Italy started offering degrees in medicine (and dentistry) in English at its national universities over ten years ago. The strong tradition of Italy as a country of advanced science and technology, the beauty of the Italian landscape and its cities in conjunction with the very low tuition fees for these english-speaking courses has made them highly desirable. As a result, securing one of the 1000+500 places that are available to EU and non-EU students is a highly competitive task that depends on just one factor: Your score in the IMAT, a 100 minute multiple choice test paper-based, mainly on science and maths that is conducted every autumn at test centres around the world. (In 2024 the IMAT test is on 17 September 2024 but you need to register a lot earlier)

As a centre that has been teaching College-level Sciences and Mathematics in English since 1988, we are evidently highly qualified to teach prep courses for the IMAT and have done so since 2009. In the past our courses were short and mainly serving as a revision exercise for candidates already strong in sciences. However studying medicine in Italy has become more popular and competition for entry has increased. With many candidates setting Italian medical schools as their top goal de decided to offer longer preparatory programmes for those students who want to secure their admission to Italian medical schools.  We currently offer two programmes for the IMAT. A winter course which starts in October and runs to the end of May and a summer course which starts in June and runs until early September. Both programmes envisage 10 contact hours per week over  five (winter course)  or three (summer course) days a week and are delivered both by live classes and on zoom - students are free to choose their mode of attendance and switch from one to the other as often as they like. They incorporate a lot of practice material as homework as well as an English language course for those whose english needs bringing up to par. 

We believe that you should be happy when you choose a prep centre. You will put a lot of effort in your preparation and you want to make sure that you are trained by the best. As a matter of policy we invite candidates to attend trial classes before they enroll. All you need to do is contact Popi in our office (+30 2108081050 or email: imat@fcollege.gr) and she will guide you to access trial classes either by live attendance or on zoom.  

For all those who do not wish to commit themselves to a prep programme we offer free videos with questions of the week to help them with their preparation for the imat exam.

UCAT

All UK medical schools require candidates to sit the UCAT before their applications can be considered. Performance in these tests is critical for their prospect to study medicine in the UK. The UCAT is a computer-based test that must be sat between July and September or early October in the year before UCAS applications are submitted. The test is conducted at specialist test centres (one of which is in Athens). The test can only be taken once so candidates must ensure they are well prepared before they sit the test to maximise their chances of admission. Our preparatory programme ensures that candidates maximise their score by teaching them quick reading skills, practical numerical tricks that increase computation speed, analytical to solve puzzles and syllogisms as well as teaching strategies to make the best use of time. This will improve a candidate's UCAT score and hence their chances of admission to medical school. For more information and a sample of the test visit the UCAT website. 

Foundation College has been offering a UCAT preparatory programme since 2012 and we are proud to report that our students have secured some very enviable scores over the years. In 2024 our course will run over 5 weeks from 25 June to 25 July with teaching done both on zoom and by physical classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (4 - 8 pm) at the Kifissia branch. The tuition fee for this course is 1100€. We only teach one cohort of students for each of the UCAT course so early application is recommended. Students are admitted on a first-come first-served basis. Students who take our UCAT course can also register to participate in the interview preparation training programme that Foundation College offers to its students. The course is delivered by psychologist, Theofano Megalokonomou, who has many years of experience in this kind of work and a very high success rate.

For more information on dates please call +30 2108081050.