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University of Turin, a growing number of employed graduates

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13 December 2016 / in News / by

Good news from the employment front: there’s a growth in the rate of graduates, from the Univerisity of Turin, who are employed three years after obtaining the degree.

As regards 5-year degrees, it is surprising how the top step of the podium of the most employed graduates is occupied by those coming from literary courses, with a rate of employment of nearly 100%.

This informartion is taken from figures of the Sustainability Report, that will be explained during the ceremony of inauguration of the new academic year (Monday, November 28, 10:00 am – Aula Magna of Cavallerizza Reale) by Chancellor Gianmaria Ajani.
The degrees of chemical-pharmaceutical and agricultural-veterinary field placed respectively second and third, with an employment rate of 96.3% and 93.3%.

Instead, if we take master’s degree into consideration, graduates of the Defense and Security branch are more likely to find a job, with 94% of people employed in the Medical sector and 93.6% in the Economic-statistics field.
Even those who have more difficulties in finding a job after the degree, like students of Law, are employed in 71.4% of cases.

“Our task is to train new skills for the territory. Our key word is innovation. Italy needs to create new jobs and universities form the professional profiles. We must remember the article 33 of the Constitution on the right to education with the art. 1, which defines Italy a republic founded on work“, says the Chancellor.

The employment figures of the University of Turin are in contrast with the national average, as is the increase in the enrollments at the Univerisity, from 67,043 students in 2014 to 67,388 in 2015. There’s also a growth in the percentage of those who choose the University of Turin despite coming from other regions: students, who are not from Piedmont, rise by 10%, 8% of them are freshmen.

Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer of the Metropolitan Museum of New York will be guest of honour at the University of Turin

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13 December 2016 / in Events, News / by

Sree Sreenivasan will be guest of honour at the University of Turin on 24th November at 5.00 pm.

The Chief Digital Officer of New York City will tell us his 3-year experience as Digital Communication Officer of the Metropolitan Museum, explaining how the strategy of social media and digital tools for visitors have been reshaped.

Before being chosen by the Mayor of New York, Bill De Blasio, not only did Sree Sreenivasan work as Digital Communication Officer of the Metropolitan Museum, but he also worked at the School of Journalism at the Colombia University for more than 20 years.
Moreover he was nominated for Most Creative People 2015 by the Fast Company magazine, and also as the Most Influential CDO 2016.

The meeting, which will take place at Room 1 of Campus Einaudi (Lungo Dora Siena 68/a), will be presented by Enrico Pasini, managing director of Library, Archive and Museum System of the University of Turin and President of Scientific Committee of the Museum System and by Anna Masera, director of the Master in Journalism of the University of Turin. Maria Beatrice Failla, professor of Museology and Coordinator of the Unit of Turin of the PRIN project (Research Projects of National Interest) “Life of works, from sources to digital” will moderate the debate.

The seminar is organized by the Museum System of the University of Turin in collaboration with directors, curators and communications managers of different museum foundations, including Fondazione Torino Musei, Musei Reali, Museo Egizio, Museo del Cinema, Reggia di Venaria, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Pinacoteca Giovanni and Marella Agnelli. They’re going to liven up the final debate.

You will also have the opportunity to participate in the debate and to talk with Sree Sreenivasan and with the museums of Turin through social media, by using the hashtag #sreeturin.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

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25 November 2016 / in News / by

November 25th has been designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations General Assembly. The Department of Psychology, CUG-Comitato Unico di Garanzia of the University of Turin  and Telefono Rosa Piemonte (Crisis Line Piedmont) are organizing a meeting at the Great Hall of Campus Luigi Einaudi for this occasion. The aim of the meeting is to disclose and comment information on a first survey on how young people perceive violent behaviour, trying to understand how displays of love, attention and protection are instead abuse of power, control and deprivation of the fundamental rights of freedom of every young woman.

More than 5,000 questionnaires, filled out by students of the fifth class of some high schools of Turin and of the province and by students of the University of Turin through the UniQuest platform, were analysed: the aim was not to carry out a statistical examination, but to set a free observatory, that intends to pave the way for further investigations on specific aspects of gender violence among younger men and women.

In a society that is increasingly affected by violence against women, it is important to know the perceptions, ideas and certainties of young men and woman about this question, and above all, we need to understand their languages: only in this way we can intervene efficiently in schools and society, also by using technological means, especially social networks.

On 25th November there will be also a number of speeches that will offer different visions of the phenomenon of violence, that will be analysed from a psychological, legal and educational point of view. After all, what do we really know about male violence against women among young generations? The conference aims to provide a first, although partial, answer.

In the week between 21 and 26 November, the professors of the University of Turin will devote some hours of class to the theme “Gender violence: a multidisciplinary approach in science, history, the arts“.

If you want to check the timetable of lectures, visit the website.

The University of Turin inagurates the New Academic Year

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25 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

On Monday, November 28, at 10:00 am, at the Great Hall of Cavallerizza Reale (Via Verdi, 9 – Torino), there will be the ceremony of inauguration of the Academic Year 2016/2017 of the University of Turin.

Rector Gianmaria Ajani, General Director Loredana Segreto, and Irene Raverta, President of the Student Council of the University of Turin will take part in the ceremony. Tito Boeri of the Bocconi University, INPS President, will deliver the inaugural lecture.

University, innovation and new jobs are the topics of the Inauguration of the Academic Year 2016/2017 of the University of Turin. University education works on a long-term vision, by linking its action to the research, that is the main driver of innovation. As well as addressing social and economic issues, the University of Turin must be able to identify the challenges of delevoped societies, in order to help define responses in terms of solutions and skills of its graduates. The skills for new jobs are the core issue of the Academic year’s inauguration of the University, which wants to have a more and more active relationship towards the territories.

In the afternoon (at 2.30 pm), some researchers of the Univeristy will take part in the panel discussion, moderated by Germano Paini, including Tito Boeri, Federico Butera of the IRSO Foundation, Marco Mancini, Minister of Education, Universities and Research, Mario Rasetti of ISI Foundation and Paul Sestito of Bank of Italy.

“THE UNIVERSITY OF TURIN IN THE GREAT WAR” exhibition

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25 November 2016 / in Events, News / by

On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at 5.30 pm, at the Great Hall of the Rectorate Palace, there will be the inauguration of the exhibition entitled “In the Supreme interest of the Science and the Nation. The University of Turin in the Great War“.

It is organized by the University of Turin on the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the First World War. The exhibition features a large collection of documents and tools from the historical Archive, Libraries and the Scientific and Technological Archive of the University of Turin on the theme of the Great War.The purpose of the exhibition is to enhance the contribution of innovation that the University’s scientific research gave, at that time, to the war. It was aimed to predominantly humanitarian purposes and the preservation of the integrity of the military force, made up mostly by men, who had to confront the first technologies of the industrialized war. The exhibition also highlights the tensions in the Institution, and the sacrifice of its young people, who were recruited as officials in positions closer to the daily drama of the troops, but also the contrast with the neutralist working-class town and a first collective women’s emancipation movement, who had to perform jobs, that were considered and defended as exclusively male roles in the culture of that time.

The exhibition will be open to the public with free admission from 23rd November 2016 to 31st March 2017 in the Rectorate Palace and the University Historical Library “Arturo Graf”.

“MY RESEARCH IN 3 MINUTES”. Speed-contest for PhD theses

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25 November 2016 / in News / by

You have 3 minutes to tell as many years of study and research to an audience of non-specialists. The doctoral research, carried out on a daily basis by doctoral candidates of the Politecnico, is the protagonist.

This was the challenge of “My Research in 3 Minutes“, that was held on 21st November at the Ph.D Graduation Ceremony for Research Doctors of the Politecnico. Jyotishman Ghosh, Ph.D student of the third year in Mechanical Engineering won the top prize of 1.500 Euro with the presentation “Four wheel steering: Drive like Lewis Hamilton!“; the second place went to the project “Vibration control and mitigation in turbomachinery” by Eleonora Gastaldi, Ph.D student of the third year in Aerospace Engineering. On the third step of the podium there’s instead Daniele Jahier Pilone, second year doctoral student in Computer and Systems Engineering, who was awarded the third prize of 500 euro with the thesis “Energy-efficient approximate computing“.

The three winners prevailed over a shortlist of six finalists – the best students of the sixty ones who were presented in the pre-selection phase – , who however had the opportunity to exhibit their thesis projects in front of a jury of science journalists and disseminators, including Stefano Bagnasco (INFN and CentroScienza), Piero Bianucci (science journalist, founder of Tuttoscienze of La Stampa) and Claudia Pregno (TG Leonardo – RAI-3).

MOTOR REHABILITATION and NEUROTECHNOLOGY: from the physiotherapist 2.0 to a bionic man

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25 November 2016 / in News / by

Over the past three decades, the field of Neurotechnologies, Neurorehabilitation and Movement Sciences has undergone a fast development not only in terms of research and didactics, but also in terms of application, in both preventive and rehabilitative process.

On 24th and 25th November (from 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm; from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm) at the Hall of Honor of the Castello del Valentino, the international conference “Tradition and technological innovation in neuromuscular rehabilitation and movement sciences: what is the future?“, organized by the Politecnico di Torino, will take stock of the situation and provide an opportunity for exchanges and continuous training among researchers.

The event will also present latest research works of LISiN, the Laboratory of Engineering of Neuromuscular System – which also celebrates the twentieth anniversary on this occasion – and of its partners, with the participation of research representatives from the University of Birmingham and the Imperial College London.

For more information and registration, please contact: eventi@polito.it

BCG presents “The future makers”, a project for talented students

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25 November 2016 / in News / by

“The future makers” is a project of the BCG – The Boston Consulting Group. BCG is looking for 100 talented students, from 25 Top Universities in Italy, to offer them an opportunity for education and interaction with most influential representatives of the business community.

BGC provides its observatory, its expertise and its network to 100 talented students.
If you want to know more about the project “The future makers” and how to participate, there will be a meeting on Tuesday, 22 November, 2016, from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, in the Aula Rosa (Nuovo Polo Didattico) of the School of Management and Economics of the University of Turin (C.so Unione Sovietica, 218bis – Torino).

If you want to attend the meeting, fill in the registration form no later than 3:00 pm on Monday, 21 November.

II Level Master’s Degree for Crime Scene Investigator at the University of Turin

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25 November 2016 / in News / by

If you want to enroll in the first edition of II Level Master’s Degree for Crime Scene Investigator, you can do it by 19th December, 2016. 

The Master in Scientific investigations and criminal trial is aimed at professionals from different branches of this sector (from the law to biology, chemistry and medicine) and at legal practitioners, future lawyers, consultants and experts, as well as at lawyers, magistrates and judges who are already exercising their profession and feel the need to investigate the issue.
Also members of the police and journalists of court reporting can enroll in this master.

This innovative master will have a multidisciplinary approach, that “aims to help overcome difficulties due to the different communication codes used by science and criminal trial, areas that are now increasingly interconnected“.
These are the words of Francesco Caprioli, director of the course. During the presentation of the Master, he explained that the lectures will deal mainly with the use of chemical-biological and forensic sciences in the investigation and in the criminal trial.

“Anyone who is acquainted with the current dynamics of the criminal justice or even with television schedules, from the news to tv-series, knows how important new scientific fact-finding techniques are, from the analysis of the DNA to the luminol” explains Professor Caprioli. He also says: “Our Master will be preceded by preparatory lessons for those who want to fill any deficit in the three scientific macro-areas of the course (Fundamentals of Criminal Law and Procedure, Fundamentals of Chemistry and Biology, Fundamentals of Forensic Medicine). In addition to the theory, there will be also technical and practical lectures in the laboratory and for those who want, it will be possible to attend an autopsy“.

The course will start on January 13, 2017 and will last a whole year. End: December 2, 2017.

If you are interested in, visit the website of the Master.

Enrollment growth at the University of Turin. There are 15.365 new students.

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16 November 2016 / in News / by

There’s an enrollment growth at the University of Turin. New enrollment figures confirm the positive trend with an increase of 8,32% compared to the last academic year 2015/2016.

There are 15.365 new enrolled students in 3-year or 5-year degree courses, but their number is bound to grow. In fact, the repêchages for Medicine, Health Professions, Veterinary Medicine and Primary Education are still underway.

There’s a high increase especially in the number of students enrolled in the economic and juridical field, with 3630 new students (+ 13,7%) and in the humanistic courses, with a growth of 6220 students (about + 11%). They are followed by the scientific field, with 3853 new freshmen (about +4,7 %), while the health field remains stable with 1662 enrollments.
The elimination of limited enrolment from a number of university courses and the introduction of new courses in the ICT (Information Communication Technology) field certainly helped to raise enrollments.

“The figures, which are constantly growing, confirm the commitment of the University to foster courses, that fit into the changes in the society and in the labour market. These figures are paying back the effort, made to eliminate the limited number in many courses and to ensure more access and right to education”, says Chancelor Gianmaria Ajani. “New freshmen have found in the University of Turin a way to come into contact with the most innovative companies, which are active in international markets and in sciences and technologies. The significant increase in new students enrolment and the good response to the activation of new courses, also in English, are a positive and concrete answer to the assessment of the policies on education that have been implemented“.

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