Libera Università di Bolzano

All bachelor's programmes are trilingual (Italian, German and English):

• Agriculture and food: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in Mountain Environments; Food and Enogastronomy Sciences
• Design and Art (majors in Art or Design)
• Economics: Economics and Management; Economics, Politics and Ethics; Tourism, Sport and Event Management (Bruneck-Brunico)
• Education (Brixen-Bressanone): Communication Sciences and Culture; Social Education; Social Work
• Engineering: Computer Science; Electronic and Information Engineering; Industrial and Mechanical Engineering; Informatics and Management of Digital Business; Wood Technology

Bachelor's degrees last three years (180 ECTS credits).

• English-taught master's: Environmental Management of Mountain Areas; Food Sciences for Innovation and Authenticity; Horticultural Science; Smart Sustainable Agriculture Systems in Mountain Areas; Eco-Social Design; Data Analytics for Economics and Management; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Tourism Management; Computing for Data Science; Industrial Mechanical Engineering; Energy Engineering; Smart Technologies for Sports and Health; Software Engineering
• Trilingual master's: Accounting and Finance; Public Policy and Innovative Governance; Primary Education; Social Work and Social Policy
• PhDs in food engineering, mountain agriculture, design and art, economics and finance, management, education, linguistics, engineering, computer science and sustainable energy

The application process is online: choose a programme, check the language requirements, apply, register for a language exam if needed, and after admission pay the first instalment of the tuition fees and complete enrolment in the application portal. International degree-seeking applicants follow different procedures depending on their nationality (EU/EEA citizens, non-EU citizens living abroad or in Italy, Italian citizens abroad). Some programmes have separate quotas for EU and non-EU applicants.

Trilingual programmes (all bachelor's and some master's) require B2-level certification in at least two of the three official languages: Italian, German and English. English-taught master's programmes require B2 English. Applicants without a certificate can register for a unibz language exam. Graduates receive a Diploma Supplement showing the language levels they have reached.

Students can apply to the provincial university student support office (Ufficio per il diritto allo studio universitario) for income-based scholarships of €1,680 to €6,960 per year; scholarship holders also get their tuition fees refunded. After the first year, students with an average grade of 27/30 can apply for merit scholarships. Foreign students can also apply for scholarships from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), and the SCAAC programme supports students from countries affected by armed conflict.

Publicly funded student halls in Bozen-Bolzano and Brixen-Bressanone cost €360 for a single room and €270 for a double room; applications usually run online from mid-June to early July and places are allocated by the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano. Private halls in Bozen-Bolzano (such as Pietro Tosolini Student Residence, Ferrari Tower and HIGHFIVEBZ) manage their own admissions and rents, and rooms in flat-shares are advertised online. Each campus has a canteen. The university estimates living costs in the Bozen-Bolzano area at €800 per month or more, excluding tuition.