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I would like to warmly welcome you to the large family of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, a university that has trusted young people for over a century. Father Gemelli, our founder, always expressed this belief in his speeches. I would especially like to recall this passage from his speech at the inauguration day of the 1951/52 academic year: “I am convinced, and this is the educational policy I follow, that we must trust young people, help them, support them, and understand them.”
This trust, therefore, commits us to providing you with a university experience capable of accompanying you into the future and contributing to your professional, cultural, and personal development. This is why our educational offer, which is high quality even in an international context, has as its objective “to educate towards a long and integral view.” Our degree programmes are characterised not only by their content solidity but also by their innovativeness and take into account the continuous social changes and the evolving world of work. At the same time, they place particular emphasis on interdisciplinarity. All this is done with the priority of caring for each newly enrolled student in order to enhance his or her experience in beautiful, welcoming, functional, and technologically advanced spaces. Starting this year, the Polo San Francesco in Milan has been added to our historical premises. This area, which once housed a Napoleonic-era barracks ‒ built on the site of an ancient 14th-century Franciscan convent ‒ is now available to students. It is an investment in the future, your future.
Every day in your education, all of us professors and lecturers are called upon to impart technical skills and methodology to each of you and discuss cutting-edge topics with you, following a century-old tradition that is committed to enhancing ethical values, developing critical thinking, and fostering interpersonal relationships. Above all, we are strongly focused on promoting the integral formation of the person, enabling you to make the most of your talents. Attention to the individual, the alliance between generations, and the desire for innovation based on our roots are the fundamental elements of an identity that Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore intends to preserve and renew.
A distinctive feature of our understanding of the educating community lies in the contribution that each component offers to the life of the University, as we journey together. I therefore invite newly enrolled students to get involved in university activities, also for the benefit of others, by making themselves available as tutors, representatives of university bodies, members of peer and review committees, and student associations. I encourage you to undertake this journey with increasing and passionate participation, taking advantage of the many opportunities that Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore makes available ‒ from internships to international and volunteering experiences ‒ to enrich your personal and cultural growth. Here, indeed, one comes first and foremost to study, but also to engage with the reality, to forge lasting bonds, to imagine something that does not exist, and yet whose urgency and importance one perceives.
In order to strengthen my connection with all of you, I intend to provide a space where to regularly meet and engage with those who wish to have moments of dialogue and discussion, thereby fostering a relationship that can help me understand and respond to your needs and suggestions. A first tool to get to know and appreciate your chosen University and Faculty is this guide, which contains all the main information. The course syllabi, along with other news and updates about the University’s initiatives, can be found on the website https://studenticattolica.unicatt.it/.
I wish every student an enthusiastic and satisfying university journey, encouraging you all not to give up in the face of the commitment and effort required to achieve the goals ahead.
Thank you for choosing Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. I am proud to be part of this great family and to contribute to writing its history.
Elena Beccalli
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In the upcoming academic year 2024/25, the teaching activities of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (lectures, exams, both oral and written, final examinations) will take place on campus.
The lectures for the Faculty of Economics will normally be delivered in person, without streaming or recording, except in the evening graduate degree programme in Economics and Management, where recordings of lectures will remain available to students for 7 days.
As for the lectures delivered as part of the Blended graduate degree programme in Business Administration and Consultancy, the lectures scheduled in presence will not be recorded, while those delivered online will be recorded.
The VPI (Foundation Knowledge Assessment Test) is a compulsory test for all students enrolled in the 1st year of graduate and post-graduate degree programmes. The test aims to verify that you possess the basic knowledge to be able to profitably attend your chosen degree programme.
If you have taken the TIEC, you are not required to take the VPI separately as it is incorporated within the test.
If you do not pass the VPI, you will automatically be assigned additional courses, called OFAs (Additional Educational Obligations), which you must necessarily pass within the 1st year of your degree programme to avoid repeating the year in case you continue your studies. The Academic Bodies determine the content of the VPI and define the OFAs for each degree programme
Have you taken the TIEC?
If you scored 7 or above in the math area of the TIEC, you have passed the VPI. You will have regular access to the exam session and will not have to take any OFA courses.
If you scored below 7 in the math area – and anyway at least equal to 4 - you will be automatically assigned OFAs (Additional Educational Obligations).
This implies that:
1) You will need to attend at least 70 percent of the 12-hour Math pre-course. Click "Calendario corsi OFA" in the freshman kit to see the timetable.
2) You will have to pass a Final Verification (VF OFA). See details in the flowchart attached here
The VF OFA is a prerequisite to the Mathematics and Introductory Microeconomics exams.
If you do not pass the VF OFA within the editions scheduled for your registration year, you will be enrolled as a repeat student and will not be eligible for the second year. If you fail to pass the VF OFA (you will have at least 3 attempts), you can contact the group tutor who will offer the right advice and support you in a methodological remedial path.
Do you have a foreign degree?
Are you a transfer student from another degree programme or University, or a student who matriculated before 2020-21, or is your OFA marked as passed?
If you are a transfer student from another degree programme or University, or a student enrolled before 2020-21, or with an OFA marked as passed, you will have to pass a Preliminary Math Test.
Remember:
Additional training obligation (OFA) of Mathematics - Courses calendar
Your journey as a first-year student starts with the Welcome Day.
Take part in your Faculty's Welcome Day on campus and find out all the information you need for your first year as a university student.
We will help you find out:
You will also meet your Group Tutor: a young graduate from the same degree programme as you, whose task is to welcome you and accompany you in this new experience.
In this section you will find all the information you need to build your timetable for classes and find out how to access the University.
Academic calendars
The academic calendar indicates class days, exam sessions and holiday periods.
Class timetables
Enter the name of your degree programme, you will find all the lectures associated with it and you will be able to view the time and room of each lecture.
Faculty Guides
In the Faculty Guide, you will find detailed information on the study plan, compulsory and elective courses, any prerequisite and the list of professors/lecturers in charge of the individual courses.
Campus Guide
Classrooms, maps and services of the Milan campus
As a UniCatt student you have 3 fundamental tools at your disposal, to be used from matriculation to the conclusion of your studies: iCatt Personal Page, Mail @iCatt.it and iCatt App.
