Università degli Studi
del Piemonte Orientale
“Amedeo Avogadro”
Presentation
WEM
Lisbon, 22nd May 2003
Gisella Favagrossa, Paolo Pomati
The University
• The University of Eastern Piedmont
“Amedeo Avogadro” was established
as an autonomous institution in 1998
and, after its first five years of life, it
has taken its rightful place as a
scientific and cultural hub among
Italian universities.
The Mission
• The aim of this small but promising
university is ambitious, yet quite
feasible.
• Its strength lies in the particularly
favorable teacher-student relations
which allows students to be taken care
of, step by step, throughout their
academic career.
• Credit is due to the university for
having made an attentive analysis of
the novelties ushered by the University
Reform.
What We Offer
• The educational offer spans the full
range of branches of knowledge and
is organized into a wide series of
activities.
• There are basic and characterizing
courses, integrating practices,
laboratories, apprenticeships,
training periods and international
exchanges.
The facilities
• The Rectorate and the Faculties all have a
broad range of facilities and services to
improve the quality of students’ lives and to
assist them before, during and after the
university years.
• This includes IT-laboratories, well-stocked
libraries, special financing for cultural
activities and sport, counseling and prizes
to meritorious students.
• Above all, the centers of studies are
situated in towns whose tranquil, homely
atmosphere helps students to
harmoniously enter university life.
Centers of Study
(Faculties)
ECONOMICS
PHARMACY
LAW
MEDICINE AND
SURGERY
MATHEMATICS,
PHYSICS AND
NATURAL
SCIENCES
POLITICAL
SCIENCES
HUMANITIES
Academic Syllabus
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41 3-year degrees
3 single-cycle specialist degrees
2 Campus One degrees
14 specialist degrees
13 medical specialization schools
8 doctorates
9 masters
Research Departments
• Information Technology
• Public Policy and Public Choice
• Chemistry, Food, Pharmaceutical and
Pharmacological Sciences
• Sciences and Advanced Technologies
• Economics and Quantitative Methods
• Business Management and Territory Planning
• Law and Economics
• Medical Sciences
• Humanities
• Social Research
Towns
Headquarters:
• Alessandria
• Novara
• Vercelli
Centers of studies:
• Acqui Terme
• Asti
• Biella
• Casale Monferrato
• Domodossola
• Verbania
Students
(Academic Year 2002-03)
2500
2000
1960
1420 1408 1338
1500
1036 1052
1000
684
500
248
0
ECO
PHA
LAW HUM
MED
MFN
SPO
INT
Graduates
199798
199899
199900
200001
200102*
TOT
Economics
99
181
215
244
136
875
Pharmacy
30
37
41
70
44
222
106
161
151
157
78
653
Humanities
66
91
100
134
71
462
Medicine and
Surgery
38
68
111
146
163
526
Maths., Phys.,
Nat. Sc.
49
103
107
130
98
487
Political
Sciences
45
62
79
95
62
343
433
703
804
976
652
3568
Faculty
Law
Totals
The Graduate Profile
Key
Piemonte
Or.
Italy
Males
40,6%
42,8%
Females
59,4%
57,2%
Average Age
26,8 y.o.
28 y.o.
Average Score (Exams)
25,9/30
26,2/30
101,8/110
102,5/110
Average Period of Study
7 years
7,1 years
Dissertation Preparation
9,3 months
8,9 months
Frequency Regularity
93,6%
90,8%
Foreign experiences
9,8%
18,8%
Laboratories Usage
69,5%
56,3%
17%
17,9%
69/100
60/100
Average Score (Dissertation)
Stage
Students/Professors Ratio
Centers of Study
• VERCELLI
Left: Headquarters; above: Faculty of
Letters and Philosophy
Centers of Study
• NOVARA
Left: Faculty of Pharmacy; above: Faculty
of Economics
Centers of Study
• ALESSANDRIA
Left: Faculty of Law and Political Sciences;
above: Study Room in St. Maria di Castello
Student Services
COUNSELING
Before University
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Counseling Fair
Newsletter
Meetings with
High Schools
During University
COUNSELING
with Med. Doctors
After University
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Job placement:
Stages
Almalaurea D.B.
Noopolis D.B.
Student Services
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Grants
Rent Grants
Canteen Facilities
Cultural, Social, Leisure & Sports Activities
Part-Time Work
Facilities for Disabled Students
Prizes for Meritorious Students
Study Rooms
IT Laboratories
Libraries
International
Relations
• Socrates II/Erasmus
Faculty
Partner Universities
Economics
Mons (Belgium), Roskilde (Denmark), Marsiglia (France),
Tenerife (Spain)
Pharmacy
Charleroi (Belgium), Helsinki (Finland)
Law
Lisbona (Portugal), Tenerife (Spain), Örebro (Sweden)
Letters and
Philosophy
(Humanities)
Vienna (Austria), Lovanio (Belgium), Copenaghen (Denmark),
Metz, Parigi VII, St. Étienne, Versailles (France), Bochum,
Mannheim, Marburg, Monaco di Baviera, Potsdam (Germany),
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Nottingham (United Kingdom),
Iasi (Romania), Alicante, Castilla La Mancha, Granada, Madrid,
Siviglia, Tenerife (Spain),
Medicine and Surgery
Nizza (France), Marburg (Germany)
Mathematics, Physics
and Natural Sciences
Nizza (France), Varsavia (Poland), Aberdeen (United Kingdom)
Political Sciences
Graz (Austria), Jyväskylá, Lappland-Rovaniemi (Finland),
Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Katowice, Varsavia (Poland),
Castelo Branco (Portugal), Jaen (Spain)
Don’t forget…
WE PROJECT
THE FUTURE
Università degli Studi
del Piemonte Orientale
“Amedeo Avogadro”