Most Italian national medical schools offer medicine degrees taught in English. The reputation of Italy as a rich and beautiful modern country with a strong in science as well as the very low tuition fees has made these courses highly desirable. 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 paper-based test with questions mainly on Science and Maths. The IMAT test is conducted every autumn at test centres around the world and in Greece. (In 2026 the IMAT test will take place between 1 July and end of September - date to be announced -but you need to register a lot earlier)

At Foundation College we have been teaching college-level Sciences and Mathematics in English since 1988 and so we are totally familiar with the material examined in the IMAT. In the past, our IMAT courses were short and mainly serving as a revision exercise for candidates already strong in sciences - typically IB and A-level graduates. However studying medicine in Italy has become more and more competitive and we had to adapt our preparatory programmes to secure admission to the ever-more-competitive IMAT exam.  We currently offer two programmes for the IMAT. A winter programme which starts in October and runs to the end of May and a summer programme which starts in June and runs up until the IMAT exam date. Both programmes envisage 9-10 contact hours per week over  five (winter course)  or four (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. The courses envisage a lot of practice material as homework as well as an English language course for those whose English needs bringing up to par. Candidates for the IMAT can take either the winter or the summer course or both. 

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 more information on course starting dates please call +30 2108081050.