Degree programme choice orientation
SOrT is Sapienza's integrated orientation service. The service has a central office in the University City and help desks located in the various faculties. At SOrT, students can find more specific information about the faculties and degree programmes and receive support in making their choices. The central office and faculty lecturers coordinate orientation and tutoring projects and provide information on the courses offered and the administrative procedures for accessing them.
Orientation initiatives and projects:
1. “Open Doors at Sapienza”.
This initiative, held every year at the University Campus, is the most important event dedicated to new students and others. During the three orientation days, you can meet teachers and other students, receive information, and attend conferences in the Aula Magna presenting the educational offerings of all the University's faculties. The initiative is aimed at anyone who intends to enrol in Sapienza's Bachelor's, Single-Cycle Master's and Master's degree programs, with a particular focus on students in their final years of secondary school. The event is an opportunity for all stakeholders to learn about Sapienza, its educational offerings, its places of study, culture and socializing, and the many services available to students (libraries and study rooms, museums, university residences, sports facilities, university theatre). In addition to information on teaching, during the meetings and at the faculty stands along the university avenues, as well as at the virtual stands, it will be possible to obtain information on the administrative process in general and, more specifically, on the enrolment procedures for the various degree programmes and to obtain specific information on calls for applications to take the entrance exams for the courses.
Furthermore, in order to promote the development of inclusive environments and access to university education, the Department for Relations with Students with Disabilities and SLDs promotes opportunities for discussion on career management through personalised and individualized study plans with the provision of educational and/or financial and/or logistical support available to vulnerable students. Finally, the Department guides students through the procedures for requesting support, indicating the clinical certifications that can be submitted.
2. Sapienza Orientation Portal.
To accompany students in their choice of study program, the University has created an online portal (https://orientamento.uniroma1.it/index.html) that offers an immersive and advance experience of university life: enter with navigable images and videos of the campus, classrooms and laboratories, libraries, theatre, and spaces dedicated to music and sport; access online teaching modules on the main topics covered by the courses; assess and improve your preparation for entrance or knowledge assessment tests.
In addition, the portal is the main point of contact for information on orientation events organized by the various faculties and departments throughout the year and hosts videos presenting the faculties, degree programs, single-cycle Master's programs and Master's programmes, with a particular focus on newly established courses. All orientation initiatives are promoted on the University's social media channels in order to attract the attention of potentially interested students.
3. Self-assessment tools (developed by Sapienza experts and scientifically tested).
a. “Know yourself”: effective in supporting the decision-making process for choosing a study programme. Once completed, the tool provides a personality profile, an academic profile and a professional profile.
b. “Me, myself and others”: this tool measures soft skills, i.e. the skills relevant for entering society and the world of work.
4. “Orientation events”.
The page https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/347362 lists all the orientation events organized by the University, the Faculties, the Departments and the CAD/CdS in chronological order.
The University supports students with disabilities and SLDs in the delicate and important process of orientation, assessment and selection upon admission.
The “Students with Disabilities and SLD” department assesses which individualized methods of completing the entrance tests are necessary in view of the certifications presented by the students.
For enrolment in local or national degree programs with limited enrolment where an entrance test is required, persons with disabilities may request a series of compensatory measures (e.g. dedicated classroom; additional time; reading tutor; accompanying tutor; LIS interpreter; calculator) following the application procedures indicated in the course admission notices.
Finally, the “Students with Disabilities and SLD” department, with the support of specialized tutors, peer tutors and LIS interpreters, is responsible for welcoming those who enrol at Sapienza and find themselves in a vulnerable situation.
***Course activities***
The course employs tutors who support first-year students as they begin their master's degree, providing information about organisational aspects (classrooms and timetables) and initial guidance on completing their educational path. In addition, each year before the start of classes, a presentation of the degree programme is held for new students, involving many of the lecturers who teach on the programme. The tutors selected are specifically trained in the issues surrounding an international degree programme.