Campus Bio-Medico Admission Test 2027: Complete Preparation Guide

• The chemistry of living organisms: water, organic molecules, enzymes
• Cell biology: cell theory, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, membrane transport
• Cell cycle and cell division: mitosis, meiosis, chromosomes and chromosome maps
• Bioenergetics: ATP, redox reactions, photosynthesis, glycolysis, respiration, fermentation
• Reproduction and Mendelian genetics: life cycles, Mendel's laws, classical genetics, patterns of heredity
• Molecular and human genetics: DNA structure and replication, protein synthesis, gene expression, inherited disease, recombinant DNA
• Mutations and evolution: natural and artificial selection, evolutionary theory
• Anatomy and physiology of man: tissues, organ systems and their interactions, homeostasis

• The constitution of matter: states of matter, homogeneous/heterogeneous systems, ideal gas laws
• Atomic structure and the periodic system: atomic and mass number, isotopes, periodic trends
• Chemical bonding: ionic, covalent and metallic bonds, bond polarity, electronegativity
• Inorganic compounds and nomenclature: oxides, hydroxides, acids and salts
• Reactions and stoichiometry: the mole concept, Avogadro's number, balancing reactions
• Solutions, equilibria and kinetics: solubility, concentration, aqueous equilibrium, catalysis
• Acids, bases and redox: pH, hydrolysis, buffers, oxidation number, balancing redox reactions
• Organic chemistry: isomerism, hydrocarbons, functional groups, basic nomenclature

• Measurement and units: SI and CGS systems, fundamental and derived quantities
• Kinematics: uniform and accelerated motion, circular and harmonic motion
• Dynamics, work and energy: Newton's laws, momentum, kinetic and potential energy
• Fluid mechanics: pressure, Archimedes' principle, Pascal's and Stevin's laws
• Thermology and thermodynamics: calorimetry, changes of state, laws of thermodynamics
• Electrostatics and electrodynamics: Coulomb's law, circuits, Ohm's law, electromagnetic induction

It's Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma's own admission test for its English-taught Medicine and Surgery and MedTech programmes: 60 multiple-choice questions with five options each, 20 in Biology, 20 in Chemistry and 20 in Physics, in 100 minutes, sat in person in Rome by EU and equivalent candidates. The topics are those listed in Annex C of the call; there is no logic, reading or general-knowledge section.

The paper is identical, sat on the same day, but the two programmes register and rank candidates completely separately. A good score on the shared paper doesn't by itself tell you which programme you're admitted to: that depends on which one you registered for.

For EU and equivalent candidates, in person in Rome: the 2026/27 sitting was at the Nuova Fiera di Roma, not on the Trigoria campus. Non-EU candidates resident abroad have their own call, and in 2026/27 sat the test online under remote proctoring on 6 February 2026. No calculators, smartwatches, tablets, internet-enabled devices, books or notes are permitted, and the university's own Call notes that test pavilions may be frequency-shielded.

+1 point for a correct answer, −0.2 for an incorrect one, 0 for a blank, out of a maximum 60. A purely random guess works out to a small positive expected value (+0.04 points) rather than being exactly neutral, though eliminating an implausible option first is worth more than guessing blindly.

To be eligible (idoneo) for a place, 12 out of 60 overall (10 in the call for non-EU candidates resident abroad): below that you're not eligible for a place regardless of rank, and there's no separate per-subject floor. A place takes more. In 2026/27 the 84th and last winning Medicine and Surgery place on the provisional ranking scored 48.2/60, and after the scrolls the last place offered by 9 October 2026 went to position 143 of the final ranking, at 32.8/60.

No. At CBM, the OFA check is a separate test in mathematics, physics and chemistry taken after you've already enrolled, before classes start. Scoring below 60% in a subject on that test assigns an OFA in it. It's a different exam from the admission test this guide covers.

No. This guide covers the English-language Call for Medicine and Surgery and MedTech only. CBM also runs a separate Italian-language Call for Medicina e Chirurgia and Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria, with a wider syllabus that adds ecology and optics content this paper doesn't test. In 2026/27 the Medicina e Chirurgia test (D.R. 503/2025) was held on 20 February 2026 at the Nuova Fiera di Roma, in the same format (60 questions in 100 minutes, +1/−0.2/0, a 12-point minimum), for 154 EU and equivalent plus 6 non-EU places; its first-year tuition is €15,500 plus the €140 regional tax.

84 EU/equivalent seats plus 36 non-EU for Medicine and Surgery, and 68 EU/equivalent plus 12 non-EU for MedTech, in the 2026/27 cycle. For the 84 EU Medicine and Surgery seats, the provisional ranking listed 476 candidates. CBM doesn't publish an official acceptance rate; a 30% figure circulating from a third-party ranking aggregator is that aggregator's own model, not a university number.

Within the EU, yes: automatically, as a standard Italian medical degree (LM-41). Outside the EU recognition isn't automatic as a rule. For the UK, the Medical Act 1983 (sections 21B and 21C, as in force on 12 October 2026) spares holders of an Italian medical degree the knowledge test other international graduates take through PLAB/UKMLA, but the UK's list pairs the laurea with the Diploma di abilitazione all'esercizio della medicina e chirurgia, which Italy stopped issuing in March 2020, when the practical training moved inside the degree. The GMC's Italy page therefore offers graduates since then provisional registration on the laurea, for a UK Foundation Year 1 post, and asks for evidence of supervised practice, such as a 12-month internship, for full registration. Evidence of English is still required, and the rule is UK policy that can change. US-bound graduates need ECFMG certification via USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK, the same requirement every international medical graduate faces.

Yes. The IvyTest simulator runs CBM-format practice (60 questions across Biology, Chemistry and Physics, the real +1/−0.2/0 scoring) in timed, tutor and review modes, with a free diagnostic available without payment.

No. UCBM's admissions pages publish no past papers and no sample test to download, as a PDF or otherwise: the questions are drawn at random from an archive of questions commissioned by the university. What it does give: registering for the test opens an online simulator of the written test on the registration platform, reached from the 'Link to the simulator' on the call's page and usable until test day, and after the test each candidate can view their own paper with its score. The practice questions on this page are IvyTest's own.

Not yet published: on 11 October 2026 UCBM's admissions page still listed only the 2026/27 Medicine procedures. For 2026/27 the call came out on 28 October 2025 (D.R. 505/2025), registration ran from 29 October 2025 to 6 February 2026 (13:00 CET) and the test was on 19 February 2026 in Rome. Non-EU candidates resident abroad registered from 1 December 2025 to 28 January 2026 and sat their test online on 6 February 2026.

Each programme has its own ranking by total score, published by Unique ID. In 2026/27 the provisional Medicine and Surgery ranking (D.R. 62/2026) named the first 84 candidates winners, who enrolled from 2 to 10 March 2026; the final ranking (D.R. 268/2026) keeps only candidates with a valid English certificate. Places left free are then offered down the list by public notices, normally on Tuesdays and Fridays: the 28th, of 9 October 2026, reached position 143 (32.8/60).

For 2026/27 first-years, €19,000 a year in Medicine and Surgery and in MedTech, paid as €8,000 at enrolment, €5,500 by 25 January 2027 and €5,500 by 12 April 2027, plus the €140 regional tax; UCBM says its fees are subject to inflationary increases in future years. UCBM's fee regulation, which prevails over the call, dates the second and third instalments 23 January and 10 April 2027. Registering for the test costs €170 per programme (€100 for non-EU candidates resident abroad). The top-ranked winner of each ranking with an ISEE up to €28,000 gets a 50% fee exemption for six years (Italian, EU and equivalent candidates only), and students eligible for a DiscoLazio regional scholarship can apply for a total exemption. The Italian-taught Medicina e Chirurgia costs €15,500 a year.

A school-leaving qualification that gives access to university after at least 12 years of schooling (with 10 or 11, one or two years of university, or UCBM's Foundation Year, make up the difference); a foreign one needs a Declaration of Value or a CIMEA comparability certificate. English at B2, proven only by a certificate on the call's Annex B list. Italian and EU citizens and non-EU citizens resident in Italy apply under one call, non-EU candidates resident abroad under another, and you need at least 12/60 on the test (10 in the non-EU call).

Six years, 12 semesters and 360 ECTS, taught in English. The first two years cover the basic and preclinical sciences (biology, genetics, biochemistry, histology, anatomy, physiology) alongside medical humanities; clinical practice starts in the third year, and the sixth is full clinical activity. The 2026/27 study plan lists 36 exams, including Italian language in the first and second years, plus electives and 12 ECTS for the thesis.

Yes: r/campusbiomedico, where Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome applicants ask each other about the UCBM Admission Test and share how their preparation is going. It is run by the IvyTest team. Dates, rules and results come only from the university's own pages, listed under Official sources on this page.

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