University of Milano-Bicocca - UNIMIB (reviews)

I personally find Milano Bicocca’university well organised and structured.
You can find many facilities inside the buildings such as cafeterias, canteen, studying room, and water dispensers.
There is an app that helps find classrooms, classes and schedules according to the courses followed. Using this app it is also possible to reserve whole areas.
In general, many activities take place there, not only study-related. Students’ groups often organise them and promote debate and socialisation among students.
It is also an international environment where you can find people from different countries taking part to exchange programmes

Going to the University of Milano to study finance was a big opportunity for me to develop my social skills by communicating with a lot of highly educated professional players. I made good connections and was happy to be introduced to new technologies in financial speculation and crypto in addition to traditional finance theory. Becoming part of an established institution like this is an amazing experience I would recommend for anyone to try. I became much more confident in my knowledge and skills and learned valuable project management skills that were passed on from the best in the sphere. The city is also a great ground for creating your career in the beginning. There is also a strong international community of students that is also very valuable for me to this day.

The program started off really well, my first year(I’d say semester though since covid-19 happened and changed things up) was really good, most classes were interesting and the professors were pretty good. At first, when covid happened, I’d say the program handled the situation pretty well, they all provided recorded lessons and were available to the students if they had any difficulties. Things started to get worse in my second year when a lot of the professors wanted us to make group projects without any of us actually having met any of the other students. But if you could surpass those hardships I’d say the program is mostly good. The biggest cons I can think of are that the program has too many subjects, in my opinion, which are really not necessary for everyone and that takes away the focus from the most important subject: the language you choose. I personally chose Japanese, I’m in my third year now and I’ve always done really well in exams for Japanese, the problem is I don’t really know how to speak Japanese yet; I studied perfectly for 3 years and yet I’m at a really basic level, which is not very good in my opinion.
I hope you considerate these things before enrolling!

The environment around and the classrooms are nice and cool in summer but as a university, it is very poorly organized. As soon as you start attending it and getting to know the system but above all the teachers you understand that there you are considered only a number.

What I recommend for those who want to choose it is to do research on the professors, some of them do not even have a university professor’s curriculum and if you can go and listen to some lectures on the subjects that interest you or some oral exam.

For those wishing to undertake the course of economics, there is an exam that lasts only 10 min and there are 10 questions for which you have 1 min per question. Now think when you get the question of calculating accruals and deferrals, 1 minute is not enough for you to do the calculations (you don’t even have space to do some calculations).

I remember once that out of 230 people who had attended this exam only 2 people had passed. Do the math yourself. Furthermore, the teacher whose name I do not want to say was very “friendly” with the rector and it was she who had chosen this method of evaluation.

Although we all complained that it was an unfair method of evaluation, it remained that way for years.
Once to make fun of us with a smile on his face he replied saying: nobody passes my exam neither on the first nor on the second attempt….

I write this comment in the hope that the reader does not make the same mistake that I did. Find out first, it’s a lifestyle choice, don’t take it lightly.

About the university what I like most is the environment. The university has a good environment that helps students to work really hard to reach their goals. I like also the structure of the courses that are really complete!
I would like to have some courses more specific about the work that I don’t have done yet, I hope for the future!

I really think my university is one of the best in Milan. My programme Social Work is very interesting because professors are qualified and they teach with enthusiasm and passion every time. This university offers big career prospects because many students have found work in the social field after the degree. Also, life on the campus is really fun and you can meet students from all over the world. The only thing that I would change are the facilities, they need to be renewed a little.

Modern and efficient university, with state of the art laboratories, innovative professors and international students. The faculties include humanistic and scientific disciplines. The opportunities are wide. The bureaucracy is acceptable. The campus is missing green spaces. The canteen prices aren’t cheap.

Bicocca University has many courses. Mine is primary education (5year bachelor). The university isn’t really close to the center of Milan, but it is still easily accessible through train (Greco Pirelli station) and underground (M5). Most of the buildings are close to each other, making it easy to move around. It is also filled with restaurants and has a cinema near, to let young people enjoy their time there.
About the course itself, Primary education is indeed a very filled course (7 subjects or more each year, labs and internship every year) and it’s well thought to make you become a great teacher. Sometimes, though, it is very heavy to do everything on time and in a good way. Some professors will explain something they don’t follow either, but that’s alright. Many classrooms have very poor lighting and no windows, especially in U7 (CIVITAS) where the biggest rooms look like a literal buildings. It’s not so nice to work in there, but survivable.
In general, the university is very updated and is pretty cheap too compared to the biggest ones in Milan, but offer many opportunities even outside the bachelor courses (ex: photography courses, a gym, University sports teams..) and always consult the student’s representatives (which are students as well) for anything. They’re also building a park for the students near the biggest and central building since the place lacks green spaces. There’s also Hangar Bicocca near, which is a modern and contemporary art museum that gives opportunities to many emergent artists and it’s completely free.