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简体中文(中国) FOUNDATION PREPARATION YEAR (FPY) IN ROME
Admission to many Italian universities requires the successful completion of an entry
exam. There are many different exams and by following this Foundation Year Programme, you can prepare not only for one exam but for many!
There is a different entrance exam required for Medicine and a different exam required for Engineering, or Biology, Pharmacy, Psychology, or for studying a Health Profession (Logotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Nursing, etc.). The important fact with our foundation preparation is:
You can prepare for many exams in the SAME Foundation year with our School, Leonardo Da Vinci.
By the end of this foundation year, you will be able to sit for MANY exams and many tests, not just for one program!
STUDYING WITH US YOU INCREASE YOUR CHANCES IN GETTING ACCEPTED!
These entry exams are one of the main tools used by Italian universities to select new
students for limited access programs (such as Architecture, Engineering, Medicine/Dentistry/Veterinary and others), or for programs where admission numbers are determined on a national basis.
In many other departments (like Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, Biology, Law, Economics and Business
Studies, Psychology, Languages, Literature, Philosophy, Health Professions), entry tests are still required and are used to determine and identify gaps within students’ preexisting knowledge.
Note: For the year 2025/2026, there are plans to revise the admission procedures for Single Cycle Programs in Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (TBC).
OUR PREPARATION COURSES
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci® offers preparatory courses for the TOLC, TIL (TIL-A and TIL-I) and TEST ARCHED entrance exams. Participants can simultaneously improve their specialized knowledge as well as practice logical reasoning. The course is organized as follows:
- logical reasoning and reading comprehension;
- general cultural knowledge;
- specialized knowledge related to the degree course in question.
The courses are structured to prepare students for both local university tests and centralized TOLC-CISIA tests: Engineering (TOLC-I), Economics (TOLC-E), Science (TOCL-S), Physics (TOLC-F), Biology (TOLC-B), Agriculture and Veterinary (TOLCAV), Humanities (TOLC-SU).
The TOLC is an online test used in many Italian universities to evaluate students’ preexisting knowledge prior to enrollment to help determine a student’s eventual university path. In some degree courses with restricted access (limited number of placements), the TOLC exam is also used as an admission test.
The TOLC can be carried out in any university that uses it, even if the university in question is not that in which a student wishes to enroll. The test takes place several times throughout the year and students are allowed to sit for the TOLC test every 30 days. So, you have the chance to sit for the TOLC test for 2-3 or even more times. Only the TOLC test in which you achieved your highest grade will count
Entry Requirement for being admitted to the Foundation Preparation Year (FPY)
FEES INCLUDE
Lessons, textbooks, teaching material, accommodation placement service, complete orientation upon arrival, placement test, academic counseling for Italian universities, assistance in enrolling in the admission tests, bureaucratic procedures, contacts with universities’ International student offices, and certificates.
It does not include any registration fee to take the tests.
Tuition Fee Cost for the Foundation Year Programme: 8.300 euro
This amount can be paid in TWO installments I am not sure if you wish to include this information
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
All courses are taught in Italian by university researchers and professionals with several years of experience preparing students for university admission tests. This faculty is trained to administer both theoretical lessons and practical exercises that is informed both by their systematic understanding of tests from past years as well as their own in-depth study of the specialized topics that make up the exam itself.
