Study Medicine at University of Messina

Overview

The University of Messina offers a six-year, English-taught single-cycle degree in Medicine and Surgery (degree class LM-41), delivered by its International Medical School (UniMe-IMS). The programme totals 360 ECTS and trains physicians with multidisciplinary theoretical, practical and methodological competencies, emphasising clinical practice and interactive teaching methods such as Problem-Based Learning and clinical case discussion. Admission is nationally programmed and requires the IMAT entrance examination. Teaching is centred on the University Hospital "G. Martino" (Policlinico Gaetano Martino) in Messina.

At a glance

Seats: official MUR bando D.M. 599/2025 (Tabella B).

Degree

LM-41 (Medicine and Surgery)

Duration

6 years

Language

English (with mandatory Italian-language courses in the first years to reach CEFR B1; non-native English speakers must certify at least CEFR B2)

Campus

Messina, Sicily — teaching based at the University Hospital "G. Martino" (Policlinico Gaetano Martino), in the southern area of the city. Course code 3016R.

University founded

1548

Cut-off trend

How the IMAT admission threshold moved from 2020 to 2025 — EU-pool and non-EU shown separately, on the 0–90 score scale.

Tuition & fees

Italian public-university fees are income-linked (ISEE) for EU/resident students, with fixed bands for international applicants whose income is abroad.

University of Messina is a public university, so tuition for the English-taught Medicine and Surgery programme is income-linked via Italy's ISEE assessment. For 2025/2026, annual fees run from a fixed ~€156 enrolment fee (no-tax area, ISEE below ~€32,000) up to roughly €2,500–€3,500/year at the highest income band. There is no separate flat fee for international students — non-EU applicants without a valid ISEE are generally charged the top band.

The programme

• 6-year single-cycle degree totalling 360 ECTS, in line with current Italian and European legislation
• At least 60 ECTS acquired through professionalizing training activities aimed at developing specific clinical/professional skills
• Extensive use of tutorial-type teaching and interactive methods: Problem-Based Learning, the Case Method, Problem Solving, and discussion of clinical cases
• Organised in two semesters per year across the six years, with integrated course structure
• Elective activities totalling 8 ECTS (seminars, monographic courses, conferences/congresses, and clinical or research internships in Italy and abroad)
• Practical Evaluation Traineeship and the option of training periods abroad at partner universities inside and outside the EU

Teaching hospitals

How to get in

Admission to University of Messina's English-taught Medicine is through the IMAT — 60 questions in 100 minutes, scored +1.5 / −0.4 / 0 (max 90). You list University of Messina among your university preferences on Universitaly, and places are filled by a single national merit ranking against the 111 seats above.

Living in Messina

Messina is a port city on the Strait of Messina in north-eastern Sicily and one of the island's largest cities (roughly 220,000 residents). It has a long university tradition dating to the 16th century, with student life concentrated around the university and its hospital in the south of the city.

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