/activities and the proposed year of admission:
- in the case of proposed admission to the first year, it is necessary to take part in the admission selections with no difference whatsoever compared with those who have not requested credit recognition;
- in the case of proposed admission to a year of the programme after the first, it is necessary to be admitted in the relevant rankings, which may be drawn up on the basis of the number of places available for each year of the programme, as indicated in the admission notice. If not admitted, it is possible to take part in the first-year admission selections with no difference whatsoever compared with those who have not requested credit recognition.

The rankings are published on this page (for access to the first year and subsequent years); in the event of admission, the enrolment application, programme change or incoming transfer request must be submitted by following the instructions provided on the page www.unipd.it/istruzioniaccesso-triennali-magistrali-ciclounico.

The recognised examinations are entered into the new career after enrolment and by the first available exam session for the academic year 2026/27.

In any case, it is also possible, even before submitting the credit recognition request or obtaining the resolution, to take part in the selections for the first year in order to secure a place in the first year within the Degree Programme. The career is then updated automatically by entering the recognitions contained in the resolution and any enrolment in a year of the programme after the first.

For questions and assistance regarding the submission of the credit recognition request, the issuing of resolutions, and the entry of recognised examinations into the new career, it is possible to contact the relevant back office for the programme of interest: www.unipd.it/backoffice-carriere-studenti.

Please note: anyone accessing the programme using a secondary school qualification obtained abroad must follow the procedures and meet the deadlines indicated on the page https://www.unipd.it/en/credit-recognition