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 taking the test or refuse, and therefore withdraw your application. 
    
4. If you accept taking the test, within a few days, you will receive an email from IAM_noreply@unicatt.it to activate your account on Portale iscrizioni (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 iscrizioni 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”.

Once you have registered to take the Cattolica Admission Test, your application cannot be re-assessed based on high school grades or SAT/ACT scores.

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
6-7-8 February 2025	18 November 2024 - 22 January 2025, 23:59 Italian time	29 January 2025, 23:59 Italian time	17 February 2025, 15:00 Italian time
31 March - 1-2 April 2025*	23 January 2025 - 26 February 2025, 23:59 Italian time	20 March 2025, 23:59 Italian time	14 April 2025, 15:00 Italian time

 
* The second 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 and general knowledge questions
• 12 English questions 

A few days before the test, the credentials for accessing the test platform will be sent by email. 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). 

However, if you achieve a score between 4 and 6  in  Mathematics, you will be required to sit an Additional Training Obligation (OFA - Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo) comprising a 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 register with the status of “ripetente” .

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

The results are published in the TEST LIST section of Portale iscrizioni.

If you are eligible for enrolment, you will receive an admission offer by email 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. If you intend to require compensatory measures, contact the Disability and Dyslexia Services (DDS) Office, by the dates indicated below, attachinfg the  "Form requesting compensatory measures and authorisation to process data forwith disabilities Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)". 
    

Test session dates	Deadline to sumbit the required documents
6-7-8 February 2025	29 January 2025
31 March - 1 - 2 April 2025	20 March 2025

* The second 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.