Introducing
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Who we are
• Lombardy: a region in the heart of Europe
o among the highest GDP per capita o more than 10 million inhabitants • A State University:
o about 16,000 students (undergraduates and graduates)
o about 300 PhD students
o 7% student growth rate per year between 2001 and 2011
o teaching staff: 331 (professors and researchers) and about 60
international teaching staff o administrative staff: 230
Where we are
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Cultural and social environment
o a medieval town with a key historical role
o a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe
˗ (Bergamo airport is the Southern Europe hub for Ryanair and other low cost airlines, turning over ca. 9 million passengers in 2014)
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Economic features of the region
o multinational companies based in the Bergamo area: Brembo, Gewiss, Italcementi, SIAD, Tenaris Group
o among the highest entrepreneurship
indexes (SMEs)
o export-oriented specialized
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What we teach and research - UniBG
• Campus of Humanities
o in the “Upper Town”
• Campus of Economics and Law
o in the city of Bergamo
walking distance - train station
district heating grid & 142 kWp solar panels
• Campus of Engineering
o in Dalmine (industrial area)
district heating grid & 102 kWp solar panels
o inside the science park “Kilometro Rosso” 4 Humanities Economics and Law Caravaggio Airport Dalmine
A new idea of University
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Breaking traditional boundaries
o Time
˗ Lifelong-learning education
o Space
˗ Long-distance learning (Open Universities)
˗ Network Universities
o Content
˗ Cooperation with the industry and the government
˗ Joint research-centre
˗ Multi-disciplinary research teams on strategic topics (territorial dynamics, educational system, ageing, pervasive technologies, etc.)
Sustainable fees for a sustainable university
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The average fees @UniBg are 1,058 € per student
o Among the less expensive university in northern Italy•
UniBg is moving towards a hybrid and sustainable
funding model
o State contribution is co-financed with private endowments and with private research contracts
Internationalization of the teaching programs
o Six Master’s Degree programs
entirely taught in English:
Tourism Management
Economics and Business Administration
Management Engineering
Clinical Psychology
o PhD programs taught in English
o Growing percentage of international students (currently 5%)
o International university, about 60 foreign professors
coming from 15 countries actively involved in teaching and more than 20 visiting professors
This year’s enrolments
Department Enrollments Δ% 2014 vs. 2013 Next Target (AA 15/16) Target Unibg 2020 (AA 19/20) Distance from 2020 target 04/11/2014 EnrolledManagement, Economics and
Quantitative Methods +41,2% 770 850 -8,9% 774
Law -10,5% 300 350 -36,0% 224
Engineering and Applied
Sciences +47,3% 470 550 -0,2% 549 Foreign Languages, Literatures
and Communication Studies +21,2% 1.000 1.000 +7,5% 1.075
Human and Social Sciences +41,2% 950 1.000 +7,7% 1.077
Letters and Philosophy +11,1% 160 250 -41,2% 147
University state-funding allocation 2014
– Source: Il Sole 24 Ore website, December 18, 2014
– Interministerial decree n. 893/2014, Table 5
The University of Bergamo gained the most from the new
allocation of state-funds (FFO) in 2014 based on an efficiency indicator: the standard cost and the quality of research.
University Research Centres
• CCI - Research Centre on International Cooperation
o UNESCO Chair - Human Rights and the Ethics of International Cooperation
o CRDN - Research Community Cultures Religions Rights Non-violence
o FinDev - Research Group Finance and Development.
• CAV - Centre for Visual Arts
• CCSE - CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe
o HERe4I – Higher Education Research for Italy
• CE.R.CO - Research Centre on the Complexity
• CST - "Lelio Pagani" Centre for Territorial Studies
o CeSTIT - Research Center on Tourism Destinations and Heritage Interpretation
o Diathesis Cartographic Workshop
o CORES - Research group on Consumption, Networks and Practices of Sustainable Economies
• CYFE - Center for Young and Family Enterprise
• GITT - Centre on Innovation Management and Technology Transfer
Departmental Research Centres
• CASI - Centre for Statistical Analyses and Survey Interviewing • CERLIS - Research Centre on Languages for Specific Purposes • CISAM - International Centre for Studies on the Avant-garde
and Modernity
• COGES - Centre on Innovation and Knowledge Management
• CRiLeF - Research Centre on Linguistics and Philology • ELab - Entrepreneurial Lab, Centre for Research on
Entrepreneurship
• ISHTAR - Indeterministic Sciences and
Historico-philosophical Transdisciplinar Advanced Research Centre • ORA - Research Centre on Time and Its Signs
Devoted centers
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for improving competences in languages
o CCL = Centro competenza lingue
o CIS = Centro italiano per stranieri - Centre of Italian for Foreigners
Teaching and Studying in an international perspective
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Partnerships for student mobility
outside Europe
in Europe
Exchange programs A. Y. 2014-2015
Languages, Literatures Communication 53 Institutions 10 EU + 4 extra EU Engegneering (2 Dep.) 19 Institutions 8 EU + 3 extra EU Ecomomics 35 Institutions 12 EU + 3 extra EULetters and Philosophy
12 Institutions 5 EU + 2 extra EU
Law
16 Institutions 8 EU + 2 extra EU
Human and Social Sciences
18 Institutions 10 EU + 2 extra EU
Internationalization of Master Courses
• Economics and Global Markets
o (Dep.: Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi • Clinical Psychology for Individuals, Families and
Organizations
o (Dep.: Scienze umane e sociali)
• Management Engineering / Ingegneria gestionale o (Dep.: Ingegneria)
• Management, Finance, and International Business / Management, finanza e International Business
o (Dep.. Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi)
1. Management, Leadership, Marketing
2. International Business and Finance
• Planning and Management of Tourism Systems /
Progettazione e gestione dei sistemi turistici o (Dep.: Lingue, Letterature straniere e Comunicazione)
DOUBLE DEGREE
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MASTER LEVEL
(Department: Lingue, Letterature straniere e comunicazione)
• Laurea Magistrale in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione e la cooperazione internazionale + Master II Commerce international et langues appliquées
o partner: Université de Lyon 2 (France)
• Laurea Magistrale in Lingue e Letterature Europee e Panamericane + M.A. in Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
o partner: Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)
• Laurea Magistrale in Comunicazione, informazione, editoria + M.A. in Corporate and Organizational Communication,
o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA)
• Laurea Magistrale in Progettazione e Gestione di Sistemi Turistici + M.A. in “Hospitality and Tourism Management”
SUMMER SCHOOLS at University of Bergamo
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Summer Business Program
o partner: University of Missouri , Columbia (USA)
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Humanities Summer Program,
o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA)
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Summer Program on Management
Engineering / Global Business Management
o partner: Universität Augsburg (D)SPECIAL PROGRAMS (Master Level)
• Boarding Pass
o Partners: Università di Bergamo (I) Freie Universität Berlin (D), IÉSEG School of Management Lille (F), Technische Universität Chemnitz (D), University of Washington Bothell (Seattle, USA)
• Global Business Program (MA in Management, Finance and International Business)
o Partners: Università Bergamo (I) , Universität Linz (A), Nižnij Novgorod School of Economics (Russia)
• Master Mundus
o Partners: Bergamo (I) Perpignan (FR) , Santiago de Compostela (ES),
Sheffield (UK), St. Andrews (UK), Lisbona (PT), Poznan (PL) , Guelph (CA)
• Smarter Citizens
o Partner: Università di Bergamo (I) ,Harvard University - Graduate School of Design (USA)
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International PhD programs
EMJD ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Doctorate
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Cultural Studies in Literary Interzones
o Partner: Perpignan, Tübingen, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi
PhDNet
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Literary and Cultural Studies (European Network)
o Partner: Gießen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Lisbon•
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