IMAT Cut Off 2026: Results, Rankings and Scores by University
The IMAT cut off 2026 for each university will come from the official rankings, starting with the named national ranking and the first non-EU lists on Monday 26 October 2026. This page collects every IMAT 2026 cut-off as it is published, for EU and non-EU candidates, together with the 2026/27 seats, the full results timeline and how this year's scores compare with 2025.
IMAT 2026 results timeline
The IMAT 2026 was held on Tuesday 29 September 2026. Results are released in stages on Universitaly and on each university's website, following Decree 1005 of 6 August 2026 and its Allegato 2.
Anonymous scores published by answer-sheet code
DoneYour own paper, score and data sheet in your Universitaly area
DoneNamed national ranking (EU and non-EU resident in Italy). Non-EU lists published by Cagliari, Padova (Venice and MedTech) and Marche
Other universities (Bari, Bologna, Catania, Messina, Milan, Naples, Rome, Turin and more) publish their non-EU lists on their own dates. Check your own call (bando) and our IMAT 2026 official updates.
IMAT 2026 results at a glance
A record 18,368 candidates sat the IMAT 2026, 36% more than in 2025, and scores were the highest of the last three years. That matters for the IMAT cut off 2026: more people are packed into the same score range, so every point is worth more places.
- 18,368candidates
- 51.2median score (2025: 40.6)
- 1,675scored 70+ (2025: 426)
- 90.0top score (5 candidates)
Total number of IMAT candidates
| Year | Candidates | Change |
|---|---|---|
| IMAT 2022 | – | |
| IMAT 2023 | −12% | |
| IMAT 2024 | +8% | |
| IMAT 2025 | +23% | |
| IMAT 2026 | +36% |
Of the 18,368 candidates, 8,708 (47%) sat the test in Italy and 9,660 (53%) abroad.
What score put you where in 2026
These are positions among all candidates, EU and non-EU together. They are not cut-offs, but they show how much harder the competition was this year.
| Score needed to finish in the top… | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 77.2 | 77.5 | 81.7 |
| 500 | 71.0 | 68.8 | 76.4 |
| 1,000 | 65.9 | 63.8 | 73.0 |
| 2,000 | 59.1 | 57.4 | 68.8 |
| 5,000 | 44.6 | 45.7 | 60.6 |
Full breakdown by section, test centre and year: IMAT 2026 anonymous results: full analysis. To find your own score and rank, use the IMAT 2026 results search.
IMAT 2026/27 seats at public universities
Seats are set by Tabella B of MUR Decree 1005 of 6 August 2026. EU seats grew sharply, from 952 to 1,207 in Medicine, while non-EU seats in Italy fell slightly and Tor Vergata's Tirana course more than doubled.
- Medicine and Surgery
- EU & non-EU resident in Italy
- 1,207 (2025: 952)
- Non-EU resident abroad
- 845 (525 in Italy + 320 Tirana; 2025: 680)
- Dentistry
- EU & non-EU resident in Italy
- 49
- Non-EU resident abroad
- 11
- Veterinary Medicine
- EU & non-EU resident in Italy
- 63
- Non-EU resident abroad
- 7
University-by-university comparison with 2025/26: IMAT seats 2026/2027.
IMAT cut off 2026 for non-EU students
Non-EU candidates living abroad are not in the national ranking. Each university ranks its own non-EU applicants, and you compete only at the university where you pre-enrolled. Any score above zero is enough to be ranked, so the real cut-off is the score of the last student admitted.
| University | Non-EU seats 2026/27 | Non-EU seats 2025 | Cut-off 2026 | Cut-off 2025 | Cut-off 2024 | Change 2026 vs 2025 | 2026 list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Surgery | |||||||
| Bari | 11 | 11 | 69.9 | 50.9 | 65.8 | +19.0 | Download PDF |
| Bologna | 20 | 20 | 77.9 | 71.1 | 74.5 | +6.8 | Download PDF |
| Cagliari | 18 | 20 | 61.5 | 54.7 | 56.5 | +6.8 | Download PDF |
| Catania | 40 | 60 | 69.9 | 61.6 | 57.2 | +8.3 | Download PDF |
| Federico II (Naples) | 45 | 45 | 74.8 | 63.1 | 68.1 | +11.7 | Download PDF |
| La Sapienza (Rome) | 13 | 13 | 76.0 | 65.8 | 73.4 | +10.2 | Download PDF |
| Luigi Vanvitelli (Naples) | 50 | 50 | 70.7 | 66.2 | 63.2 | +4.5 | Download PDF |
| Marche (Ancona) | 50 | 60 | 73.0 | 58.2 | 60.3 | +14.8 | Download PDF |
| Messina | 61 | 56 | 71.1 | 57.8 | 61.4 | +13.3 | Download PDF |
| Milan (Statale) | 15 | 15 | 80.6 | 72.9 | 75.7 | +7.7 | Download PDF |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 20 | 18 | 75.2 | 65.1 | 72.6 | +10.1 | Download PDF |
| Padova (Venice) | 25 | 25 | 72.9 | 65.4 | 71.6 | +7.5 | Download PDF |
| Padova MedTech (Padua) | 15 | – | 73.7 | – | – | New | Download PDF |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 50 | 45 | 71.5 | 67.6 | 59.1 | +3.9 | Download PDF |
| Pavia | 40 | 40 | 75.3 | 71.9 | 71.5 | +3.4 | Download PDF |
| Tor Vergata (Rome) | 20 | 20 | 70.7 | 69.1 | 60.6 | +1.6 | Download PDF |
| Tor Vergata (Tirana, Albania) | 320 | 150 | 6.7 | 0 | – | +6.7 | Download PDF |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 32 | 32 | 73.8 | 67.1 | 70.8 | +6.7 | Download PDF |
| Dentistry | |||||||
| La Sapienza (Rome) | 6 | 6 | 75.6 | 71.8 | 73.1 | +3.8 | Download PDF |
| Siena | 5 | 2 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 69.3 | – | Download PDF |
| Veterinary Medicine | |||||||
| Bologna | 5 | 5 | 68.9 | 40.6 | – | +28.3 | Download PDF |
| Federico II (Naples) | 2 | – | 61.6 | – | – | New | Download PDF |
Marco Polo seats in 2026/27
The Marco Polo programme is an Italian government programme for students from the People's Republic of China. Some universities reserve part of their non-EU quota for Marco Polo applicants: only these students compete for those seats, and other non-EU applicants compete for the remaining ones.
At Pavia, Marco Polo seats left unfilled are given to other non-EU applicants.
| University | Total non-EU seats | Marco Polo seats | Seats for other non-EU applicants | Marco Polo cut-off 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bari | 11 | 3 | 8 | – |
| Cagliari | 18 | 2 | 16 | – |
| Pavia | 40 | 5 | 35 | 23.5 |
Bari: Bari University had 11 seats in total: 8 for non-EU students and 3 for the Marco Polo program. No Chinese students applied to the program.
💠 Three seats in the Marco Polo program are reserved for non-EU students.
Pavia: Of the five seats reserved for Chinese students under the Marco Polo programme, three have been filled. The remaining two seats have been reassigned to other non-EU applicants, extending admission to candidates ranked up to and including 37th on the non-EU ranking list. Download the Marco Polo list
Cagliari: The two seats reserved for Chinese students under the Marco Polo programme have been reassigned to other non-EU applicants because no Marco Polo candidates applied for the programme.
IMAT cut off 2026 for EU students
EU candidates and non-EU candidates living in Italy are ranked in one national ranking. A minimum of 20 points is needed to be included. Each university's cut-off is the score of the last person assigned there, and it drops round after round as students enrol elsewhere or withdraw. That is why we track every round, not just the first.
| University | EU seats 2026/27 | 2026 Round 1 | 2026 latest round | 2025 Round 1 | 2025 final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Surgery | |||||
| Bari | 89 | 66.5 | Pending | 56.5 | 53.1 |
| Bologna | 140 | 70.8 | Pending | 61.2 | 60.5 |
| Cagliari | 80 | 65.1 | Pending | 54.8 | 50.9 |
| Catania | 40 | 65.5 | Pending | New EU seats | |
| Federico II (Naples) | 35 | 69.2 | Pending | 60.2 | 58.3 |
| Florence | 50 | 68.1 | Pending | New course | |
| La Sapienza (Rome) | 52 | 72.7 | Pending | 62.4 | 62.4 |
| Luigi Vanvitelli (Naples) | 70 | 66.7 | Pending | 56.6 | 52.0 |
| Marche (Ancona) | 30 | 67.7 | Pending | 57.8 | 52.8 |
| Messina | 55 | 65.2 | Pending | 55.3 | 51.3 |
| Milan (Statale) | 60 | 74.9 | Pending | 66.2 | 65.8 |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 40 | 72.2 | Pending | 64.6 | 64.6 |
| Padova (Venice) | 75 | 68.8 | Pending | 59.8 | 58.6 |
| Padova MedTech (Padua) | 70 | 68.5 | Pending | New course | |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 80 | 67.7 | Pending | 58.0 | 56.1 |
| Pavia | 103 | 70.3 | Pending | 60.2 | 60.1 |
| Tor Vergata (Rome) | 65 | 67.8 | Pending | 58.5 | 56.0 |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 73 | 70.3 | Pending | 59.5 | 59.1 |
| Dentistry | |||||
| La Sapienza (Rome) | 19 | 68.9 | Pending | 58.3 | 56.7 |
| Siena | 30 | 66.2 | Pending | 54.6 | 46.6 |
| Veterinary Medicine (separate national ranking) | |||||
| Bologna | 45 | 56.4 | Pending | 53.8 | 34.1 |
| Federico II (Naples) | 18 | 26 Oct | Pending | New course | |
Veterinary Medicine has its own national ranking, separate from Medicine and Dentistry. EU seats total 1,207 for Medicine, 49 for Dentistry and 63 for Veterinary Medicine.
Compare the IMAT cut off 2026 by university
Choose the ranking, the course and any universities you want, or select all of them, to see their IMAT cut-offs side by side, year by year. Use it to see which universities have been the most competitive and how the 2026 scores compare once they are published.
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Scale 0–90 (the maximum IMAT score). The chart reads the official cut-offs from the tables above; a 2026 score appears here as soon as that university's list is published.
IMAT 2026 ranking updates and scrolling
Every new list, scrolling round and correction is logged here with the date and the official file, newest first.
Waiting for 26 October The first lists will appear here as soon as they are published.
What to expect from the IMAT cut off 2026
Nobody can calculate a 2026 cut-off from the anonymous results. They don't show who is EU or non-EU, which university each candidate chose, or who will enrol. But the data points clearly in one direction:
- 01
Higher scores across the board. The same share of candidates needed 3 to 11 more points than in 2025 (top 10%: 69.3 vs 61.2), and in absolute places the jump is bigger: the top 2,000 needed 68.8 vs 57.4. Expect most 2026 cut-offs to be higher than 2025.
- 02
More EU seats soften the rise for EU candidates. EU Medicine seats grew by over 250 (952 → 1,207), including new courses at Florence and Padova MedTech and new EU seats at Catania.
- 03
Fewer non-EU seats at Catania and Marche (−20 and −10) mean fewer admissions from the same list. Messina and Parma each gain 5.
- 04
The first list is not the final cut-off. Each scrolling round can only hold the last admitted score or lower it. In 2025, Bologna's EU Veterinary cut-off fell from 53.8 in round 1 to 34.1 by the end.
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IMAT cut off 2026: frequently asked questions
01When will the IMAT 2026 cut-offs be published?
The named national ranking for EU candidates and non-EU candidates living in Italy is published on 26 October 2026. Cagliari, Padova and Marche also publish their non-EU lists on 26 October; other universities publish on their own dates. Cut-offs then fall round by round as seats are reassigned.
02What is the minimum IMAT score in 2026?
EU candidates and non-EU candidates living in Italy need at least 20 points to enter the national ranking. Non-EU candidates living abroad are ranked with any score above zero, and a paper with no answers is not ranked. The minimum only lets you into the ranking; it does not guarantee a seat.
03How many IMAT seats are there in 2026/27?
At public universities: 1,207 Medicine seats for EU candidates and 845 for non-EU candidates living abroad (525 in Italy plus 320 at Tor Vergata's Tirana course). Dentistry has 49 EU and 11 non-EU seats, and Veterinary Medicine 63 EU and 7 non-EU seats.
04Can I work out a university's cut-off from the anonymous results?
No. The anonymous lists show only answer-sheet codes and scores. They don't show whether a candidate is EU or non-EU, which universities they chose, or who will enrol. A real cut-off only appears in the official rankings.
05Will the IMAT 2026 cut-offs be higher than 2025?
Most likely, yes. The median rose from 40.6 to 51.2 and the score needed for the top 2,000 rose from 57.4 to 68.8. The extra EU seats will soften this for EU candidates, but no one can predict an exact number.
06Why does the cut-off go down after the first list?
When an admitted student doesn't enrol, or moves to a higher preference, their seat passes to the next person on the list, who has the same or a lower score. That's why the final cut-off is usually lower than the first-round one.
07Does my IMAT 2026 score count for 2027?
No. Your score is valid only for the 2026/27 admissions. To apply for 2027/28 you sit the IMAT again under the new decree.
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Sources: MUR Decree 1005 of 6 August 2026, Allegato 2 and Tabella B; official university ranking lists; IMAT 2024–2026 anonymous results.