1. Submit your online application to the Bachelor of Economics and Management following this procedure. 
    
2.  If the Admissions Team decides that you must take the Cattolica Admission Test, you will receive a notification by email.
    
3. Access your Online Application Portal and reply to our message: you can either accept to take the test, or refuse to take it, and therefore withdraw your application. 
    
4. If you accept to take the test, within a few days, you will receive an email from IAM_noreply@unicatt.it to activate your account on the Portale iscrizione ai corsi (remember to check your spam box and all the inboxes of your email account as well). Should you already have an account with the Portale iscrizione, please share the username with international.admissions@unicatt.it. 
    
5. Access Portale iscrizione ai corsi with your credentials. 
    
6. Select ENTER in your application box, and upload the required documents:
   • Photo
   • Official Italian Fiscal code (if available)
   • Identification document (non-EU citizens must upload their passport)
   • Permit of stay (required only to non-EU citizens residing in Italy) 
   • English Language Certificate (see Entry Requirements): you must possess the certificate with the minimum required score/level to register to the Cattolica Admission Test. 
      
7. Select the date and time to take the test.
    
8. Pay the registration fee of € 60.00 (non-refundable). Should you retake the test, you will have to pay the fee a second time. 

Your registration to the test is complete only if your application status changes into “Pending admission test result”.

The test is delivered online and in English. For each session, you will be able to choose the date and time you prefer. There is a limited number of available slots for each session.

 

Test session dates	Timeline to submit your application	Deadline to complete test registration on Portale Iscrizioni	Publication of results
1 - 2 - 3 February 2024	21 November 2023 - 17 January 2024	24 January 2024	12 February 2024, 3 PM (Italian time)
11 - 12 - 13 April 2024*	22 February 2024 - 26 March 2024	2 April 2024	22 April 2024, 3 PM (Italian time)

 

* The April session will be organised only if places in the programme are still available.

 

The test lasts 60 minutes and consists of 48 questions divided into 4 subject areas:

• 12 Logic questions 
• 12 Maths questions 
• 12 Reading Comprehension questions
• 12 English questions 

A few days before the test, credentials for accessing the test platform will be sent by e-mail. You will also be asked to take a demo, which is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to avoid errors that could cause problems during the actual test. 
 

Technical instructions and rules of conduct – Math assessment and improvement tools 

The scores associated with each answer are evaluated as follows:

• Exact answer: 1,5
• Wrong answer: - 0,30
• No answer: 0

To pass the test, you must both:

1. correctly answer at least 6 questions in the areas of Logic, Reading Comprehension and English, and at least 4 questions in Maths; and
2. score at least 37 points

Successful completion of the Cattolica Admission Test is equivalent to completion of the Foundation Knowledge Assessment test (VPI).

NOTE: If you achieve a score lower than 6/12, but at least equal to or higher than 4/12 in the Mathematics subject area, you will be required to sit an Additional Training Obligation (OFA - Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo) comprising a 12-hour Pre-Math course. You will have to take the course and successfully pass the final test within the 1st year of the course. In case of a negative result, you will be contacted by the Orientation and Tutoring Office, through the tutoring group for methodological support.

Candidates who pass the test will be ranked according to their test results, high school grades and available places. 

The results are published in the TEST LIST section of Portale iscrizione ai corsi.

If you are eligible for enrolment, you will receive an admission offer by e-mail which will outline:

• the conditions to enroll 
• the yearly due amount of the tuition and university fees 
• the deadline to reserve your place by paying the first installment of the tuition fees: please check the post-admission steps.

If the result is negative, you can repeat the test in the next available session, upon condition that places are still available. Your application cannot be re-assessed based on High School grades or SAT/ACT test results.
 

If you are a candidate with a disability or a specific learning disorder (DSA), you must: 
 

1. Upload, in the specific section of your account in Portale Iscrizioni, the disability report or the certificate relating to SLD; 
    
2. Send an email, if you intend to require compensatory measures, to segreteria.disabili@unicatt.it or segreteria.dsa@unicatt.it  by the dates indicated below, attaching th candidates e "Form requesting compensatory measures and authorisation to process data forwith disabilities Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)". 

 

Test session dates	Deadline to sumbit the required documents
1 -2 -3 February 2024	23 January 2024
11 - 12 - 13 April 2024*	2 April 2024

* The April session will be organised only if places in the programme are still available.

Please note:

• the registration to the admission test must necessarily be completed via Portale Iscrizioni;
• the "Form requesting compensatory measures” sent after the deadlines indicated above, will not be considered; 
• if you sit the test a second time, you will have to repeat the procedure, sending a new email to the Services for the integration, in order to have the required compensative means; 
• you are invited to select the first slots available within the day, to properly manage the compensative means designated.  

For further information, please contact the Services for the integration of students with disabilities and DSA.