Analysis of Universities in Italy

Index:▶ How many freshmen? ▶ Statistics of freshmen from 2001 to 2008 ▶ Most popular fields of studying chosen by freshmen

▶ Explanation of the previous table ▶ How is the Italian university system structured? ▶ What are the solutions most chosen by freshmen?▶ What gender is the most diffused among students?

▶ A more visible solutions of the previous table▶ Study of the chart: Male vs Female

▶ Is there any difference between the north and the south Italy education?

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How many freshmen?

307 thousands are the new freshman that in the year 2007/2008 enrolled, for the very first time, at university. This number has consistently increased compared to the one of the previous year (-0.3%). However, in 2000/2001 we already assisted to an increase of enrolled (+2,1% compared to the previous year). This increase was confirmed also in the following years, when in 2002/2003 the registrations increased of even 12,4%, an additional 3,6% in the following year, and 2,2% in 2004/2005.After this great augmentation of freshman, Italy has witnessed to a massive drop of enrolments registered until 2006/2007 (-5%).

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Statistics of Freshmen from 2001/02 to 2007/08

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2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/0865

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

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74 74.473.3

72.6

68.6 68.3

The most popular field of studying among freshmen Group 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

Scientific 11770 13229 13706 14007 13755 13067 13107Pharmaceutic 9506 10685 11069 11313 11109 10554 10585Biologic 15137 17014 17626 18014 17690 16806 16856Medical 25029 28133 29145 29787 29250 27788 27871Egeneering 35414 39805 41238 42146 41387 39318 39436Leterary 28053 31532 32667 33385 32784 31145 31239Economic 43047 48385 50127 51229 50307 47792 47935Juridical 36252 40747 42214 43143 42366 40248 40369Linguistic 17894 20113 20837 21295 20912 19866 19926Teaching 14985 16843 17449 17833 17512 16637 16687Psycological 13890 15612 16174 16530 16233 15421 15467

Total 250977 282098 292254 298683 293307 278642 279478 Index

By looking at the previous table, it is possible to analyze the average increase among the given years. As a matter of fact the average increase is 1,97%; whereas, the maximum increase (12,4%) was in 2002/03.

2001/02 2,10%2002/03 12,40%2003/04 3,60%2004/05 2,20%2005/06 -1,80%2006/07 -5%2007/08 0,30%

Average of increase from 2001 to 2008 1,97%Maximum range of increase 12,40%

See the statistics of freshmen

According to the table shown two slides before, it possible to see that the field of studying which has had more enrolments among 2001- 2008 is Economics. However, also literary and engineering have a substantial enrolment of students.

Scien-tific5%

Pharmaceutic4%

Biologic6%

Medical10%

Egeneering14%

Leterary11%

Economic17%

Juridical14%

Linguistic7%

Teaching6%

Psyco-log-ical6%

Fields of Studying

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How is the Italian university system structured?

Degree: it lasts three years and it allows to work already at the age of 22.

Master: it can be done by people that already have a degree. It is usually done in order to increase and specify the knowledge acquired during the previous years.

Degree “Magistrale”: it lasts five years, and it includes only certain Majors, such as: Medicine, Law, and Pharmacy.

“Specialistica”: it lasts only two years and it is possible to accessed only after a degree.

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What are the solutions most chosen by freshmen?

In 2007/08 the majority of registrations (83,4%) is for the three years degree. The rest, with is of 16,6%, chooses the longer degrees, such as: Medicine, Architecture, Pharmacy and so forth.

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Distribution of freshmen

3 years degree 5 years degree

What gender is most diffused among students?

Group Total Men (%) Men (N°) Women (%) Women (N°)           Scientific 11324 69,4 19183 30,6 14789Pharmaceutic 9146 35,8 12420 64,2 15018Biologic 14564 36,4 19865 63,6 23827Medical 24081 35,8 32702 64,2 39541Egeneering 34073 79,8 61263 20,2 40956Leterary 26991 31,8 35574 68,2 45399Economic 41417 52,2 63037 47,8 61214Juridical 34879 39,7 48726 60,3 55911Linguistic 17216 18,4 20384 81,6 31264Teaching 14418 9 15716 91 27538Psycological 13364 18,1 15783 81,9 24309

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▶ A more visible solution of the previous table.

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Study of the chart: Male vs Female. Overall the field of studying considered, the female gender is the most

diffused. Nevertheless, the maximum concentration is above all in humanistic studies such as: Languages, Psychology, Literature and Teaching (91%). Although so, a very high number of women can be found also in degrees such as Pharmacy and Medicine. However, the male gender is more likely to be found into economics or mathematics fields; for instance, a very high rate is on Engineering (79,8%), Economics and Science.

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Is there any difference between the north and the south Italy education? There is a huge difference between the education proposed in

the north of Italy compered to the south. As a matter of fact, all the Italian top universities are located further than Rome (this latter included).

As following the list of the Top Universites (public and private):Università di Trento Bocconi, MilanoPolitecnico di Milano Luiss, Roma Università di Bologna Campus Biomedico, RomaUniversità di Verona Università Cattolica

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Presentation of:Virginia Tartabini

CS 110Professor Marco Scaramastra