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International and Italian students can choose between studying one or more free-standing course units, or apply to a full study programme in English.
Full study programmes
The University of Padova offers courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level with English as the language of instruction, as well as short specialisation degrees and doctoral programmes in English.
Degrees completely held in English
Erasmus Mundus Joint programmes at Master level (2nd cycle)
Short specialisation degrees partially or completely offered in English or other languages
International Doctoral programmes
MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses
Course units
The University of Padova offers a wide range of course units held entirely in English (mostly at master level), which are aimed at both its students who wish to improve their language skills and students partecipating in Erasmus and other exchange programmes.
Catalogue of course units held in English
Degree programmes held in English
BACHELOR’s degrees
First-cycle studies lead to a Bachelor’s degree qualification.
School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
School of Engineering
- Information Engineering – new programme 2021/22
School of Psychology
- Psychological Science
- Techniques and methods in Psychological Science – new programme 2021/22
School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage
- Italian Medieval and Renaissance Studies – new programme 2021/22
MASTER’s and SINGLE-CYCLE degrees
Second-cycle and single-cycle studies lead to a Master’s degree qualification.
School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
- Biotechnologies for food science – study track held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘Biotecnologie per l’alimentazione’
- Forest science
- Food and Health – new programme 2021/22
- Italian food and wine
- Sustainable agriculture
School of Economics and Political Sciences
- Business administration
- Economics and finance
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- European and Global Studies
- Human rights and multi-level governance
School of Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Control Systems Engineering
- Cybersecurity
- Energy Engineering – new programme 2021/22
- Environmental engineering
- ICT for Internet and multimedia
- Management Engineering – new programme 2021/22
- Mathematical Engineering
- Water and Geological Risk Engineering – new programme 2021/22
School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage
- Applied sciences to cultural heritage materials and sites – new study track 2021/22 held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘Scienze Archeologiche’
- Communication Strategies – new study track 2021/22 held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘‘Strategie di Comunicazione’
- English studies – new study track 2021/22 held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘Lingue e letterature europee e americane’
- Local development
- Mobility Studies (study track held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘Scienze storiche‘)
School of Medicine
- Medicine and Surgery (single-cycle – 6 years)
- Medical biotechnologies
- Pharmaceutical biotechnologies
School of Psychology
- Clinical, social and intercultural psychology – new programme 2021/22
- Cognitive neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology – new study track 2021/22 held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘Psicologia dello Sviluppo e dell’Educazione’
School of Science
- Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Computer science – new programme 2021/22
- Cybersecurity
- Data science
- Earth Dynamics – new study track 2021/22 held in English of the Master’s degree programme ‘Geologia ambientale e dinamica della terra’
- Geophysics for Natural Risks and Resources
- Marine Biology – new programme 2021/22
- Molecular Biology
- Physics
- Physics of Data
- Sustainable chemistry and techonologies for circular economy – new programme 2021/22
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees
They are offered by the University of Padova in partnership with other European and international universities. Application/selection procedures and deadlines differ from the University of Padova standard procedures.
Please check the list of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees.
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