Every confirmed non-EU and EU cutoff for all IMAT universities from 2022 to 2025. Year-on-year trend arrows, per-university analysis, and the explanation nobody else gives you: why one year of data can cost you your place.
The cutoff is not a threshold the university sets. It is the score of the last admitted student — entirely determined by who applied, how many seats existed, and how hard that year's exam was. Three completely independent variables that reset every September.
Post-COVID return to in-person. Unusual low cutoffs at several Southern Italian universities that didn't repeat. Useful as historical context only.
MUR took over from Cambridge Assessment. The paper was harder than anything Cambridge produced. Mean score dropped to 24.5. Yet several Southern Italy cutoffs spiked — driven by seat changes. Bologna non-EU hit 86.1.
Unusually easy exam. Mean score jumped from 24.5 to 42.2. Every student scored higher, so every cutoff rose with them. A 2024 cutoff of 72 is not a harder university than one with 65 in 2023. Do not benchmark 2026 preparation against 2024 cutoffs.
Harder than 2024. Cutoffs returned toward historical ranges at most universities. Currently the most reliable single-year benchmark — but still not a prediction of 2026.
Take the average of 2023, 2024, and 2025 for any university you are considering. Subtract 3 to 4 points from that average to give yourself margin. That number — not any single year — is your realistic target. Universities with wild year-on-year swings (Bari, Tor Vergata, Parma) require extra margin or should be avoided unless your score is well above their peak.
↑ red = cutoff rose that year (harder to get in). ↓ green = cutoff fell (easier). → = within 1 point of previous year. The 2025 column is highlighted. The 3-yr avg covers 2023–2025 only (excludes the anomalous 2022 patterns).
| University | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 3-yr avg |
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These summaries account for seat numbers, year-on-year volatility, and known anomalies. Written for students making university selection decisions — not for general interest.
All cutoff figures are compiled from official MUR (Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca) publications and the official ranking PDFs published by each university after results day. We do not use Reddit threads, WhatsApp screenshots, or third-party aggregators as primary sources.
EU data reflects final confirmed cutoffs — the score of the last admitted student after all scrolling rounds concluded. Where scrolling was still active at our last update, the entry is marked as not confirmed. Round-by-round EU scrolling data is tracked separately in the main guide.
Where a figure is marked — it means no reliable official source has been identified. We do not estimate or extrapolate cutoffs. If the official data doesn't confirm it, we don't publish a number.
If you have access to an official source that contradicts a figure here, or confirmed data for a university currently marked as unavailable, contact us or flag it in the community. We update this page as soon as corrections are verified against official sources. Keeping this accurate is a collective effort — and this page exists because a student last year wished it had.