Access requirements
The degree programme is open to students in accordance with Art. 2 of Law 264/1999 in order to ensure access to highly specialised laboratories and computer and technology systems. The number is decided from year to year by the competent Academic Bodies, after assessing the teaching, structural and instrumental resources available for the organization, management and operation of the degree course. For the academic year 2020-21, the number of applicants is 199 (including 5 from outside the EU) and there is no admission test. Enrolment will be on the basis of chronological order of booking with merit valuation through the baccalaureate grade.
All students who have obtained a secondary school diploma or a foreign qualification recognised as equivalent may enrol in the Biology Degree Course.
All enrolment information is duly and promptly published in the University's Prospectus on the institutional website.
At the beginning of the curricular activities in the first year, a non-selective knowledge test (Self-Assessment Test) is scheduled, enabling students to assess their level of preparation in the mathematical, physical and chemical disciplines. Failure to pass the knowledge test results in an additional educational obligation (OFA) that must be fulfilled during the first year of the course. Any weaknesses revealed by the test result will be remedied by remedial/tutoring activities organised by the university or the CSD. OFAs will be checked either by means of specific partial tests administered at regular intervals during the lecture period or in the examination by means of specific questions and exercises. Those who, during the course of the academic year, do not appear for these tests or do not pass them, will have to take the self-assessment test again in October of the year following their year of enrolment. All information on the Self-Assessment Test can be found on the website of the Biology department.
