About the Faculty

The Faculty of Sociology of Trento was the first and for a long time, only Faculty in its kind in Italy. The Faculty certainly contributed to the notoriety of the professional sociologist in Italy.
Thanks to its geographical position the Faculty of Sociology has always been a connecting point between the Mediterranean world and Central Europe, in an exchange and contamination context, which enriches the cultural frame of its courses. The Faculty can also count on a rich tradition of education and research that is constantly renewed to offer the most updated instrumentation for the understanding of society and its many transformations.
Some of the Faculty’s strong points, as regards sociological studies, are the emphasis on the joint development of theoretical and technical- methodological competences, the dialogue between sociological disciplines and social sciences, a strong relation with the most prestigious international research centres.

The Faculty’s international vocation is proclaimed by the chance to carry out an Erasmus programme, a double degree with German, French and Spanish universities, by an international Doctoral course with the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne), as well as by all the other exchange agreements made in the field of European research programmes.
The University of Trento has recently activated the European Sociology Degree in collaboration with other seven European universities. Thanks to this programme students will have the possibility to study in 2 universities, other than the origin university, and to obtain a qualification in each of them.

As regards the job world access, according to the latest official data (AlmaLaurea) more than 80% of the students graduated in Trento, one year after their graduation, have found a job.

In the Faculty of Sociology there are the lecture halls, the laboratories (used both for the research and didactic activities), the study rooms, the computer rooms (rooms with pc reserved to students), the faculty lecturers’ and researchers’ offices, the administration offices, the dean’s office and the IT desk.