The opportunities offered by an international degree programme

There are 3 positions available each  year for the joint double degree programme. In order to be admitted to the double degree programme one must satisfy some criteria. The selection is based on the achievements of the students during the bachelor degree and the first semester of the first year of the programme and it is carried out at the end of the first semester of the first year, in correspondence of the Erasmus selection period; in order to be admitted, one must have obtained at least 10 credits.

The list of all possible destinations (including Lugano) is usually published between January and February of each academic year on AlmaRM. 

The exchange takes place between September and February (5 months) of the second year of the programme.

Here is an updated list of the courses that the students can choose at USI (at least 30 ECTS):

• Artificial intelligence (6 ECTS)
• Deep learning lab (3 ECTS)
• Machine learning (6 ECTS)
• Advanced topics in machine learning (3 ECTS)
• Analysis of social networks(6 ECTS)
• Introduction to data science (6 ECTS)
• Computational biology and drug design(6 ECTS)
• Bioinformatics (6 ECTS)
• Master thesis preparation (6 ECTS)
• Mathematics of machine learning (6 ECTS)
• Introduction to Computational Science (3 ECTS)

The following courses that are more "computational" (but don't require advanced programming skills): 

• Algorithms & Complexity (6 ECTS)
• High performance computing (6 ECTS)
• Efficient computational algorithms (6 ECTS)
• Numerical algorithms (6 ECTS)

In addition, to attend the integrated study programme, students must hold a C1 level certificate for the English language (not older than three years) or have attended a three-year first cycle degree programme in English or be a native speaker.