The interest of aspiring Italian doctors and dentists is growing in foreign universities that offer greater chances of enrollment than the narrow funnel of the Italian closed number. In the capital of Albania, at the Catholic University of Our Lady of Good Counsel, which holds its courses in Italian, “about three thousand 'expressions of interest' arrived, 1500 for medicine and 1400 for dentistry for the quota reserved for EU citizens. Much more than last year. These are only informal questions, not everyone will sign up for the entrance tests in which, in recent years, between 600 and 800 candidates have generally participated ”, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine Giovanni Arcudi explains to Adnkronos Salute. The University of Tirana has just published the call for the entry test reserved for EU citizens to be held at the end of September. “We cannot know how many will be registered this year. Generally they are almost all Italian, ”explains the principal. The places available for aspiring doctors are 50, and 30 for future dentists. "But there are possibilities to increase the number", adds Arcudi who is keen to underline that the University of Tirana has the same European limited number. Our entry tests for EU students - he specifies - are the same as those offered in Italy. Our university is connected with the University of Tor Vergata in Rome and the title is equivalent. We have the same teachers and a comparable educational offer. There are all the conditions for this university to be attractive and for the students not to choose to move halfway through. Until last year, in fact, it was not possible for students to request a transfer to other universities halfway through the course but today, after the intervention of the judiciary, this possibility exists. Provided that the Italian university to which you want to transfer has places available. The risk therefore increases that the Albanian university will be used as an escape from the limited number barriers and then return, with an easier path, to their homeland. I don't think it will be so - concludes the principal - we work to offer good training. In a short time our polyclinic will also be ready (today there are agreements with public hospitals in Tirana), we are expanding the connections for a higher quality and life in Tirana is pleasant. This will help maintain the attractiveness of the university.
