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Administration, Services and Territory 2025-2026

Master’s degree

Academic year 2025/2026

Digspes

Degree programme: magistrale

Course title (Classe): LM-63 and LM-87

Access type: Unrestricted

Duration: 2 Years

Languages: Italian

Course Director: prof.ssa Chiara Bertone

Student Services Office: Alessandria, Corso T. Borsalino 42 

Teaching locations: Alessandria, Asti

The first course in Italy to combine Public Administration Studies (LM63) with Social Services and Social Policies (LM87), this programme provides administrative, management and planning/programming  skills along with in-depth understanding of the territories and responses to the needs of those who live there.

The first year is common to both programmes (course location: Alessandria)

In the second year:

  • the programme LM87 prepares students to become a specialised Social Worker (course location: Asti)
  • the programme LM63 prepares students to become an executive or manager in public administration or other organisations (course location: Alessandria)

Accessing the course

The Master’s Degree is open to graduates with a basic knowledge in the political-social and legal sectors and, for the LM87 path, in Social Services, acquired in a three-year degree programme (or previous system of degree courses).

Key features

  • territorial focus: ability to carry out research on the territorial dynamics of small and medium-sized cities and rural areas
  • understanding of power dynamics for necessary professional skills in current forms of multi-level governance
  • Workshops to acquire concrete planning skills, also in terms of co-programming of policies and co-planning, and shared management and evaluation of actions.
  • Consolidated network of collaborative partnerships for concrete planning experience (LM63) and high-quality internships (LM87)
  • LM87: anti-oppression perspective and attention to successful implementation of socio-health services in a One-Health approach.
  • LM63: solid historical and theoretical background, to allow strategies of political, socioeconomic and cultural development.

Course Organisation

Courses and programmes

 

For information on teaching programmes, please visit the current year page. The syllabuses of the courses are defined by the lecturers in each academic year, indicating the learning objectives, the content, the examination syllabus and the methods for testing knowledge. This information will be contained in the Syllabi.

Teaching materials: On the DIR page of each course, the lecturers publish organisational announcements on the course of lectures, tutorials and examinations, and make available teaching and study materials.

Study Plan

The study plan contains the subjects and teaching activities envisaged by the degree course. The plan must be completed in each year by students. See the study plan for the

Didactic regulations

The didactic regulations of the Social Work course define the contents of the teaching system and organisational aspects of the course of study, pursuant to provisions of art. 12 of the Ministerial Decree no. 270/2004. The didactic structure and organisation of the course are defined in compliance with the freedom of teaching, and the rights and duties of teachers and students. 

Download the didactic regulations AST 2025/2026

To matriculate/enrol

The CdSM is open access

The Course Council will first verify that applicants hold a degree belonging to the degree classes required for admission to the course. The Teaching Committee will then assess the applicant's personal preparation by analyzing their curriculum vitae to demonstrate that they have acquired basic knowledge in the following areas: political-social, legal, and, for those intending to follow the LM-87 path, social services.

If this knowledge is not clearly evident from the analysis of the curriculum, the Teaching Committee will schedule individual interviews to assess whether the applicant has adequate basic knowledge in the political-social and legal fields and, for those intending to follow the LM-87 path, adequate theoretical, methodological, and ethical knowledge and skills in social work.

Students interested in enrolling in the Master's Degree program in “Administration, Services, and Territory” are informed that individual eligibility interviews will take place on September 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. via the Google Meet platform, using the following link: https://meet.google.com/fky-vjbu-tpd

Graduating

Consult the page with information on graduation

Career and employment opportunities

  • The Public Administration Sciences programme (LM63) prepares students for the role of executive or manager in the Public Administration sector, and for management, consultancy and territorial planning roles in the no - profit sector and in companies, foundations, trade associations, and research institutions.
  • The Social Services and Social Policies programme (LM87) offers access to the State Exam for the Register (Section A) of Specialised Social Workers. It allows graduates to work as experts in the planning and management of social policies and social/territorial services aimed at the care and support of people and communities in public bodies (Local Authorities, Local Health Authorities, Hospital Authorities, Ministries), private structures and the no profit sector, or as freelance professionals.
  • Both programmes develop the skills necessary to pursue PhD studies and research careers.

Need information?
If you are looking for information about lecturers and office hours: UPObook
If you want to contact the Student secretariat UPOanswers
If you want to speak directly with the Secretariat (in case of particularly complex issues): UPOriceve
If you are looking for information on job orientation, internships/internships and job placement: jobplacement@uniupo.it

A complete list of useful contacts can be found on this page of the University website.

Last modified 1 October 2025