Excel in an international and personalized study environment
Founded in 1996, the Università della Svizzera italiana, USI is a member of the Swiss university system, together with other eleven universities. It comprises four Faculties: Architecture, Communication Sciences, Economics and Informatics. As the second-youngest university of Switzerland it has 2486 students from over 40 countries. Its geographical, political and cultural background has enabled USI to grow into a multilingual academic institution with great international openness. USI collaborates with all Swiss and numerous foreign universities. Furthermore USI assists students with internships and job research.
USI offers ideal conditions for study and research,thanks to its small size, close relationships between students and professors, the integration of different disciplines and the top-quality technical infrastructure.
USI in numbers
- 2486 Students from over 40 different countries
- 620 Professors, assistants and researchers
- 3 Bachelor programmes in Italian: Architecture, Communication and Economics
- 1 Bachelor programme in English: Informatics
- 2 Campuses (Lugano, Mendrisio)
- 30 Research institutes
- 16 Master programmes in English in Communication, Economics and Informatics
- 4 Master programmes in Italian
- 5 Phd programmes
- 7 Executive Master programmes
Official homepage: www.unisi.ch/en
We Master. Do you?
The Università della Svizzera italiana offers the following Masters:
Master of Science in Architecture*
Masters of Science in Economics
Banking and Finance, Economia e Politiche Internazionali*, Finance, Management, Public Management and Policy
Masters of Science in Communication
Communication, Management & Health, Public Communication, Gestione dei Media* , Technologies for Human Communication, Technology-Enhanced Communication for Cultural Heritage, Master in Lingua, letteratura e civiltà italiana*
Joint Masters in Economics and Communication
Corporate Communication, Financial Communication, International Tourism, Marketing
Masters of Science in Informatics
Applied Informatics,Computational Science, Dependable Distributed Systems, Embedded Systems Design, Intelligent Systems, Software Design
All Masters marked with a star are held in Italian. All other programmes are taught in English. More information available on: www.master.unisi.ch/en
Come and visit us!
Bachelor Open Days: Interested in our Bachelor programmes?
Come visit USI for two days, take part in the courses, see the campus, tour the city - your hotel stay and all the meals are subsidized by the university, you just have to take care of the transportation to and from Lugano. Register now: ministage 1: 12-13.November 2009 and ministage 2:11-12 March 2010.
Master Open Days: Are you interested in our Master degrees?
Our „Master Meetings“ will take place in May 2009. Download the different dates from the internet and register for this event: www.master.unisi.ch/en/visit-us.htm.
More Information about our open days can be found on www.opendays.unisi.ch.