MD Medicine and Surgery (Rome)
Rome, Italy
DURATION
6 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 18,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
Università Cattolica’s MD Medicine and Surgery provides the scientific basis and the theoretical and practical training essential for the exercise of the medical profession internationally.
Students develop all the technical competencies required to operate independently and responsibly in the medical sector. The overall objectives are pursued using a teaching approach designed to examine health issues in depth in a holistic manner, taking account of the influence of the surrounding chemical-physical, biological, and social environment.
The degree features a complete integration of basic and clinical sciences, achieved through a multidisciplinary approach and an early involvement in patient management, including both ethical issues and legal responsibilities, which are at the basis of the profession. In addition, medical anthropology, bioethics, and medical humanities will be emphasized, as well as the ability to communicate with the patient and the family.
Admissions
Curriculum
In order to achieve formative goals, the MD Medicine and Surgery offers a total number of 360 University Formative Credits, Crediti formativi Universitari (CFU) or ECTS = European Credit Transfer System, spread over a 6-year course.
60 credits consist of activities aimed at acquiring specific professional skills.
First-Year
- Basic Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences I
- Biomedical Sciences II
- Organic and Functional Systems I: Bones and Muscles
- Residency in the Health Center
- First Aid and Nursing Practice I
- Italian Language
- Introduction to Christology and Scriptures
- Vertical Domains I / Electives I
Second Year
- Organic and Functional Systems II
- First Aid and Nursing Practice II
- Methodology of Research I
- Organic and Functional Systems III
- Bioethics and Medical Humanities
- Introduction to Theological Anthropology and Ecclesiology
- Informatics
- Optional Project II
- Vertical Domain II/Electives II
Third Year
- Biopathology and Introduction to Medical Therapy I
- Biopathology and Introduction to Medical Therapy II
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Public Health
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine
- Methodology of Research II
- Introduction to Ethics and Christian Ethics
- Scientific English
- Italian Language
- Optional Project III
- Vertical Domain Iii/electives III
Fourth Year
- Clinical Center Residency I
- Medicine Residency I
- Maternal and Child Health Residency
- Clinical Neurosciences
- From Clinical to Molecular Biology I
- International Foundation of Medicine (Ifom) Test
- Optional Project IV
- Theology (Seminarial Course)
- Vertical Domain Iv/electives IV
Fifth Year
- Clinical Center Residency II
- Public Health Residency
- Medicine Residency II
- Surgery Residency I
- Surgery Residency II
- From Clinical to Molecular Biology II
- Optional Project V
- Vertical Domain V/electives V
Sixth Year
- Health Center Residency - Final Training
- From Clinical to Molecular Biology III
- Hospital Residencies - Final Training
- Practical-evaluation Training General Medicine
- Optional Project - Final Project
- Final Test
Program Outcome
Degree Awarded: Laurea in Medicine and Surgery
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Upon successfully passing an assessed internship and the State Examination, and following registration with the Medical Association of their local Province, all Medicine and Surgery graduates are qualified to perform clinical care throughout Italy.
Graduates in Medicine and Surgery are qualified to carry out surgery in various roles and in clinical, health, and biomedical professional fields.
The program is designed for students who wish to become qualified general practitioners.
A natural extension of the Medicine and Surgery training program is access to specialty training schools in the sector or further studies in the three-year regional program of specific training in general medicine for which graduate students in the LM-41 class are eligible.
Graduates from the degree program taught in English will be eligible to participate in USLME Steps 1 and 2 and, thus, in the USA Post Graduate Training and Residencies, as well as in similar programs scheduled in European countries or non-European anglophone countries.
Non-Italian graduates from the International MD Program will have successfully attended Italian language courses essential for their integration into Italian society and, in particular, for doctor-patient communication in the national health context. Knowledge of the Italian language will favor the graduate’s access to the Specialty Training Schools within the Italian University.