Studying in Florence by Unifi Comunicazione

PROGRAMMES | UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

STUDYING IN FLORENCE

A.Y. 2018 | 2019

WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE? Studying in Florence is a unique experience right in the cultural heart of Italy. Florence has a reputation for academic excellence in teaching and research. It has over 300 international cooperation agreements aimed at promoting exchanges with universities all around the world, and a very active participation in European programs for research, education and training. The choice of degree programs is ample, spanning from social sciences, to medicine, from humanities to science and technology. Most courses are in Italian, but there are also degree programs taught entirely in English and others which have the option of Italian or English. Students also have the possibility of taking joint classes with the study abroad programs of US universities. Its centres and labs (LENS -European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy and CERM -Magnetic Resonance Center) and its Museum of Natural History are internationally renowned and unique. In addition, the University has been awarded the title of “European Centre of Excellence”.

FLORENCE IS NOT JUST STUDYING The University offers language courses through its own Language Centre, music and singing with its Choir and Orchestra, performing arts with the theatre company “Binario di Scambio”, in addition to the many sports that can be practised in the twosports facilities and and plenty more to enrich your experience. Other non-curricular activities at hand include courses of Italian language, arts and culture at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners. Moreover, the University of Florence hosts the Florentine seat of the Confucius Institute, the official body for the dissemination of the Chinese language and culture in the world. If you are an international student and wish to enrol at the University of Florence, you can benefit from the services offered by the Foreign Students Office for information on housing, visa, health insurance, etc. There are grants available for international students. A dedicated agency affiliated to the University provides canteen services in various locations around the different campuses and can also assist with subsidised lodging.

Primary Education (Scuola primaria) 5 years Lower Secondary Education (Scuola secondaria di primo grado) 3 years

1st CYCLE

2nd CYCLE

3rd

• Single Cycle Degree (Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico) 300 or 360 credits CFU/ECTS - 5 or 6 years

120 CFU | ECTS

180 CFU | ECTS

Upper Secondary Education (Scuola secondaria di secondo grado) 5 years

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Bachelor Degree (Laurea) 3 years

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Second level Professional and Vocational Master (Master universitario di II livello)

• Master Degree (Laurea Magistrale) 2 years

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PhD (Dottorato di Ricerca) Specialisation Diploma (Diploma di Specializzazione)

CYCLE

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First level Professional and Vocational Master (Master universitario di I livello)

Degree Programmes 2018|19 SCHOOL

DEGREE NAME

First Cycle Degrees (L) • Agricultural Sciences • Forest and Environmental Sciences • Plant Nursery Sciences, Environment and Green Areas Management • Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing in Wooden Forniture and Constructions • Viticulture and Oenology • Food Technologies • Wildlife Sciences Agriculture

SCHOOL

Engineering

Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Biotechnologies for Environmental • Management and Sustainable Agriculture (BIO-EMSA) • Food Science and Technology • Agricultural Sciences and Technologies • Forest Systems Science and Technology • Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development (English) • Wildlife Sciences and Management

Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Architecture (English curriculum: Architectural Design) • Design • Fashion System Design • Landscape Architecture • Urban and Regional Planning • and Design Single Cycle Degrees (LM c.u.) • Architecture First Cycle Degrees (L) • Business Administration • Economics and Commerce • Economical Development, International Social and Health Cooperation and Conflict Resolution • Statistics

Economics & Management

Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Accounting for Certified Public • Accountants • Design of Sustainable Tourism • Systems (English) • Economic Science • Economics and Development (English) • Finance and Risk Management (English) • Management and Business • Administration • Statistics, Actuarial and Financial Science

SCHOOL

First Cycle Degrees (L) • Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering • Computer Engineering • Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Management Engineering

First Cycle Degrees (L) • Industrial Design • Architectural Science • Landscape and Urban Planning

Architecture

DEGREE NAME

Human Health Sciences

Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Civil Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Building Engineering • Computer Engineering • Geo-engineering (English) • Electrical and Automation Engineering • Electronics Engineering • Energy Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Telecommunications Engineering First Cycle Degrees (L) • Biotechnologies • Motor Sciences, Sports and Health • Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences / Quality Control & Assurance • Midwifery • Nursing • Physiotherapy • Professional Education • Speech and Language Therapy • Biomedical Laboratory Technologies • Dietetics • Imaging and Radiotherapy Techniques • Neurophysiopathology Techniques • Orthopaedics Techniques • Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques • Health Assistance Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Food Science • Health Professions / Diagnostic Techniques • Health Professions / Prevention • Health Professions / Rehabilitation • Nursing and Midwifery • Medical and Pharmaceutical • Biotechnology • Science and Technology of Sports and Preventive and Adapted Activities Single Cycle Degrees (LM c.u.) • Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology • Pharmacy • Medicine and Surgery • Dental Medicine and Prosthetics

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Humanities and Education

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Law

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PhD Programmes 2018|2019 SCHOOL

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First Cycle Degrees (L) • Biological Sciences • Chemistry • Optics and Optometry • Physics and Astrophysics • Computer Science • Natural Sciences • Geological Sciences • Mathematics • Diagnostics and Materials for Conservation and Restoration Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Molecular and applied Biology • Chemical Sciences • Computer Science (English curriculum: Resilient and secure cyber physical systems) • Geology Science and Technology • Nature and Human Sciences • Mathematics • Molecular Biotechnologies • Physical and Astrophysical Sciences • Science and Materials for Cultural Heritage Conservation First Cycle Degrees (L) • Political Sciences • Social Work

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DEGREE NAME

Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Psychology of the Life Cycle and Contexts • Clinical and Health Psychology and Neuropsychology

Doctoral Programme

Drug Research and Innovative Treatments Biomedical

Tuscan PhD in Neurosciences Biomedical Sciences Clinical Sciences Physics and Astronomy International Doctorate in Atomic and Molecular Photonics

Scientific

International Doctorate in Structural Biology Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics Chemical Sciences

Social sciences

Political and Social Change Legal Sciences Architecture Sustainable Management of Agricultural Resources, Forestry and Food

Technological

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Information Engineering Industrial Engineering

Second Cycle Degrees (LM) • Planning and Implementing Social Policies • International Relations and European Studies (English) • Politics, Institutions and Markets • Public and Political Communication Strategies • Sociology and Social Research First Cycle Degrees (L) • Psychological Sciences and Techniques

Psychology

Area

Smart Computing International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering Philology, Italian Literature, Linguistics Philosophy

Humanities

Comparative Languages, Literature and Culture Education Sciences and Psychology History of Art and Performing Arts Historical Studies

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Services ˕˕Learning languages at “Centro Linguistico di Ateneo” The Language Center (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo - CLA) is the official structure of the University of Florence. CLA offers courses at various levels in different languages throughout the academic year. It also offers customized oneto one tuition for specific needs. Students with international study grants (Erasmus and similar) can attend, during their stay, one Italian language course free of charge, starting from A2 level.

˕˕International Relations Office (Coordinamento per le Relazioni Internazionali) The International Relations Office is a specific unit of the Central Administration which promotes the internationalization of the research and teaching activities. It provides services to support incoming foreign visitors and academics (Welcome Service). It promotes international collaborations through the signing of cultural and scientific cooperation agreements with foreign universities.

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˕˕DEGREE PROGRAMMES 56 1st-cycle degree courses 9 single-cycle degree courses 67 2nd-cycle degree courses 24 Phd Courses (mostly in English) 68 Professional Master Courses (3 eng ) Over 50 Specialization Schools 9 Courses entirely taught in English plus individual courses in different Schools 2 joint degrees 23 double degrees

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˕˕EMPLOYMENT AFTER 1 YEAR 49% graduates with 1st-cycle degree employed 76% graduates with 2nd -cycle degree employed 66% graduates with single-cycle degree employed

˕˕International Desk The Foreign Students Desk provides a first point of contact for all prospective non-E.U. students residing abroad, who intend to enrol in a degree program. The Desk also manages the enrolment of students coming from abroad within the framework of a non-Erasmus Plus exchange agreement and spending a semester or year abroad through registration for single courses. The Desk manages applications for the recognition of foreign academic degrees, awarded by a foreign State or legally accredited university, in order to be able to enrol in a first cycle (bachelor’s) degree, a single cycle degree or a second cycle (master’s) degree offered by the University of Florence.

Unifi in numbers ˕˕INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Over 370 Cooperation agreements with foreign universities About 80 Countries worldwide Over 800 Erasmus agreements Over 40 foreign Universities in Florence

˕˕International student mobility The student mobility office promotes and organizes outgoing international student mobility under the Erasmus plus programme. It also organizes the Erasmus traineeship and extra-EU student mobility, under different financing schemes. ˕˕Multicultural Tutors The multicultural tutors combine their subject area expertise, with the necessary language and cultural skills to communicate with foreign students in their own language, and work towards creating self-motivated independent students. They help their peers to adjust to a different environment, by providing both academic and non academic support.

CONTACTS University of Florence Pizza S.Marco, 4 50121 Firenze phone +39 055 27571 e-mail orientamentoeplacement@unifi.it More information on www.unifi.it CREDITS Coordinamento per le Relazioni Internazionali UnitĂ di Processo Internazionalizzazione