Mathematics

The degree programme seeks to provide basic training to young researchers and science disseminators and to meet the increasingly emerging demand – in the worlds of industry, banking, insurance and finance, and generally in every high-tech service sector, both nationally and internationally – for staff with adequate and sound mathematical skills. As a result, the learning outcomes of the degree programme include basic knowledge in all areas of mathematics. In addition, particularly in the third year, the programme allows students to tailor their studies according to their different interests, inclinations and cultural and professional aspirations, through the acquisition of further, more specific mathematical knowledge and skills in the theoretical and/or applied modelling field, to complement the founding and characterising knowledge acquired in the first two years.The degree programme further aims to provide a basic grounding in the field of physics and computer science, and also offers the possibility of acquiring further know-how and skills in the fields of science and technology that can immediately be put to use on the job market.The degree programme aims to develop the characteristics of mathematics graduates that are most valued by the labour market: a capacity for synthesis and abstraction resulting in the ability to propose innovative solutions to problems with a critical approach, the ability to understand and model complex problems and systems, accompanied by computer and computational skills.More precisely, the programme includes compulsory training in which basic mathematical knowledge and methods in various areas (Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, Mathematical Physics, Numerical Analysis, Probability) are provided; basic knowledge of Computer Science and General Physics is also provided. The curriculum also includes computer-computational lab activities and elements of the English language.The third year is characterised by a high degree of flexibility, allowing the choice of activities to complement the training in relation to the student's interests and their cultural and professional aspirations. More precisely, the student can choose either a more theoretical or an applied field.In order to enable the acquisition of competences and skills that can immediately be put to use on the job market, the programme offers course units in the following subject areas: statistics, artificial intelligence, operational research, cryptography, logic.Finally, a number of vocational activities provide the possibility of training at external national or international institutions for a period of time. Moreover, there exists the possibility of organising cycles of lectures or seminars held by representatives from the labour market.The degree programme promotes training periods abroad through exchange agreements at locations that deliver training programmes with shared objectives.

Admission to the Programme in Mathematics requires possession of a secondary school diploma or a foreign qualification, recognised as suitable in accordance with current regulations.Additionally, skills and competencies in the following areas are required: • good general knowledge; • good knowledge of basic mathematics provided for in upper secondary school curricula; • good logical-deductive reasoning and verbal comprehension skills.The methods for verifying the knowledge required for admission are defined in the degree programme teaching regulations. If the assessment is not positive, additional learning requirements will be specified (OFA), the fulfilment of which is subject to specific assessment.The relevant testing method is also set out in the degree programme teaching regulations. Students who do not complete the additional learning requirements by the date established by the competent bodies and, in any case, by the end of the first year of the degree programme must repeat enrolment in the same year.