Scuola Superiore di Catania - Mediterranean University Centre: Educational Offer
The Centres of Excellence are crossroads of knowledge which originates from all over the world. The Scuola is one of the most prestigious cultural intersection in the Mediterranean Area. The intent on excellence is indissolubly projected towards the international scientific community.
The Scuola Superiore di Catania provides its undergraduate students with advanced teaching in addition to their university courses, training as well as with research periods to guarantee students an extensive, diversified and qualified cultural experience.
Undergraduate education is organised into two classes: Literature and Social Sciences and Experimental Sciences. Please click here for the educational paths a.y. 2011-2012.
Apart from providing students with the competences and instruments needed, the Scuola guarantees them access to university laboratories and those of external agencies, including those for national research like the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, the Astrophysical Observatory, the National Research Council (C.N.R.).
Moreovere, students can benefit from various occasions promoted by the Scuola: fortnightly conferences, lectures and seminars. They offer an opportunity for enrichment as well as links with the highest professionals in work and in research. There is a highly selective entry exam to enable talented youngsters to enter the Scuola. Apart from the courses of the University Programme, each student of the Scuola follows a personalised study programme with at least 7 educational paths, plus seminars and laboratories, supervised by a tutor. From the beginning, students will be involved in the Scuola laboratories as well as in those working on national and international research projects.
