Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa
University in Napoli, Italy
The Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa (UNISOB) is a non-state ("libera") university in Naples, Italy, which describes itself as the oldest such university in the country. It is secular and non-profit, and its main seat is the Cittadella Monastica, a monumental former convent complex founded in 1582 by Orsola Benincasa, covering 33,000 square metres with historic gardens and terraces overlooking the city and the gulf.
UNISOB has three departments: educational, psychological and communication sciences; legal and economic sciences; and humanities. It offers:
- Three-year bachelor's degrees, e.g. business and green economy, modern languages and cultures, cultural heritage and tourism, communication, education and cognitive psychology
- Five-year single-cycle degrees in law, primary education and conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
- Two-year master's degrees, e.g. digital humanities, tourism management, international communication and cooperation, and psychology
- First- and second-level university master's programmes, a school of journalism and PhD programmes
The university holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE); its international office has information for incoming students and a course catalogue.
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Programmes
Three-year bachelor's degrees (corsi di laurea triennali):
- Economia aziendale e Green Economy
- Lingue e culture moderne
- Scienze dei beni culturali: turismo, arte, archeologia
- Scienze del servizio sociale: diritti e inclusione
- Scienze della comunicazione
- Scienze dell'educazione
- Scienze e tecniche di psicologia cognitiva
Five-year single-cycle degrees: Conservazione e restauro dei beni culturali, Giurisprudenza (law) and Scienze della formazione primaria (primary teaching).
Graduate programmes
Two-year master's degrees (lauree magistrali):
- Comunicazione pubblica e d'impresa
- Consulenza pedagogica
- Digital Humanities. Beni culturali e materie letterarie
- Economia, Management e Sostenibilità
- Lingue moderne per la comunicazione e la cooperazione internazionale
- Management del Turismo
- Programmazione, amministrazione e gestione delle politiche e dei servizi sociali
- Psicologia: risorse umane, ergonomia cognitiva, neuroscienze cognitive
UNISOB also runs first- and second-level university master's programmes (for 2026-27, e.g. food and wine multimedia communication, School Psychopedagogy, early childhood psychopathology), a school of journalism and PhD programmes.