The Additional Formative Obligations (OFA) are a formative debt which, pursuant to Article 6 of Ministerial Decree 270/2004, is attributed to the student who is not in possession of adequate preparation on the basis of the initial assessment test.
This debt must be fulfilled within the FIRST YEAR of the course.
The FREE ACCESS Degree Courses of the Department of Law are:
Single-cycle Degree Course in Law (LMG/01)
Bachelor of Science in Legal Services (L-14)
The Department of Law offers the possibility of filling OFAs through one of the following:
-TOLC - SU
-Test of initial preparation
These tests have the function of verifying whether the preparation acquired during the school career is adequate for the chosen degree course, also providing a self-assessment tool to enable students to improve their basic preparation and to enter the university course.
The fulfilment of the Additional Formative Obligations (OFA) is a necessary condition for taking the profit exams: those who do not take or do not pass the TOLC-SU or the Initial Preparation Test will not be able to enrol for the profit exams, while they will be able to attend classes and take the partial exams.
For the academic year 2025-26 the TOLC-SU is delivered in presence at the Computer Laboratory of the Department of Law, Via San Geminiano, 3 - MODENA.
The TOLC-SU can be
-booked and taken, starting from the 4th year of upper secondary school, at any national university location that provides it and the result is valid for access to all degree courses of the Department, with free access;
-booked and taken on any date of the TOLC-SU Delivery Calendar and at any university delivery venue or even remotely from the universities organising the test (TOLC@CASA);
-taken only once each month of the delivery calendar.
Students with a previous university career are exempt from taking the TOLC-SU; this includes students enrolled for transfer and/or change of course, as well as students who have withdrawn from a course of study and lapsed students.
Structure and marking of the TOLC-SU
50 questions divided into 3 sections to be completed in 100 minutes:
-30 questions of Comprehension of the text and knowledge of the Italian language (10 on text of a literary nature; 10 on text of a non-fiction nature; 10 on text of a journalistic or popular nature);
-10 questions on Knowledge and skills acquired in studies;
-10 questions of non-formalised logical-critical reasoning.
The score is calculated on the basis of the number of correct, incorrect and not given answers.
The score is derived from:
1 point for each correct answer;
0 points for each incorrect answer;
penalty of - 0.25 points for each incorrect answer.
The test will be deemed passed if a score of 18/50 or higher is achieved.
TOLC-SU result
At the end of the test, in real time, the student will see the total score achieved.
The positive result of the TOLC-SU will be uploaded to each student's transcript under ‘Additional training obligations’ by the University's IT Department, in time for the booking of the profit exams.
In the event of a negative result, however, enrolled students must make up the training debt by taking the initial preparation test.
ATTENTION!
The outcome of the English section of the TOLC-SU test does not affect the assessment thresholds for passing it and for the attribution of OFAs.
In addition, the English section of the TOLC-SU test will not be taken into account for the purposes of passing the English language exam (aptitude) envisaged in the syllabus.
Dates of the TOLC-SU
The TOLC-SU is delivered in presence at the Computer Laboratory of the Department of Law, Via San Geminiano, 3 - MODENA, on the following dates:
25 March 2025, 3 p.m.
26 March 2025, 3 p.m.
7 May 2025, 3 p.m.
8 May 2025, 3 p.m.
22 July 2025, 9:00 a.m.
23 July 2025, 9:00 a.m.
9 September 2025, 9:00 a.m.
10 September 2025, 9:00 a.m.
The registration procedure can be found on the CISIA (Consorzio Interuniversitario Sistemi Integrati per l'Accesso) page: https://www.cisiaonline.it/area-tematica-tolc-studi-umanistici/home-tolc-su/
Registration fee
For participation in the TOLC-SU there is a contribution for administrative charges (see FAQ - payment section: https://www.cisiaonline.it/faq-cisia-archivio-tolc/).
!!ATTENZIONE!!
--> Se hai sostenuto e superato il TOLC-SU con un punteggio pari o superiore a 18/50 non è necessario che tu faccia niente per la registrazione dell'IDONEITA' OFA e non preoccuparti se non la vedi subito a libretto (una volta immatricolato).
L'idoneità infatti verrà caricata in automatico nei seguenti periodi dalla direzione informatica UNIMORE: metà ottobre, metà novembre e metà dicembre.
--> Se hai sostenuto e superato il TOLC-SU con un punteggio pari o superiore a 18/50 NON devi prendere in considerazione la sezione TEST DI VERIFICA DELLA PREPARAZIONE INIZIALE e MODALITÀ DI RECUPERO DEL TEST DI VERIFICA DELLA PREPARAZIONE INIZIALE per le motivazioni di cui sopra
Students enrolled in the Department of Law who have not taken or passed the TOLC-SU may fulfil their additional training obligations (OFA) by taking an initial preparation test to be held on the dates specified below at the Law Department's Computer Laboratory, Via San Geminiano, 3 - MODENA.
The TEST TO VERIFY INITIAL PREPARATION must be
-booked and taken, within the first year of enrolment, on the scheduled dates;
-booked via the ESSE3 platform, by registering for one of the rounds scheduled for the ‘Additional Educational Obligations’ exam call;
-taken for a maximum of two attempts.
Students with a previous university career are exempt from taking the INITIAL PREPARATION TEST, which also includes students enrolled for transfer and/or change of course, as well as students who have withdrawn from a course of study and students who have dropped out.
Structure and scoring of the initial preparation test
The test consists of 20 multiple-choice questions with 3 possible alternatives, of which only one is correct, on the following topics:
1. Elements of History;
2. Outlines of the Constitution of the Italian Republic
3. Italian language and elements of logic.
The test will be deemed passed if a mark greater than or equal to 12/20 is achieved, defined as follows
- 1 point for each correct answer;
- 0 points for each incorrect answer;
- 0 points for each incorrect answer.
Result of the initial preparation test
At the end of the test, in real time, the student will see the total score achieved.
The positive result of the initial preparation test will be uploaded to each student's booklet under ‘Additional training obligations’ by the referring teacher, in time for the booking of the examination appointments.
Students who do not pass the initial preparation test on the first attempt will be able to retry directly in the next round.
If, in the second round too, the test is failed, students will have to make up for it in accordance with the procedures set out in the section entitled ‘How to make up the initial preparation test’.
Dates of the initial preparation test
The TEST OF VERIFICATION OF INITIAL PREPARATION is held in person at the Computer Laboratory of the Department of Law, Via San Geminiano, 3 - MODENA, on the following dates
21 October 2025, 9.00 a.m.
22 October 2025, 9.00 a.m.
2 December 2025, 9:00 a.m.
3 December 2025, 9:00 a.m.
12 January 2026, 9 a.m.
Registration fee
There is no registration fee.
If, after two attempts, the assessment of the initial preparation test should be of unsuitability, the interested parties will have to follow a course consisting of reading one or two books from the list specially prepared and writing a short report on their contents.
In particular, only one book will have to be read by those who scored at least 6 points in the test.
Those who have obtained a score of 5 or less will have to read two books and prepare two reports.
The books may be chosen by the student from the list provided for this purpose and, if two books are chosen, they must belong to two different fields.
Each report, written in Word format (file with .doc or .docx extension) and with a maximum of 7,000 characters including spaces, must be sent to the teacher delegated to OFAs by e-mail.
ATTENTION!!!
Students who do not complete the OFAs by the start date of the second year's teaching activities (30 September) will be automatically enrolled as repeat students.
With regard to enrolment in the TOLC-SU and all related issues, it is necessary to contact the organising consortium CISIA https://www.cisiaonline.it/ directly.
With regard to the TEST TO VERIFY INITIAL PREPARATION (‘OFA test’) and possible REMEDIATION METHODS, please refer to the Teaching Secretariat helpdesk.giurisprudenza@unimore.it