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This website is dedicated to making it easier for Australians to embark on postgraduate study in Europe.

As well as providing a host of links to relevant websites in Europe and Australia ASiE also undertakes research and consultation with the EU Commission, European governments and a great number of universities and foundations. The aim is to produce and update as much as possible all information concerning grants and scholarships available to Australian students seeking to pursue doctoral studies in Europe.

 
 

Higher Education in Italy

Italian higher education is structured in a binary system, consisting of two main articulations: (a) the university sector and (b) the non-university sector.

At present, the university sector is made up of 89 university institutions which are classified in:

    • 58 State universities
    • 17 non-State universities (legally recognised by the State)
    • 2 universities for foreigners (State institutions specialised in teaching and research for the development and diffusion of the Italian language, literature and culture)
    • 6 higher schools specialised in postgraduate university studies and scientific research
    • 6 telematic universities (non-State universities specialised in e-learning; when legally recognised, provide distance programmes accredited by the State)
    • The non-university sector includes 4 education typologies with their institutions:
    • Higher schools of design: polytechnics for the arts, academies of fine arts, higher institutes for applied arts, music conservatories and recognised music institutes, higher institutes for musical and choreographic studies, national academies
    • Higher education in language mediation: higher schools for language mediators higher integrated education (FIS): programmes of higher technical education & training (IFTS)
    • A few specific fields (e.g. archiving, diplomatics, restoration, military studies, etc.) which, along with their respective institutions, fall under the supervision of ministries other than that of Education.

EU Regulations and Standards

Italy is one of the four countries that first engaged to create the so-called "European Area of Higher Education" (Sorbonne Declaration, May 1998), thus starting that type of higher education reform which, known as "Bologna Process" (Bologna Declaration, June 1999) is being implemented all over Europe. This is why it is now giving priority both to the New degree types and to provision of education in English.

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