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Social Work 2025-2026

Bachelor’s degree

Academic year 2025/2026

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Course overview

This undergraduate degree course allows you to pursue a career as a social worker, providing you with a wide range of skills in the field. It is strongly interdisciplinary (with content in sociology, political science, social service, law, psychology, foreign language) to prepare you for:

  • Resolving and preventing situations of distress/disadvantage for individuals, families, groups and communities
  • Promoting and coordinating new organisations (including non-profit associations) within the integrated social welfare system
  • Performing roles of organisation, planning and management of social services.

Internships totalling 450 hours and profession-based workshops allow you to put your knowledge into practice regarding the organisation of social services and relationships with users.

Degree programme: 3-year undergraduate full-time or 4 or 6 years part-time contract.
You must obtain 180 CFUs to obtain the degree.

Course title (Classe): L-39 – Servizio sociale

Access type: Unrestricted

Duration: 3 Years

Languages: Italian

Course Director: Prof. Andrea Pogliano

Teaching locations: ASTI - Polo Universitario Rita Levi Montalcini, Piazzale De André

Key features

  • An interdisciplinary and strongly practical course on tackling social problems and their intricacies
  • Tutoring provided throughout the entire programme and internships
  • Interactive teaching with the possibility of putting theory into practice during internships
  • A lively learning environment, with cultural and social initiatives and constant learning opportunities
  • Strong links with regional services, which are actively involved in the course, and lessons from expert users

Career and employment opportunities

After taking the State Exam, you are a qualified Social Worker
Potential workplaces:

  • Local Health Services (Psychiatry Services; Family Counselling clinics; addiction clinics; Hospital Social Services; Rehabilitation and functional re-education…)
  • Regional Services (municipalities and consortiums; working with minors, adults…)
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Prefectures
  • Social cooperatives and foundations
  • Industries and professional associations

The natural academic progression after a Social Work undergraduate degree is the Master’s degree in Society and Local Development, in the Social Work and Political Sciences programme (LM-87), allowing you to qualify as a Specialist Social Worker after taking the relevant State Exam.

Courses and programmes

For information on teaching programmes, please visit the:

The syllabuses of the courses are defined by the lecturers in each academic year, indicating the learning objectives, the contents and the methods for testing knowledge. 

For information on past syllabi, please visit the page dedicated to previous years.

Study plans

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 academic year 2025-2026.

See the study plan for the academic year 2024-2025

See the part -time study plan for the academic year 2025-2026

See the part -time study plan for the academic year 2024-2025

Information on the submission or variation of study plans is published on the Student Secretariat practice page​​​​​

Propaedeuticities (Art. 18)

The link contains the indications concerning propaedeuticities of the various years (under updating).

When a teaching is propaedeutic to another teaching, it is understood that the former must be successfully taken before taking the examination of the latter.

Final exam (Art. 36/37)

The final examination for the award of the degree consists of the oral discussion of a written report on a subject chosen by the student and concerning a topic related to the disciplines that were the subject of the study, or a field in which the internship was carried out, under the supervision of a Course Lecturer. The weighted average of the examination marks and the mark obtained in the final examination contribute to the overall assessment of the degree course.

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 2025/2026 

To matriculate/enrol

All information is available on the Matriculation page.

Assessment of Incoming Skills
Newly enrolled students are required to take an initial skills assessment test.

The test is mandatory in order to evaluate the students’ initial level of preparation; however, it does not affect admission to the programme.

Students may choose to take the test on one of the following dates:

  • Friday, 10 October 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

  • Friday, 17 October 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

 

Graduating

Consult the page with information on graduation

Student Representatives
All information is available on the Student Representatives page.

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.

Internationalisation

Erasmus Agreements with DIGSPES

  • Bulgaria: "National and World Economics" (Sofia).
  • Repubblica Ceca: Hradec, Masaryk (Brno). 
  • Finlandia: Tampere.
  • Francia: Savoie (Chambéry), Sud-Toulon-Var (Tolone), Sophia-Antipolis (Nizza), Rouen, Rennes I, Reims-Champagne-Ardenne (Reims), Catholique de Lyon, Paris Nanterres (Parigi), Montpellier, Strasbourg. 
  • Germania: Treviri, Marburg. 
  • Lituania: Kaunas. 
  • Malta: Malta (Msida). 
  • Polonia: “Karol Adamiecki Economiczny” (Katowice), “Jagellllonsky” (Cracovia), "Lazarki School of commerce and law" (Varsavia). 
  • Portogallo: Castelo Branco, Lisbona, Porto. 
  • Regno Unito: Winchester. Romania: “1 Decembrie 1918” (Alba Iulia). 
  • Spagna: Alicante, "Miguel Hernandez" (Elche), Jaen, Murcia, La Laguna (Tenerife), "Rovira i Virgili" (Tarragona).

International opportunities

Students are encouraged to join international mobility programmes, including Erasmus e Free Mover.

Quality Assurance CDS
The quality assurance of teaching is carried out in line with the policies defined by the University and is implemented and monitored by evaluating the management of the educational offer, with a view to continuous improvement. At BoD level, quality assurance is entrusted to the Quality Assurance/Review Group.

The CdS Quality Assurance/Review Group in Social Work: proff. Prof. Andrea Pogliano, Prof.ssa Elena Allegri; dal rag. Andrea Gasti (PTA representative), Mattia Virgili (student representative).

The documents relating to the quality of the CoS can be consulted in the dedicated section.

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Last modified 9 September 2025