IMAT Non-EU Results 2023–2026: Cut-offs, Applicants and Scores by University
IMAT 2026 was the most competitive year in four for non-EU applicants. The median non-EU Medicine cut-off jumped from 65.6 to 73.0, every Medicine course closed higher than in 2025, and the number of non-EU applicants rose far faster than the number of seats.
This analysis uses every official non-EU ranking published by the universities from 2023 to 2026, plus the anonymous results of all candidates each year (10,257 in 2023 to 18,360 in 2026). Scanned lists were read in full and checked against each university's official cut-off and admitted average.
The short version
- Competition, not just an easier paper. On the 14 courses with a non-EU list in all four years, applicants went 3,759 → 4,134 → 4,799 → 7,132, while seats stayed between 424 and 444.
- The real target is your rank, not a score. The median non-EU Medicine cut-off sat in the top 5.9% of all candidates in 2023, 8.1% in 2024, 5.8% in 2025 and 5.3% in 2026. Raw cut-offs swing with the paper; the rank barely moves.
- Last year's "easy" universities get crowded. The more applicants a course gained, the harder it became relative to the field, in every cycle (correlation −0.86, −0.73 and −0.85).
- One application, one chance. Non-EU applicants rank at one university only, so where you apply decides as much as what you score.
- Reading is the non-EU weak spot. Non-EU candidates trailed the rest of the field by 7–13 percentage points in reading every year, and matched or beat them in chemistry.
Non-EU cut-offs by university, 2024–2026
Most cut-offs fell in 2025, when the paper was harder, then every Medicine course rose in 2026. The biggest jumps came where 2025 had been cheapest: Bologna Veterinary (+28.3), Bari (+19.0), Marche (+14.8) and Messina (+13.0).
Non-EU cut-off, score out of 90 (2026: final, after the second scrolling of 3 November)
IMAT 2026 non-EU results, every university
Bologna was the most crowded course, with 28.6 non-EU applicants for each of its 20 seats. Milano-Bicocca drew the strongest pool (median applicant 60.1), and Vanvitelli the weakest Medicine pool (median 42.8) despite 1,039 applicants.
| University | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | Median applicant | Scored 70+ | Cut-off | Top % of all candidates | Admitted average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan (Statale) | 15 | 263 | 17.5 | – | – | 80.6 | 0.8% | – |
| Bologna | 20 | 572 | 28.6 | 55.3 | 81 | 77.9 | 1.7% | 82.10 |
| Rome La Sapienza | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 59.5 | 37 | 75.7 | 3.1% | 78.39 |
| Pavia | 40 | 527 | 13.2 | 53.0 | 72 | 75.3 | 3.4% | 78.81 |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 20 | 197 | 9.8 | 60.1 | 38 | 75.2 | 3.6% | 77.83 |
| Rome La Sapienza (Dentistry) | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 55.2 | 11 | 74.8 | 4.0% | 77.69 |
| Naples Federico II | 45 | 936 | 20.8 | 53.7 | 101 | 74.5 | 4.0% | 77.28 |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 32 | 517 | 16.2 | 54.4 | 64 | 73.8 | 4.5% | 77.27 |
| Padova MedTech | 15 | 238 | 15.9 | 55.2 | 31 | 73.7 | 4.7% | 77.21 |
| Marche (Ancona) | 50 | 1,078 | 21.6 | 51.8 | 88 | 73.0 | 5.3% | 75.56 |
| Padova (Venice) | 25 | 376 | 15.0 | 55.1 | 52 | 72.9 | 5.6% | 76.64 |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 50 | 497 | 9.9 | 54.0 | 60 | 71.5 | 7.0% | 75.22 |
| Messina | 61 | 824 | 13.5 | 54.2 | 80 | 70.8 | 7.8% | 74.38 |
| Rome Tor Vergata | 20 | 163 | 8.2 | 53.0 | 22 | 70.7 | 8.0% | 74.70 |
| Naples Luigi Vanvitelli | 50 | 1,039 | 20.8 | 42.8 | 56 | 70.4 | 8.4% | 75.14 |
| Bari | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 51.4 | 10 | 69.9 | 9.1% | 75.39 |
| Catania | 40 | 420 | 10.5 | 53.7 | 39 | 69.6 | 9.4% | 73.55 |
| Bologna (Veterinary) | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 50.5 | 4 | 68.9 | 10.5% | 75.36 |
| Naples Federico II (Veterinary) | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 0 | 61.6 | 24.7% | 61.70 |
| Cagliari | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 53.8 | 4 | 61.5 | 25.1% | 66.38 |
| Siena (Dentistry) | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 39.4 | 0 | 52.0 | 47.9% | 55.42 |
| Tor Vergata (Tirana) | 320 | 334 | 1.0 | 31.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 99.0% | 31.84 |
"Top % of all candidates" places the cut-off among everyone who sat IMAT 2026, EU and non-EU. Admitted average = mean score of applicants at or above the cut-off. Milan Statale publishes names only, so its score columns are empty. Turin reserves 2 of its 32 seats for Marco Polo applicants. Applicants = candidates in the published list only; it might not include everyone who applied.
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The herd effect: why last year's cut-off misleads
Non-EU applicants read last year's cut-offs and move toward the low ones, which pushes those cut-offs up the next year. Bari was the cheapest course in 2023 (15 applicants); it drew 133 in 2024 and closed in the top 9.3% of the field. Tor Vergata Rome had 69 applicants in 2024, 315 in 2025 and 163 in 2026, and swung from 12th to 4th to 12th hardest.
Rank of each non-EU Medicine cut-off among 14 courses (1 = hardest)
Non-EU applicants by university, 2023–2026
| University | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Per seat 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marche (Ancona) | 290 | 348 | 477 | 1,078 | 21.6 |
| Naples Luigi Vanvitelli | 615 | 786 | 913 | 1,039 | 20.8 |
| Naples Federico II | 275 | 257 | 320 | 936 | 20.8 |
| Messina | 236 | 469 | 341 | 824 | 13.5 |
| Bologna | 292 | 208 | 268 | 572 | 28.6 |
| Pavia | 525 | 436 | 557 | 527 | 13.2 |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 239 | 461 | 286 | 517 | 16.2 |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 432 | 268 | 798 | 497 | 9.9 |
| Catania | – | 171 | – | 420 | 10.5 |
| Padova (Venice) | 117 | 274 | 174 | 376 | 15.0 |
| Tor Vergata (Tirana) | – | – | 141 | 334 | 1.0 |
| Milan (Statale) | 275 | 150 | 171 | 263 | 17.5 |
| Padova MedTech | – | – | – | 238 | 15.9 |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 157 | 125 | 89 | 197 | 9.8 |
| Rome Tor Vergata | 133 | 69 | 315 | 163 | 8.2 |
| Rome La Sapienza | 64 | 154 | 99 | 150 | 11.5 |
| Bari | 15 | 133 | 44 | 121 | 11.0 |
| Rome La Sapienza (Dentistry) | 74 | 63 | 98 | 62 | 10.3 |
| Cagliari | – | 127 | 102 | 57 | 3.2 |
| Bologna (Veterinary) | – | – | 10 | 42 | 8.4 |
| Siena (Dentistry) | 136 | 152 | 46 | 22 | 4.4 |
| Naples Federico II (Veterinary) | – | – | – | 13 | 6.5 |
A dash means no list for that year. Sapienza's 2023 and 2024 lists are split between Medicine and Dentistry here. Counts come from the published non-EU lists, which might not include every candidate who applied.
Earlier years in full
2025IMAT 2025 non-EU results by university
| University | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | Median applicant | Scored 70+ | Cut-off | Top % of all candidates | Admitted average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan (Statale) | 15 | 171 | 11.4 | 47.6 | 23 | 72.9 | 1.9% | 77.43 |
| Pavia | 40 | 557 | 13.9 | 45.2 | 47 | 71.9 | 2.1% | 77.44 |
| Rome La Sapienza (Dentistry) | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 41.5 | 12 | 71.8 | 2.2% | 75.10 |
| Bologna | 20 | 268 | 13.4 | 45.7 | 21 | 71.1 | 2.5% | 75.93 |
| Rome Tor Vergata | 20 | 315 | 15.8 | 42.6 | 16 | 69.1 | 3.5% | 72.42 |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 45 | 798 | 17.7 | 41.2 | 34 | 67.6 | 4.4% | 73.59 |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 32 | 286 | 8.9 | 44.8 | 20 | 67.1 | 4.7% | 72.43 |
| Naples Luigi Vanvitelli | 50 | 913 | 18.3 | 39.1 | 29 | 66.2 | 5.2% | 71.01 |
| Rome La Sapienza | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 48.4 | 8 | 65.8 | 5.6% | 72.67 |
| Padova (Venice) | 25 | 174 | 7.0 | 49.3 | 17 | 65.4 | 5.9% | 72.78 |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 18 | 89 | 4.9 | 51.8 | 11 | 65.1 | 6.2% | 72.97 |
| Naples Federico II | 45 | 320 | 7.1 | 40.7 | 21 | 63.1 | 8.0% | 69.15 |
| Catania | 60 | – | – | – | – | 61.6 | 9.4% | – |
| Marche (Ancona) | 60 | 477 | 8.0 | 40.9 | 10 | 58.2 | 13.4% | 63.67 |
| Messina | 56 | 341 | 6.1 | 42.4 | 3 | 57.8 | 14.0% | 63.02 |
| Cagliari | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 36.6 | 1 | 54.7 | 18.9% | 61.61 |
| Siena (Dentistry) | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 32.5 | 0 | 52.0 | 23.7% | 53.50 |
| Bari | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 37.6 | 1 | 50.9 | 25.7% | 56.68 |
| Bologna (Veterinary) | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 35.5 | 0 | 40.6 | 49.8% | 45.48 |
| Tor Vergata (Tirana) | 150 | 141 | 0.9 | 36.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.7% | 36.65 |
No 2025 Catania list was available.
2024IMAT 2024 non-EU results by university
| University | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | Median applicant | Scored 70+ | Cut-off | Top % of all candidates | Admitted average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan (Statale) | 15 | 150 | 10.0 | 57.0 | 38 | 75.7 | 1.6% | 79.03 |
| Bologna | 20 | 208 | 10.4 | 51.2 | 34 | 74.5 | 2.2% | 77.89 |
| Rome La Sapienza | 13 | 154 | 11.8 | 49.4 | 25 | 73.4 | 2.7% | 77.43 |
| Rome La Sapienza (Dentistry) | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 51.6 | 9 | 73.1 | 2.9% | 76.25 |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 18 | 125 | 6.9 | 57.3 | 27 | 72.6 | 3.4% | 76.68 |
| Padova (Venice) | 25 | 274 | 11.0 | 51.2 | 33 | 71.6 | 4.0% | 74.76 |
| Pavia | 40 | 436 | 10.9 | 48.5 | 48 | 71.5 | 4.1% | 75.80 |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 32 | 461 | 14.4 | 46.0 | 38 | 70.8 | 4.6% | 74.26 |
| Siena (Dentistry) | 12 | 152 | 12.7 | 42.0 | 10 | 69.3 | 5.8% | 72.32 |
| Naples Federico II | 25 | 257 | 10.3 | 40.2 | 20 | 68.1 | 6.9% | 72.10 |
| Bari | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 41.5 | 5 | 65.8 | 9.3% | 70.46 |
| Naples Luigi Vanvitelli | 50 | 786 | 15.7 | 36.5 | 17 | 63.2 | 12.4% | 68.48 |
| Messina | 56 | 469 | 8.4 | 42.6 | 15 | 61.4 | 14.7% | 67.04 |
| Rome Tor Vergata | 15 | 69 | 4.6 | 44.4 | 8 | 60.6 | 15.8% | 69.87 |
| Marche (Ancona) | 60 | 348 | 5.8 | 41.3 | 14 | 60.3 | 16.2% | 66.98 |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 45 | 268 | 6.0 | 41.8 | 13 | 59.1 | 18.1% | 66.38 |
| Catania | 30 | 171 | 5.7 | 40.9 | 5 | 57.2 | 21.0% | 64.72 |
| Cagliari | 20 | 127 | 6.3 | 41.4 | 2 | 56.5 | 22.1% | 63.34 |
Parma 2024 was read from 72% of its rows; all other lists in full.
2023IMAT 2023 non-EU results by university
| University | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | Median applicant | Scored 70+ | Cut-off | Top % of all candidates | Admitted average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan (Statale) | 25 | 275 | 11.0 | 36.1 | 2 | 60.2 | 1.4% | 64.92 |
| Bologna | 20 | 292 | 14.6 | 32.8 | 5 | 59.1 | 1.8% | 65.68 |
| Rome La Sapienza (Dentistry) | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 34.9 | 1 | 59.1 | 1.8% | 63.28 |
| Milano-Bicocca (Bergamo) | 18 | 157 | 8.7 | 31.2 | 2 | 54.2 | 3.6% | 62.81 |
| Rome Tor Vergata | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 22.5 | 0 | 53.4 | 4.1% | 58.28 |
| Pavia | 40 | 525 | 13.1 | 31.0 | 1 | 53.3 | 4.2% | 57.81 |
| Naples Federico II | 25 | 275 | 11.0 | 28.2 | 0 | 52.0 | 4.7% | 57.95 |
| Siena (Dentistry) | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 25.6 | 0 | 51.3 | 5.3% | 56.43 |
| Rome La Sapienza | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 26.8 | 1 | 50.8 | 5.6% | 59.31 |
| Parma (Piacenza) | 45 | 432 | 9.6 | 25.1 | 1 | 50.1 | 6.1% | 55.30 |
| Padova (Venice) | 20 | 117 | 5.8 | 36.0 | 0 | 49.5 | 6.6% | 55.28 |
| Turin (Orbassano) | 32 | 239 | 7.5 | 28.1 | 2 | 49.0 | 6.9% | 56.17 |
| Naples Luigi Vanvitelli | 50 | 615 | 12.3 | 19.9 | 1 | 47.3 | 8.5% | 51.92 |
| Marche (Ancona) | 55 | 290 | 5.3 | 27.8 | 1 | 43.0 | 12.9% | 51.86 |
| Messina | 56 | 236 | 4.2 | 22.0 | 0 | 36.9 | 20.8% | 45.29 |
| Bari | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 37.6 | 0 | 31.2 | 31.2% | 39.58 |
2023 scores sit on a different footing from later years: compare them only with each other, or through the "top %" column.
Where non-EU candidates gain and lose points
Matched by barcode to the full results, non-EU candidates scored lower than the rest of the field in reading every year: 18% against 31% of the section maximum in 2024, 38% against 50% in 2025 and 47% against 54% in 2026. They kept level in physics and maths and stayed ahead in chemistry. Among 2026 candidates who scored 70 or more, the gap narrowed but kept its direction: 71.5% against 74.3% in reading and 72.5% against 76.1% in physics and maths.
What this means for IMAT 2027
Aim for the top 5–6% of all candidates, not a fixed score. On a 2026-style paper, a mid-table Medicine seat took about 71–74, the top five courses 75+, Milan Statale 80.6.
Do not choose a university because its cut-off was low last year. Expect 2026's low points (Cagliari, Siena Dentistry, Bari, Catania) and the courses that eased (Tor Vergata Rome, Parma) to draw crowds.
Read applicants per seat beside the cut-off. Twenty seats with 572 applicants (Bologna) is a different bet from 18 seats with 57 (Cagliari).
Treat the application as a single shot. A 72 at Bologna earned nothing in 2026; the same 72 cleared ten other courses.
Spend extra preparation on reading and physics, where non-EU candidates trail, including among high scorers.
Frequently asked questions
What score did a non-EU applicant need for IMAT 2026?
It depended on the university. Non-EU Medicine cut-offs in 2026 ran from 61.5 at Cagliari to 80.6 at Milan Statale, with a median of 73.0. Measured against all candidates, the median cut-off sat in the top 5.3% of the 18,360 people who took the exam.
Why did non-EU cut-offs rise so much in 2026?
Two reasons. The 2026 paper was easier for everyone (the median candidate scored 51.2, up from 40.6), and non-EU competition jumped: on 14 courses with lists every year, applicants rose from 4,799 to 7,132 while seats barely changed.
Which universities were easiest for non-EU applicants in 2026?
By cut-off, Siena Dentistry (52.0), Cagliari (61.5), Federico II Veterinary (61.6), Bari (69.9) and Catania (69.6). Expect several of them to draw more applicants in 2027: the data shows that last year's cheapest courses get crowded the next year.
Can a non-EU applicant apply to more than one Italian university?
Non-EU applicants living abroad rank at a single university. In the 2026 lists, no barcode appeared on more than one ranking, so the choice of university decides as much as the score.
Is a 70 enough for a non-EU seat?
Not reliably. In 2026, 336 non-EU applicants scored 70 or more and still missed their university's cut-off, mostly at Bologna, Federico II, Marche, Pavia and Turin.
How should I pick a university for IMAT 2027?
Aim for the top 5–6% of all candidates rather than a fixed score, read applicants per seat alongside the cut-off, and avoid assuming last year's low cut-off will stay low.
How we built these numbers
Sources: every official non-EU ranking published by the universities for 2023 (15 lists), 2024 (17), 2025 (19) and 2026 (22), and the anonymous combined results of all candidates for each year. Text lists were parsed directly; scanned lists were read row by row and checked against each university's official cut-off and admitted average, matching within 0.3 points. Section scores come from barcode matches between each ranking and the combined results. Cut-offs are first-round figures for 2023–2025 and final figures for 2026, after the second non-EU scrolling of 3 November 2026; seats include Marco Polo seats. No individual's name or personal details appear in this analysis. See the IMAT Cut Off 2026 and IMAT thresholds pages for official lists. The non-EU lists published by the universities might not include every candidate who applied to that university. Applicant counts, applicants per seat and the other figures built on them are therefore based only on the candidates who appear in each published list, and the real numbers may be higher.
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