Italian for the medical degree you came to earn. Florence.
The Italian program built for international IMAT candidates, medical exchange students and foreign doctors planning to practise in Italy. Clinical vocabulary, ward conversation, patient communication, IMAT interview prep - in Florence, where Italian medicine was reinvented.
Apply for the IMAT track →Why IMAT students need clinical Italian
You can pass the IMAT in English. You cannot complete the 6 years of medical school in Italy without Italian. From year 3 onwards every clinical rotation is in Italian. Patient interviews, ward rounds, attending lectures, talking to nurses, reading patient files - Italian. This program builds you a clinical Italian baseline before you need it.
Built for three audiences:
- IMAT 2026/2027 candidates - preparing the interview component + the language baseline you'll need from year 3.
- IMAT-enrolled students years 1–2 - building Italian before clinical rotations destroy the learning curve.
- Foreign doctors planning to practise in Italy - preparing the language exam for medical board recognition (Ordine dei Medici).
Why Florence for this
Careggi University Hospital
One of Italy's largest teaching hospitals - 20 minutes from our campus. AOU Careggi handles every clinical specialty, including rare-disease referral. Your future workplace, walking distance.
14 IMAT universities - Florence is one
Università di Firenze offers English-taught Medicine. If you choose Florence for IMAT, you can take our course before, alongside, and after the application - no city change needed.
Medicine has Florentine roots
The first Italian medical school was here (1321). Galileo's friend Borelli, the founders of modern anatomy, the Specola anatomical collection - your context for medicine isn't a textbook, it's a 700-year city you live in.
A real student city
Florence has 60,000 university students - half of them international. Florence is built for international academics. Cost of living, services, medical-student community - all already in place.
Curriculum - what's different
General Italian core (A1–C2) + medical Italian modules below. Designed in consultation with Italian medical educators.
| Module | What you actually do |
|---|---|
| Italiano clinico | Anatomy, pathology, pharmacology vocabulary in Italian. Common abbreviations on referral letters and clinical notes. Italian medical Latin (which is everywhere). |
| Comunicazione col paziente | Patient-history taking in Italian. Symptom description in everyday Italian (not textbook Italian) - what patients actually say. Empathy-correct register for breaking bad news. |
| Reparto & sala operatoria | Ward Italian: handovers, nurse-doctor communication, instructions. OR Italian: scrub protocols, instrument names, surgical conversation. |
| Lettura referti | Reading and interpreting Italian lab reports, radiology reports, discharge letters. Patient consent forms. |
| IMAT interview prep | Mock IMAT interviews + Italian university admission interviews. The cultural register of Italian academic settings. |
IMAT Prep Track - 3 months
20 group lessons/week (general Italian) + 4 dedicated medical Italian modules/week. Timed around IMAT registration windows. Visa-eligible.
All-inclusive · IMAT interview rehearsal included.
Medical Italian Long Track - 9 months
Full academic year. A1/A2 → certified B2/C1 with clinical specialisation. Ideal for IMAT students years 1-2 preparing for clinical rotations.
All-inclusive · add-on: 10 one-to-one IMAT interview prep €690.
Non-EU students: all 3+ month tracks visa-eligible. See Student Visa Italy + Visa & Permit Support.
How to enroll
Small-cohort program - we cap intake at 12 students per term. Pre-application is by 15-minute video interview to confirm fit + IMAT timeline alignment.
Apply for the IMAT & Medical track
Tell us your IMAT plans (year, target university), your current Italian level (if any), your end goal. We reply within one working day.
© Accademia di Italiano - Florence campus. Università di Firenze and AOU Careggi are independent institutions; this program is not affiliated with them.