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UniTo’s educational offering
(a.y. 2023/2024)


  • 71 degree courses
  • 9 single-cycle degree courses
  • 87 Master’s Degree Courses
  • 56 first-level master’s degrees
  • 45 second-level master’s degrees
  • 65 PhD courses (of which 11 in convention/consortium and 26 of national interest)
  • 32 postgraduate courses and professional development courses
  • 59 postgraduate schools
  • 1 institute of excellence: Scuola Studi Superiori

Source a.y. 2022/2023: Activity Report 2023 L.1/2009 and portal page “Refresher and vocational training courses”.

Source a.y. 2023/2024: UniTo in figures, Activity Report 2023 L.1/2009 and portal page ‘Refresher Courses and Professional Training’.

UniTo’s educational offerings have seen a growth trend over the years for almost all types of courses. Particular interest can be placed on the growth of PhD courses (+20% compared to the previous a.y.) and professional development courses (+28%), underlining on the one hand the institution’s focus on the training of future researchers and, on the other hand, care towards continuous training over time.

Educational offering
2020
2021
2021
2022
2022
2023
2023
2024
Bachelor’s degree courses 69 68 68 71
Master’s degree courses 78 81 83 87
Single-cycle courses 9 9 9 9
Postgraduate schools 59 58 58 59
PhD courses 35 38 54 65
Level I Master’s degree 47 47 56 56
Level II Master’s degree 35 38 45 45
Institutes of excellence 1 1 1 1
Continuing education and professional development courses 22 25 25 32

UniTo students (a.y. 2023/2024)


  • Other 83.000 members
  • 61,8% women
  • More than 20,000 freshers
  • About 25% living outside Piedmont
  • 8.6% with foreign citizenship
  • More than 2,100 enrolled in Level I and II master courses
  • Around 1,500 PhD students
  • About 1,100 with disabilities 
  • Over 2.900 with specific learning disability

 

Origin of the Enrolled Students
%
21/22
%
22/23
%
23/24
High Schools 52 54 54
Technical/Professional lnstitutes 32 30 30
Others 16 16 16
Source for the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024: UniTo DWH Extractions

In 2023, Piedmont confirms its position at the top of the list of Italian universities with the highest presence of foreigners, above the national average (at 6%) and almost in line with the European average (at 11%).

Source: Ustat-MUR, IRES Piedmont elaborations

Students who have chosen Piedmont as their place of study, but reside in other Italian regions, have doubled in the last 10 years. In absolute values, the University of Turin is the Piedmontese university with the highest number of residents outside Piedmont.

Source: IRES Piedmont elaborations on university data

 

 

UniTo students
Enrolled
21/22
Enrolled
22/23
Enrolled
23/24
Total 82.562 83.431 83.597
Of which Males 38,60% 38,20% 38,20%
Of which Females 61,40% 61,80% 61,80%
Between 19 and 25 years old Females* 48,92% 48,70% 48,44%
25 years and over Females* 12,87% 13,37% 13,57%
Between 19 and 25 years old Males* 29,57% 29,08% 29,17%
25 years and over Males* 8,64% 8,86% 8,83%
Number of freshmen (bachelor and master/single-cycle degrees) 21.246 22.390 22.310
Of which Males 38,4% 38,2% 39,2%
Of which Females 61,6% 61,8% 60,8%
Enrolled in three-year degree courses 49.994 50.652 50.454
Enrolled in master’s/specialist degree programme 17.643 17.234 17.307
Enrolled in single-cycle degree courses 11.672 11.892 12.250
Enrolled in Level I and II Masters courses 1.889 2.222 2.172
PhD students 1.364 1.431 1.414
Residents outside Piedmont 24,46% 24,44% 24,99%
With foreign citizenship 8,37% 8,08% 8,60%
With disabilities** 975 1.049 1.113
Of which Males 440 469 508
Of which Females 562 580 605
With SLD** 2.312 2.603 2.970
Of which Males 1.043 1.185 1.306
Of which Females 1.295 1.418 1.664
Source: University DWH extraction (Microstrategy report): the reference collective is the sum of enrolments in 1st and 2nd level degree courses, 1st and 2nd level Master’s courses and PhD courses.

* The 19-25 age group also includes age enrolments.

** Source: University Strategic Plan 2021-2026: Monitoring 2024 on 2023 data. Data 2021-2022 updated to actual.


In 2023 UniTo graduates are 14,531 of whom 8,126 are first-level graduates and 6,405 second level.


Number of graduates last 5 years

Particularly interesting to note is the fact that in practically all subject areas examined, a high percentage of female graduates stand out (63.5 % in 2023), with 47.3 % of female graduates in STEM subjects (an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, i.e. the scientific disciplines)- according to a McKinsey analysis conducted in late 2023, only one in three graduates in STEM subjects is female, more precisely 38 per cent.

Considering the survey year 2023, UniTo has a percentage of employed graduates one year after graduation of 57.6 per cent, exceeding the national average of 55.3 per cent for the same year.

Data source: University Surveys 2023 AlmaLaurea

Number of graduates in 2023 by type of degree

Number of graduates in 2023 by subject area

The quality of teaching


In the academic year 2022/2023, the results of the university-wide satisfaction indices show very positive values with average values always around 85%, in line with previous surveys.

Mobility Agreements


UNITA-Universitas Montium is one of 64 European alliances funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ European Universities initiative. The University of Turin is coordinating this ambitious project, which from November 2023 involves 12 European universities in 7 countries and the legal entity UNITA GEIE and intends to have a transformative impact on teaching, research, the relationship between university and territory, with the aim of offer excellent, student-centred education in a European and transnational perspective.

Deepen UNITA

With a view to increasing the internationalisation activities of the University, also thanks to the UNITA project, 116 cooperation agreements were signed in 2023 with institutions in 45 countries. 83 are agreements with non-European countries. There is a total of over 600 active agreements at the end of 2023.

Source: UniTo – Report on Research, Training and Knowledge Transfer Activities 2023 (L. 1/2009)

Mobility Agreements
2023/2024
International mobility agreements (double/joint degrees) 30
Cooperation Agreements Over 520 with 81 countries
Courses of study and curricula delivered in English 26
Students enrolled with a foreign qualification 3500
Activated co-defence theses 150
International doctorates* 2
Erasmus+ Mobility Agreements Over 1500
Source aa. 2022/2023: UniTo in figures and 2023 L.1/2009 Activity Report.  

Source aa. 2023/2024: UniTo in figures and portal page “The international dimension of UniTo” and Activity Report 2023 L.1/2009

*International doctorates are counted as 1 international doctorate + 1 international curriculum

It should be emphasised that the number of Visiting Professors* has also increased considerably over time, in which the University has invested in order to promote an increasingly broader and qualitatively competitive range of courses and to generate a strong impact in the scientific sphere with new research collaborations.

Visiting Professors*
2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023
121 151 131 160
Data source: Innovation and Internationalisation Directorate – agg. February 2024

*Visiting professors are foreign professors who teach at our University for a limited period. In this table, Visiting Professors means the sum of University VPs, VPs of excellence and renowned professors.

All these activities led to the achievement of UniTo’s strategic objective of increasing the university’s presence on the international scene.

Deepen UniTo and the international dimension

Students with specific needs


The graphs describe the increase, since the 2012/13 academic year, of students with special needs who request support from the Office for Students with Disabilities and SLD to benefit from the services/support offered. For the academic year 2023/2024, the expenditure incurred by the University for peer support was € 305,026.00.

In support of this steady growth and in connection with the consolidation and achievement of the strategic objective concerning the culture of equality (Strategic Plan 2021-2026 – Objective 1.2 ‘Consolidate the culture of equality’), the collaboration between the University,

Students with SLD in Unito

Students with disabilities in the Unito

In support of this steady growth and in connection with the consolidation and achievement of the strategic objective concerning the culture of equality (Strategic Plan 2021-2026 – Objective 1.2 “Consolidate a culture of equality”), the 2023, through a specific Memorandum of Understanding, the collaboration between Metropolitan City University of Turin, University of Eastern Piedmont, Trade Union Representatives of the School Sector CISL, CGIL and UIL, with the priority objective of promoting the culture of inclusion and gradually increasing the number of specialised teachers for the activity of didactic support to pupils with disabilities.

In addition, from the 2023-2024 academic year, a new tool has been devised to help students with disabilities and DSA enrolled in the first year of university in relation to specific support needs both for studying and attending courses, and for the time of university examinations: this is the document A TU PER TU (Individualised Agreement in UniTo FOR University support), produced in conjunction with the Office for Students with Disabilities and SLDs, which contains the list of support services that the student or student can make use of, and the compensatory tools and dispensatory measures that they can request during the examination.

Services Available in 2023
For Students with SLD  For Students with Disabilities
Initial reception for future students in their final year of high school, to familiarize them with the university environment and introduce the available support services.
 Physical accompaniment within university facilities.
Peer tutoring (note-taking and/or support for exam preparation).
Specialized tutoring to provide specific support with professional figures experienced in the psycho-pedagogical and IT fields
Support from sign language (LIS) interpreters and communication mediators for deaf students
Personalized support for students with severe disabilities
Hygiene and personal assistance within university facilities
Mediation interventions with professors for exams upon request by professors and/or students, individualized treatment clarifications, compensatory tools, and exemption methods granted under current university regulations
Use of the study room at the Office for Students with Disabilities and SLD for study activities
Free provision of compensatory software for students with SLD to facilitate study activities with dedicated training
Call for student collaborations reserved for students with SLD as peer-to-peer support
Availability of IT workstations accessible to students with motor disabilities, study aids, and IT equipment such as graphic printers, Braille printers, monitors, scanners, etc., as well as tools and software to enhance the accessibility of digital texts, including accessibility to texts with mathematical formulas

The projects and actions implemented by UniTo have contributed to a positive trend in terms of enrolment and the University’s level of attractiveness.

This focus is also reflected in the 2023 FFO allocation, which saw an increase in funds to support students with disabilities and LSD by 62%.

Data source: UniTo 2023 Financial Statements and the 2023 Report on Research, Education, and Technology and Knowledge Transfer Activities (Law 1/2009).

PhDs


As part of the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan – action 3.1.2 “Enhance doctoral programs, also promoting their international dimension,” the University consolidated its third-level educational offerings in 2023. For the XXXIX cycle, the University of Turin offered a total of 64 doctoral programs, 11 of which were joint or consortium programs with other institutions or universities, and 26 were national interest doctoral programs. Notably, UniTo established its first National Interest PhD with administrative headquarters at the University: the National PhD in Food Science, Technology, and Biotechnology, involving 17 other Italian universities.

The employment rate for PhD graduates one year after obtaining their degree is also excellent, reaching 91.6% in 2023, which is in line with the national average of 91.5%.

Data source: University surveys 2023 AlmaLaurea 

Number of PhD scholarships 2021/2022 – 2022/2023 – 2023/2024

2021/2022: 463

2022/2023: 483

2023/2024: 546

Source: UniTo – Report on Research, Training and Technology and Knowledge Transfer Activities 2023 (L. 1/2009)

International competitive calls
2022 2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie 27 proposals submitted,
6 successful
34 proposals submitted,
6 successful (+3 on reserve list)
ERC 16 applicants
(5 for ERC-2023-StG call and 11 for ERC-2023-CoG call), winners 2 ERC Starting Grant
16 applicants
(8 for ERC-2023-StG call and 8 for ERC-2023-CoG call), winners 1 ERC Starting Grant and 3 ERC Consolidator Grant
Source: Activity Report 2022 L.1/2009 and Activity Report 2023 L.1/2009