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The Italian Higher Education System

 

 

The Italian Higher Education System

Italy is part of the European Higher Education Area, adhering to the Bologna Process. This ensures that academic qualifications are harmonised across Europe, allowing for degree recognition and student mobility.

 

The Bologna Process

The Bologna Process is an international agreement designed to make education systems more comparable across Europe. It establishes common standards for higher education degrees and creates a framework for easy recognition of qualifications.

 

The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a standard used throughout Europe to ensure consistency and transparency in the measurement of academic achievements. One ECTS credit typically represents around 25 to 30 hours of total student workload, which includes lectures, independent study, assignments, and exams. For example, a full-time academic year usually amounts to 60 ECTS credits, ensuring compatibility between different universities across Europe.

 

Undergraduate Degrees and Master’s Programmes at Cattolica

At Università Cattolica, we offer English-taught Bachelor’s degree (BSc) programmes that span three years. Each programme is designed to accumulate 180 ECTS credits, providing students with a strong foundation for their future careers or further studies.

Here is a list of all our 3-years Undergraduate Degrees: 

  • Business and Finance
  • Communication Management
  • Economics and Management
  • Finance
  • Food Production Management
  • International Relations and Global Affairs
  • Criminology 
  • Psychology

We also offer a 6-year single-cycle degree in Medicine and Surgery which grants students who complete their education 360 ECTS credits.

Our English-taught Master's degrees (MSc) typically require an additional two years of study beyond the undergraduate level. Students must complete 120 ECTS credits to earn these internationally recognized qualifications, opening doors to advanced academic and professional opportunities across Europe and beyond.

Here is a list of all our 2-years Graduate Degrees:

  • The Art and Industry of Narration
  • Banking and Finance
  • Communication for Business, Media and Culture
  • Consumer behaviour: Psychology Applied to Food, Health and Environment
  • Data analytics for business
  • Economics  
  • European studies in investor relations and financial communication
  • Innovations in Biotechnology applied to regenerative medicine 
  • Innovation and Technology management 
  • Linguistic computing
  • Management 
  • Methods and Topics in Arts management
  • Healthcare Management 
  • Agricultural and Food Economics 
  • Food Processing: Innovation and tradition 
  • Global Business Management
  • Actuarial Sciences, Risk and Data Analaysis
  • Sustainable Viticulture and Enology 
  • Applied data science for banking and finance
  • Physics