Admission to the degree programme is subject to the possession of a secondary school diploma or equivalent suitable qualification obtained abroad.
Admission to the programme is subject to the passing of an entrance exam set in line with the laws in force concerning health professions and the nationally programmed access (Law 264/99) and the relative call for admissions issued by UNIMORE.
Knowledge required for admission is deemed to be appropriate for all candidates obtaining a minimum of 20 points in the entrance exam, as laid down in Ministerial Decree no. 85 of 5 February 2014.
Candidates not achieving this score shall be assigned additional learning requirements (OFA) to be completed by attending the remedial courses indicated by the degree programme.

Generic Area
At the end of the programme, Occupational Therapy graduates possess a wide variety of knowledge of both basic sciences and specific professional disciplines. Graduates will have acquired skills in professional and technical aspects, communication, continuing education and professional management. Graduates will have acquired knowledge useful for understanding the human context also in a social perspective of health and will be fully aware of the meaning of occupation and its value for human health.
They will particularly have developed solid cultural and scientific bases in the field of:
- basic physical, biological and physiological sciences needed to understand biological phenomena, the principal operating mechanisms of organs and systems and of physiological phenomena in the perspective of their subsequent professional application;
- human, psycho-pedagogic, cognitive and social sciences underlying everyday and professional activity, to understand normal and pathological relational dynamics and reactions of defence or adaptation of persons with disabilities or limited social participation, also in relation to different age groups and social roles;
- Occupational Therapy sciences and rehabilitation methodology required to:
a) understand the scientific bases of physio-pathological processes determining disability in different ages and life situations and the general and specific rehabilitation methods used in different specialist sectors (neurology, orthopaedics and traumatology, rheumatology, cardio-vascular and respiratory fields, oncology, mother and child, etc.);
b) identify the need for specific occupational interventions in potential health and social areas, in line with the professional profile, helping patients to achieve full autonomy and participation in daily life (self-care, studies, play) and professional life;
c) plan and check the effectiveness of occupation therapy interventions using valid and objective evaluation methods;
d) develop an Occupational Therapy rehabilitation methodology using the best therapeutic and technical approaches to solve and compensate health and autonomy problems;
e) orient the process, concept and actions of Occupational Therapists towards patients and the community based on the cultural and professional principles underlying the profession, considering key aspects of the local context and the basic elements of the culture and traditions of other countries;
f) query databases, gather scientific evidence and select the most valid and generalisable information in the Occupational Therapy field; apply the best evidence in the light of the specific context, the patients' preferences and the professional competences;
e) identify personal learning needs and undertake targeted self-learning pathways;
- interdisciplinary sciences for understanding the physio-pathological elements applied to different clinical situations, also concerning diagnostic parameters;
- Preventive and hygiene sciences in health services to analyse health determinants, risk factors, individual and collective prevention strategies to promote the safety in life and working environments;
- management, ethical, legal sciences and codes of conduct governing the ethical exercise of the Occupational Therapy profession and the medical and legal implications referring to the principles of autonomy and professional responsibility;
- statistical sciences, computing and languages aiming to:
a) analyse and interpret research data;
b) cooperate in the planning of a research project;
c) use of appropriate analytical methods in the exercise of their profession;
d) computerised management of information required to develop professional knowledge;
e) knowledge of at least one European Union language, preferably English, in addition to Italian, within the specific field and the exchange general information and understand international scientific literature
The acquisition of the above-described knowledge and skills will be guided and facilitated by theoretical and theoretical-practical learning activities (classroom activities, teaching laboratories, internships).
The knowledge and understanding will be assessed using the following methods: written and oral exams, practical tests in simulated and real situations (on patients), implementation of occupational therapy projects

Generic Area
Based on the referred theoretical knowledge, Occupational Therapy graduates must have developed operational and practical skills allowing them to perform their professional activity autonomously. Concerning the diagnosis and prescription of the general practitioner, they must be able, in their own field of competence, also in cooperation with other health and social figures, work in the prevention, cure and rehabilitation of persons of all ages suffering from physical and mental disorders and diseases or with temporary or permanent disabilities. They will be able to use occupational methodologies, identifying the expressive, manual, representative and play activities of everyday life that are best suited to the actual situation of the patient. They will be able to participate in the choice/design of prostheses and aid and propose environmental modifications needed to improve the autonomy and participation of persons with disabilities.
They will be able to take decisions and act using problem-solving methods, and will be able to consider al personal, family and environmental elements affecting the situation of health.
They will be able to perform study, research, teaching activities and design innovations to improve their own work, self-assessing their actual effectiveness, and contributing to the growth and development of their own professional activity.
Teaching tools: classroom activities, workshops, computer laboratories, internship, practical exercises reading and interpreting the data available in international literature.
The knowledge and understanding will be assessed using the following methods: written and oral exams, practical tests in simulated and real situations (on patients), implementation of occupational therapy projects, journal club;