Pathway
Dentistry in Italy
Six years of Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics, with a handful of English-taught places each year.
- single-cycle degree
- 6 years
- single-cycle degree
- same exam as medicine
- IMAT
- same exam as medicine
- English-taught places a year
- Few
- English-taught places a year
What to know
- The same IMAT as medicine, ranked separately
- Often more competitive than medicine — we plan both choice lists together
- Private universities with their own tests as a backup
How admission works
Step by step, in the order you will meet it.
- 1
Register for the IMAT
Registration runs on Universitaly. You pay the test fee and list your universities in order of preference — an order that matters more than most students expect.
- 2
Sit the exam
60 questions in 100 minutes across biology, chemistry, physics and maths, logic and general knowledge. +1.5 for a right answer, −0.4 for a wrong one, 0 if left blank.
Prepare with IMAT Nerd - 3
Pre-enrol and validate documents
Non-EU students pre-enrol on Universitaly and prepare a translated, legalised diploma with a Dichiarazione di valore or CIMEA statement — the file the embassy checks.
- 4
Apply for your study visa
A type D visa from the Italian embassy or visa centre in your country, with proof of funds, accommodation and health insurance.
- 5
Follow the ranking
Results come as a national ranking that moves for weeks as students accept or decline (scorrimento). We watch it with you and say when to enrol, wait or switch.
- 6
Arrive and settle
Apply for your permesso di soggiorno within 8 working days, get your codice fiscale, and claim your regional DSU scholarship with an ISEE parificato.
Exam figures from Universitaly. Rules change each year with the ministry's decree — we work from the current one.
Exam preparation
They get you through the IMAT. We get you through everything else.
IMAT Nerd sells the courses; Wulmy does the consultancy and support. IMAT Nerd is an independent company, and we disclose any referral arrangement in writing.
- A full IMAT crash course, a 30-day self-paced course and a 20-exam mock series
- Past papers from 2011 onwards, with a quiz bank and score tracker
- Free simulation mock exam, notes samples and formula sheet
Talk to us about dentistry.
Thirty minutes on your grades, readiness and budget, then a written plan. Free, and no obligation.