Milan
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
No recordings
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 Faculty of Political and Social Sciences has planned that lectures will not be recorded except for the blended graduate degree programme in Social Work and Service Coordination for Immigration, Poverty and Lack of Self-Sufficiency at Brescia campus.
Students are admitted to the above-mentioned courses after passing an online Entrance Examination in English, which also includes the Verification of Initial Preparation (VPI), a compulsory test for all students enrolled in the first year of a degree programme or an integrated five-year/six-year degree programme, aimed at ascertaining the basic knowledge required to attend their chosen degree programme with success.
For this degree course, the Faculty has determined the following Additional Educational Obligation:
"Reading comprehension (and logic)": a 15hour mixed classroom/online course in English, with a final examination.
The student is required to attend the OFA according to the scheduled timetable (please consult your Faculty's Freshman Kit. A student who has attended at least 70% of the scheduled hours is admitted to the final examination of the OFA course. Successful completion of the final examination means that the OFA has been fulfilled and the student may continue on the university programme without any further Additional Educational Obligations. Up to three attempts at passing the final examination are allowed in the first year, without the need to retake the OFA course.
In the event of failure to pass the final OFA examination, the group Tutor in charge will contact the student in order to support him/her in the process of following through with the above-mentioned examination.
At the end of the early summer session and/or the summer session of the profit examinations, the supervising professor of the degree programme, having assessed the results of the VPI and the final examinations of the aforementioned course, and taking into account any 1st-year profit examinations passed by the student, may deem the OFA to have been discharged.
Otherwise, the student is required to renew enrolment in the first year as a repeater.
Additional training obligation (OFA) - Reading comprehension (and logic)
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.
Go to timetables
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.
Go to the guides
Campus Guide
Classrooms, maps and services of the Milan campus
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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.
