The Italian University education system experiences a major change starting from 1999, when a new regulation enforced by law, according to which so that all courses had to be arranged in agreement with one of the objectives of “Bologna process”, namely Adoption of a system founded upon a two-cycle system, that is a 1st and 2nd level. Entrance to 2nd level cycle will require the completion of a 1st cycle of study, of whose duration cannot be less than three years. As a consequence, for all Italian University schools (with some marginal exceptions) a two-level cycle (degree) system was gradually introduced, so that now this scheme is currently adopted in almost all cases. We may noted that a first 3-yaers level degree (called Laurea Triennale – LT – equivalent to a Bachelor degree) is followed by a second level 2-years degree (called Laurea Specialistica – LS – equivalent to a Master degree). After each of the 2 degrees Universities offer the opportunities to attend first and second level specialization courses (called Masters) which are oriented toward a particular kind of professional activity. In this talk, we will describe the structure of LT and LS, highlighting both the crediting system and the educational goals. We will also compare the structure introduced in the Italian system after 1999 which the situation that was present before, with the aim to highlight pros and cons of the new system. We will do so by referring to the experience maturated at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna (large size — 12k students) and of the University of Ferrara (small size – less than 2k students). We will finally sketch the change which will be introduced in the next few years t cope with the problem introduced by the 1999 change.

On the Introduction of the Bologna Process in the Italian Engineering Schools: The Ferrara and Bologna Experience

SETTI, Gianluca
2007

Abstract

The Italian University education system experiences a major change starting from 1999, when a new regulation enforced by law, according to which so that all courses had to be arranged in agreement with one of the objectives of “Bologna process”, namely Adoption of a system founded upon a two-cycle system, that is a 1st and 2nd level. Entrance to 2nd level cycle will require the completion of a 1st cycle of study, of whose duration cannot be less than three years. As a consequence, for all Italian University schools (with some marginal exceptions) a two-level cycle (degree) system was gradually introduced, so that now this scheme is currently adopted in almost all cases. We may noted that a first 3-yaers level degree (called Laurea Triennale – LT – equivalent to a Bachelor degree) is followed by a second level 2-years degree (called Laurea Specialistica – LS – equivalent to a Master degree). After each of the 2 degrees Universities offer the opportunities to attend first and second level specialization courses (called Masters) which are oriented toward a particular kind of professional activity. In this talk, we will describe the structure of LT and LS, highlighting both the crediting system and the educational goals. We will also compare the structure introduced in the Italian system after 1999 which the situation that was present before, with the aim to highlight pros and cons of the new system. We will do so by referring to the experience maturated at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna (large size — 12k students) and of the University of Ferrara (small size – less than 2k students). We will finally sketch the change which will be introduced in the next few years t cope with the problem introduced by the 1999 change.
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