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Undergraduate admission competition

 To become students of the SNS

Contatti

Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Sciences
concorso.ammissione@sns.it
Faculty of Political-social sciences
didattica.firenze@sns.it

NOTICE
Please be informed that starting from 12:00 of 28 June 2023 applications for admission to the undergraduate courses for academic year 2023/24 are open.
Find below the links to submit the application.

Admission competition n. 60 places in the first year (Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Sciences): online form

Admission competition n.14 places in the fourth year (Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Political and Social Sciences): online form

Admission competition n. 6 places in the fourth year - LM Materials and Nanotechnology (Faculty of Sciences): online form
(reserved for candidates of the master’s degree in “Materials and Nanotechnology” of the University of Pisa)

 

For candidates for positions of the Faculty of Science
The deadline by which candidates must take the TOLC test has been extended to 28 July 2023.

The Faculties included in the competition
The competition for admission to the Undergraduate Course gives access to one of the following  faculties:

  • Faculty of Humanities (sited in Pisa)
  • Faculty of Sciences (sited in Pisa)
  • Faculty of Political and Social Sciences (sited in Florence)

Access to the first or the fourth year

Access to the Faculty of Humanities or to the Faculty of Sciences can be gained at the First year or, after attaining the three-year degree or its equivalent attained abroad, the Fourth year; access to the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences can be gained only at the Fourth year (after attaining the three-year degree or its equivalent attained abroad).

How the competition works

The admission competition takes place each year between the end of August and the first half of September and involves two written and two oral tests at both the first and the fourth year, in accordance with the criteria established by the different faculties (detailed information in the call). Admission is based solely on the results of the competition tests: neither the school leaving grade (Maturità) nor the candidate's previous school or university record will be taken into account.

How to apply

The call valid for the successive academic year is published every Spring. Applications can be forwarded in July and must be registered online, through the online procedure that is activated for the purpose, in the window that opens the call on the Normale web site.

Prerequisites

The candidates for the first year of the Faculty of Sciences must take the TOLC test  before applying for the competition. The test may be taken in any form in which it is administered and at any of the university sites belonging to the CISIA Consortium, from the start of February to the call deadline. For further information about the various TOLC tests (validity, ways of administration, assessments, repeatability of the tests), please refer to the TOLC Regulations, which can be consulted on the web site of the CISIA Consortium.

The winners
The successful candidates will enroll at the University of Pisa (for the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Sciences) or at the University of Florence (for the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences), where they will attend the courses pertaining to the degree course they have chosen; at the same time they will be following the courses taught at the Scuola Normale (in Pisa or in Florence, depending on their faculty), which constitute a parallel and complementary course of higher education. 

The successful candidates will be given free board and lodging. The Scuola Normale will also reimburse their university enrolment taxes and will award each student a monthly allowance.