Enrolling in Semestre Aperto
During enrolment for the Open Semester, you may indicate at least ten locations for the main course and at least five preferences for related courses.
The Open Semester will be attended at the university indicated on Universitaly, which may be different from the one selected as your first choice.
Places available provisionally for the main courses at the University of Padua for the 2026-2027 academic year, to be confirmed following publication of the ministerial decree.
- Medicine and Surgery - Padua campus: 494 EU places and 6 non-EU places (including 2 Marco Polo)
- Medicine and Surgery - Treviso campus: 97 EU places and 3 non-EU places (including 2 Marco Polo)
- Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics - Padua campus: 25 EU places and 2 non-EU places (including 1 Marco Polo)
- Veterinary Medicine - Legnaro campus: 96 EU places and 4 non-EU places (including 1 Marco Polo)
Aggiornamento 13-07-2026
To enrol in the Open Semester you must complete two steps:
1. Register and complete the procedures set out in the Universitaly portal starting from 13 July 2026 and by 18:00 on 3 August 2026.
2. Register and follow the procedures set out in the University portal; for those intending to attend the filter semester at the University of Padua, the portal is Uniweb. The enrolment procedures (pre-enrolment, application for enrolment in the Open Semester and payment) are available from 13 July 2026 until the strict deadline of 23:59 on 6 August 2026 (Italy time zone). The enrolment procedure is completed with payment of the flat-rate contribution for the filter semester, equal to €250.00.
For every detail, consult the enrolment instructions
The University of Padua allows enrolment in the open semester and in another degree programme. It is therefore possible to enrol in the open semester and take part in the selection procedures for the first year or subsequent years of any programme, and to enrol following the instructions published in the admission notices, with no difference whatsoever compared with those who do not enrol in the
open semester. Please note that enrolment in a Degree Programme is completed by paying the enrolment instalment. Therefore, if you intend to take part in the selection procedures and enrol in a Degree Programme (including a related one) by following the standard procedures set out in the call, both the €250 fee for enrolment in the open semester and the first enrolment instalment for the programme must be paid.
If you already have an active academic career or have enrolled/plan to enrol in the first year in the academic year 26/27, if you consider it appropriate, it is also possible, but not necessary, to request a suspension in order to enrol in the open semester.
Suspension in the first year is possible as an exception to the student academic records regulations.
If you hold a qualification obtained abroad, once you have completed the enrolment procedure on Universitaly and Uniweb, you will be contacted by the Admissions and Welcome Unit for the verification of the documentation relating to the foreign entry qualification.
The entry qualification must be obtained, and updated on your personal Uniweb page, by 31 July 2026.
Enrolment in the open semester and in the related Degree Programme is subject:
- to the suitability of the foreign qualification for access to university education in Italy. For more information on the entry requirements for those holding a foreign qualification, please consult the dedicated section.
- for non-EU students residing abroad: to meeting the Italian language proficiency requirements at B2 level, according to the procedures indicated on the dedicated page.
- only for non-EU students residing abroad: to submitting the pre-enrolment application, required to apply for a study visa, through the Universitaly platform by 3 August 2026.
For the procedure to verify the documentation relating to the foreign entry qualification, it is necessary to upload the required documentation through the portal apply.unipd.it according to the instructions and deadlines that will be communicated by the Admissions and Welcome Unit.
Failure to complete the above procedure, or a negative outcome of the verification of the foreign qualification, or failure to meet the Italian language proficiency requirements at B2 level (for non-EU applicants residing abroad), will result in non-admission to attend the open semester classes.
Breakdown of the enrolment fee for the open semester
- 250 euros, without prejudice to cases of full or partial exemption provided for by the current regulations on university fees.
- 200 euros for people with an ISEE above 22,000 euros and less than or equal to 30,000 euros, provided that they submit their ISEE certification by the enrolment deadline;
- full exemption for students with an ISEE of less than or equal to 22,000 euros or for students with disabilities (with a disability rating between 66% and 100% or with certification pursuant to Law no. 104, Art. 3, paragraph 1).
Those who, at the end of the open semester, enrol in one of the single-cycle master’s degree courses in Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, and Veterinary Medicine, or in a Degree Programme other than those recognised as “related” pursuant to Ministerial Decree 941/2026, are required to pay the annual university fees, calculated in accordance with the rules in force at the university where they enrol (including the regional fee for the right to education and stamp duty), minus the enrolment fee already paid.
Those who instead enrol in a “related” course will have their annual university fees recalculated in proportion to the duration of the second semester.
For further information, please see the page https://www.unipd.it/contribuzione-agevolazioni