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Academic Year 2026/27

To access the three-year or single-cycle master's degree courses it is always necessary to take an admission test, which is used for the preparation of the admission rankings (possibly in combination with other criteria) for limited access courses, or for eligibility for enrolment for open access courses.

Minimum score thresholds may be applied to the tests, or to specific sections of each test: those who achieve a score below these thresholds are assigned an additional training obligation (OFA), i.e. an additional exam to verify the recovery of the knowledge required by the course.

Detailed information on the admission tests, on the functioning of the selections, on any rankings and on the attribution of the OFA are published in the notices in the calls for admission.

Below you will find information on the admission tests and links to the Notices/Calls for applications for the courses that use them.

For those who access using a qualification obtained abroad: information on procedures and deadlines

TOLC

The TOLC is the test that is used to access most of the degree courses offered by the University; is an individual test to be taken on the computer, provided by the CISIA consortium.

The TOLCs are delivered in "TOLC @CASA" mode (online) or in "TOLC@UNI" mode (in a physical classroom in the University). Both methods are considered valid for access to the courses of study provided by the University of Padova. It is possible to take the test at any consortium university and present in the list of CISIA member universities and use it to access the courses of the University of Padova.

Please note: taking the TOLC alone is not sufficient to access the courses. It is necessary to carefully read the notice/call for admission of the course of your interest to find out the type of TOLC required, the methods and deadlines of all the mandatory procedures provided.

For those who enter using a qualification obtained abroad, information on procedures and deadlines is available on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Application for the TOLC

The calendar containing the dates and locations available for the "TOLC@UNI" and "TOLC @CASA" tests can be consulted on the dedicated page of the CISIA portal.

TOLCs are considered valid for admission to Padova University courses even if taken at other CISIA consortium universities, either in "TOLC @CASA" mode (online) or in "TOLC@UNI" mode (in a physical classroom of the University).

Enrolment in the TOLC is carried out on the CISIA website and requires the payment of a contribution of € 35.00. 

The test must be booked, subject to availability, at least 7-10 days in advance of the date of take. It is therefore advisable to book well in advance, to meet the deadlines set out in your notice/call for admission, or, for those who access using a foreign access qualification, on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

More information is available on the CISIA FAQ page: https://www.cisiaonline.it/faq-cisia-archivio-tolc/ 
For assistance in booking the TOLC, please refer to the CISIA contacts, available on page https://helpdesk.cisiaonline.it/ 

In the event of an urgent need to take the TOLC within the deadlines set out in the notice/call for admission, and for dates that have been sold out on the CISIA portal, you can contact the address immatricolazioni.studenti@unipd.it 

Acquisition of the TOLC result

The acquisition of the TOLC takes place through a tax identification number, which must be entered during registration on the CISIA portal (portal from which the TOLC is taken) and in the Uniweb portal (portal from which the enrolment procedures for the University of Padova are carried out).
Acquisition requires a minimum of 3 working days from the date of taking the TOLC and from the date of pre-enrolment in the course of interest
The TOLC cannot be acquired without first completing pre-enrolment.

Any reports of non-acquisition must be sent to immatricolazioni.studenti@unipd.it 

Please note: for those who enter with an access qualification obtained abroad, different methods of acquiring the TOLC may be provided. You can find the necessary information on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali.  

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso page.   
The TOLC-AV test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Open access courses in Italian

  • Planning and management of the territory and greenery; Science and culture of gastronomy; Agricultural Science and Technology; Food Science and Technology; Viticultural and oenological sciences and technologies; Food safety; Forestry and Environmental Technologies: Call for admission

Candidates who access open access courses using a foreign admission qualification must take the TOLC and enrol using a foreign admission qualification by referring to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Courses in Italian with limited access

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso page.   

The TOLC-E test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Open access courses in Italian

Candidates who access the above-mentioned courses using a foreign qualification must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Course in Italian with limited access

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the page https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso 
The TOLC-F test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Courses in Italian with limited access

Open access courses in Italian

Those who access the above-mentioned course using a foreign access qualification must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the page https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso 
The TOLC-I test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Open access courses in Italian

  • Chemical and Materials Engineering; Civil engineering; Automation and Systems Engineering; Energy Engineering; Product Innovation Engineering; Telecommunications, Internet and Multimedia Engineering; Electronic Engineering; Management Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronic Engineering; Environmental and Land Engineering: Call for admission
  • Mathematics; Optics and optometry; Materials Science; Geological Sciences; Environmental Science and Technology; Statistics for Economics and Business; Statistics for Technology and Science: Call for admission

Candidates who access open access courses using a foreign access qualification must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Courses in Italian with limited access

  • Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering; Computer Engineering: Call for applications
  • Digital technologies for construction and the territory: Call for applications
  • Astronomy; Biology; Molecular biology; Biotechnology; Chemistry; Industrial Chemistry; Physics; Computer Science; Natural and Environmental Sciences: Call for applications

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the page https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso 

The TOLC-PSI test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Courses in Italian with limited access

  • Psychological sciences and techniques; Psychological, cognitive and psychobiological sciences; Developmental Psychological Sciences; personality and interpersonal relationships; Psychological, Social and Occupational Sciences: Call for applications

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the page https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso 
The TOLC-SPS test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Open access courses in Italian

  • Political Science; Economic Law, Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights: Call for admission

Candidates who access open access courses using a foreign access qualification must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the page https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso 
The TOLC-I test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Open access courses in Italian

  • Mathematics; Optics and optometry; Materials Science; Geological Sciences; Environmental Science and Technology; Statistics for Economics and Business; Statistics for Technology and Science: Call for admission

Candidates who access open access courses using a foreign access qualification must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Information on the contents of the test and the knowledge required to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page. 
The University of Padova provides materials and initiatives to prepare for the admission tests. For more information, please consult the page https://www.unipd.it/prepararsi-prove-dingresso 
The TOLC-SU test allows access to the following courses of study at the University of Padova:

Open access courses in Italian

  • Political Science; Economic Law, Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights: Call for admission
  • Labor consultant; Law and technology; Law (Padua campus); Law (Treviso campus); Third sector lawyer: Call for admission
  • Archaeology; Disciplines of arts, music and entertainment; Philosophy; Letters; Languages, Literatures and Cultural Mediation; Planning and management of cultural tourism; History; History and protection of artistic and musical heritage: Call for admission

Candidates who access open access courses, in Italian or English, using a foreign access qualification , must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Courses in Italian with limited access

 

CEnT-S

The CEnT-S is an English-language test delivered online by CISIA; information on the structure of the test, the knowledge required and how to take it are available on the dedicated CISIA page.

In the event of urgency to take the CEnT-S within the deadlines set out in the notice/call for admission, and of exhausted dates on the CISIA portal, it is possible to contact the address immatricolazioni.studenti@unipd.it 

The CEnT-S allows access to the following courses of study in English at the University of Padova:

Limited-access courses

Open access courses


Those who access the above-mentioned courses using a foreign access qualification must refer to the procedures on page https://www.unipd.it/ammissione-studenti-internazionali 

Other admission tests

For the following courses of study, admission tests are prepared in person and on a single date. Information on participation and the disciplines covered by the test, as well as the functioning of the selection, are available in the relevant calls for admission:

Courses in Italian with limited access

For the following degree programmes, the admission procedures, including the provision of an admission test, are defined at ministerial level, through specific ministerial decrees.
Information, when available, is published on the following pages:

  • Primary education sciences: information on access to the course. If the admission procedures are confirmed by the ministry compared to previous years, it is expected that the admission test will be provided during the second week of September. However, we invite you to wait for the publication of the decree for official information for 2026/27.

 

  • Building engineering-architecture: information on access to the course. If the access procedures are confirmed by the ministry compared to previous years, it is expected that the admission test will be provided on 23 July 2026. However, we invite you to wait for the publication of the decree for official information for 2026/27.


 

  • Degree courses in the health professions: information on access to the course. If the admission procedures are confirmed by the ministry compared to previous years, it is expected that the admission test will be provided during the second week of September. However, we invite you to wait for the publication of the decree for official information for 2026/27.


 

  • Medicine and Surgery: information on access to the course. If the admission procedures are confirmed by the ministry compared to previous years, it is expected that the admission test will be provided during the third week of September. However, we invite you to wait for the publication of the decree for official information for 2026/27.


 

  • Medicine and Surgery; Dentistry and dental prosthetics: information on access to the course. If the 2025/26 access method is confirmed through an open semester, there is no admission test but the taking of the exams for access to the national ranking. The information referring to 2025/26 is available on page https://www.unipd.it/semestre-aperto, however, please wait for the publication of the decree for official information for 2026/27


 

  • Veterinary Medicine: information on access to the course. If the 2025/26 access method is confirmed through an open semester, there is no admission test but the taking of the exams for access to the national ranking. The information referring to 2025/26 is available on page https://www.unipd.it/semestre-aperto, however, we invite you to wait for the publication of the decree for official information for 2026/27.