Admission to the degree programme in Physiotherapy 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.

Preparatory area
Knowledge and understanding of basic scientific disciplines, acquiring the tools required for the analysis and interpretation of data found in literature and to understand the physical forces involved in movement or which can affect the human body.
Knowledge of human and pedagogic sciences to understand the educational processes targeting the community and patients of all ages and to understand the susceptible dynamics of different cultural sources;


Biomedical area
Knowledge and understanding of biomedical sciences to understand the physiological and pathological processes of health and illness in patients of different ages.
Knowledge and understanding of psychological sciences to understand normal and pathological interpersonal dynamics and personal defence and adaptation mechanisms relating to situations of psychophysical suffering;


First Aid Area
Knowledge of first aid procedures and techniques.
Knowledge of the desired and side effects of the most common and frequently used drugs in rehabilitation patients.
Knowledge of surgical treatments and the most common risk factors relating to complications of surgery that normally require the intervention of rehabilitators


Core area
Knowledge and understanding of Physiotherapy Sciences required to:
- identify preventive and rehabilitation needs through the analysis clinical data in motor, psychomotor, cognitive fields as well as functional evaluations based on the extent and significance of the patient's symptoms;
- understand the signs expressing the pathological processes on which to focus the rehabilitation and/or therapy, in children, adults and the elderly;
- develop a rehabilitation methodology using the best therapeutic and technical approaches to solve the patients' health problems;
- understand the principles of scientific research in health, and acquire an evidence based methodology to assess the effectiveness tests concerning physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and their integration into clinical practice, respecting the values of the patients.
- acquire the scientific bases of functional alterations and general and specific rehabilitation methodology in various specialist fields (neurology, orthopaedics and traumatology, cardiovascular, critical area, oncology, infectivology, pneumology, mother and child, etc.);
- plan and check physiotherapy treatments using effective and objective and therapeutic evaluation methods and all appropriate tools to solve problems (instrumental therapy, manual therapy, psychomotor and occupational therapy, proposing where required the use of prostheses and aids), also in line with the instructions and prescriptions of the physician;
Knowledge and understanding of general and clinical psychological sciences to understand normal and pathological interpersonal dynamics and personal defence and adaptation mechanisms relating to specific situations of psychophysical suffering;
Knowledge of interdisciplinary and medical sciences to understand the physio-pathological elements applicable to different
clinical situations, also relating to diagnostic parameters;
Knowledge of health prevention sciences to understand and analyse health determinants, risk factors,
individual and collective level, and the interventions used to promote the safety of health workers and users;
Knowledge of health, ethical, legal and sociological Management Sciences in order to:
- organise rehabilitation activities by defining priorities, appropriateness and use of available resources, delegating activities to colleagues where applicable and working in a team, ensuring continuity and quality of care;
- underline the importance and usefulness of acting in compliance with the law and directives and respecting the values and ethical dilemmas facing professional practice;
- foster the understanding of professional responsibility and autonomy, as well as the need to act in collaboration, in those areas of integration and interdependence, with other members of
the care team;

Complementary Area
Knowledge and understanding of key audiological conditions and their influence on the state of health of the population, particularly in children and the elderly.
Knowledge and understanding of the main illnesses leading to malnutrition and dysfunctional diseases linked to an incorrect diet.

Preparatory area
Ability to analyse and interpret the data found in scientific literature
Ability to define the effects of physical forces on human movement in different parts of the body
Ability to define the effects of physical forces on tissues, organs and systems.


Biomedical area
Ability to demonstrate systematic and integrated understanding of biomedical disciplines, applying them to the health and rehabilitation field to analyse and interpret biological and physiological phenomena,
operating mechanisms of organs and systems, motor and psychomotor development.
Ability to understand normal and pathological interpersonal dynamics. Ability to apply psychological knowledge to recognise and cope with defence reactions and facilitate the adaptation mechanisms of people in situations of distress; ability to interpret the psychological, social and environmental dimensions of processes determining priority health problems and disabilities, in acute and chronic phases, considering different ages and the repercussions on life styles and personal autonomy;


First Aid Area
Ability to deliver first aid in an emergency situation.
Ability to recognise the undesirable effects of a drug in order to consequently modulate their own intervention.
Ability to recognise normal healing or potential complications in post-surgical patients undergoing rehabilitation.


Core area
At the end of the programme Physiotherapy graduates will be able to apply physiotherapy processes to patients both in rehabilitation and other health settings, fully autonomously and responsibly and working interprofessionally with the rehabilitation team. At the end of the programme, Physiotherapy graduates will be able to apply the physiotherapy process, also adopting a problem-solving approach, expressing their clinical reasoning and applying all the correlated procedures to ensure care and rehabilitation interventions in motor skills, cortical and visceral functions following pathological events with
different congenital or acquired causes, in different age groups.
Knowledge is applied considering fundamental aspects such as interaction with the
person's actual life context, interpersonal and inter-professional relations, organisational management of those aspects linked directly
to the type of work performed.
This ability will be achieved generally and fully through the mandatory attendance of the clinical internship, including specific technical and scientific laboratory activities, the teaching of gestures and interpersonal skills, based on both qualitative and quantitative methods. The internships and laboratories (at least 60 ECTS in the three years) cover different and complementary fields, progressively developing increasingly complex professional competences. The learning outcomes in core areas are assessed in the course unit exams, the internships and the internship exams.
The internship is assessed on the knowledge of the specific skills, clinical reasoning and the application of evidence-based physiotherapy methods, the ability to perform a correct physiotherapy intervention in terms of contents, behaviour and interpersonal skills; These activities are planned, monitored and assessed by the vocational training coordinator, promoting meetings with the tutors, the students, proposing learning activities, facilitating the development of self-training skills, access to bibliographical sources, etc.

Complementary Area
Ability to recognise audiological conditions in order to interact appropriately.
Ability to recognise a state of malnutrition in order to consequently modulate their own intervention.
Ability to recognise a potentially risky eating disorder in order to consequently modulate their own intervention.