University towns in the Marche: study in Camerino and Macerata
We are talking about the university cities of Marche, Trieste, and Udine, which can offer different study courses – but also several useful services and discounts – to those who intend to start studying in the region.
University of Camerino
Camerino University (Unicam) is an Italian state university founded in 1336, very old. The structure of the university is divided into five schools:
- School of Architecture and Design: based in Ascoli Piceno;
- School of Biological Sciences and Veterinary Medicine: with offices in Camerino, Matelica, San Benedetto del Tronto;
- Faculty of Law: based in Camerino;
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Products: based in Camerino;
- School of Science and Technology: with offices in Camerino and Ascoli Piceno.
Libraries
The University of Camerino has a powerful library system among which:
- Architecture and Design Library;
- Central Law Library;
- Campus Civil Law Law Library;
- Science Library;
- Environmental Science Library;
- Chemical Sciences Library;
- Library of Veterinary Medicine.
There are also other public libraries in the city for both students and non-students, with spaces set aside for book consultation and study.
Practice and job placement
Work placement is a great opportunity that Italian universities, including the University of Camerino, give to their students. An important connection between the university world and the world of work is moments of meeting with professional and corporate personalities. The stage is an important training opportunity that allows students to practice in a work context. The University of Camerino has contracts with more than 8,000 companies, institutions, administrations, and professional firms.
Accommodations
Some are in the university towns of the Marche different types of student accommodation. At the University of Camerino, in particular, various accommodation facilities are available for students. To use the ERDIS accommodation service, participation in the selection process, which is announced every year, is mandatory.
The ERDIS accommodation facilities for the Camerino HQ are as follows:
- University campus;
- G. D’Avacco University Residence;
- Accommodation E. Mattei 1;
- E. Mattei 2 accommodations;
- New student hall.
Of course, there are many other options in the university towns of Marche, such as student accommodation, hostels, and apartments in Camerino, where you can book cheap dormitories and secure private rooms close to schools and universities, as well as bus and train stations.
Canteen service and transport in the city
As for meals and discounts for students, there is one in the Camerino University canteen as well as one important refreshment point, at low prices.
On means of transport, however, we can say that the service is active Unicammobility, which provides free city transport on some major routes to Unicam undergraduates. The Unicammobilità card is another opportunity that can be obtained at the ticket office for travel for free on city buses and other lines.
Finally, a service Unicambus allows students to leave in the morning and return home in the evening after school, every day from Monday to Friday from any direction, and Ancona on Sunday evening.
The service needs to be booked and the stops are designed to make it easier for students to get to university course locations.
How the University of Macerata is organized
The University of Macerata (Unimc) is an Italian state university even older than Camerino it was founded in 1290. This applies in particular to the ninth oldest university in the world and the fifth in Italy.
The various departments form the basic structure into which the university is divided, organized, and distributed in Macerata’s five departments with related fields of study:
- Economics and law;
- Law;
- Education, Cultural Heritage, and Tourism Sciences;
- Political science, communication, and international relations;
- Humanistic studies.
The University of Macerata also makes available three special schools:
- historical and artistic heritage;
- Trade union, labor, and social law;
- Legal professions of the Universities of Camerino and Macerata.
Furthermore, the “Giacomo Leopardi” School of Higher Studies is added, a university track divided into two classes: a class of social sciences and a class of humanities, in which 10 recent graduates are enrolled every year, who can enjoy various benefits, only while maintaining the university performance required by the School Regulations.
Accommodations
For anyone who needs to find an accommodation solution that best suits their needs in Macerata, the Faro HOUSING service is available, which manages the structures of the University of Macerata. You can book your bed live in a university residence and enjoy the academic experience to the fullest. Available housing solutions with high-quality standards are divided into:
- residence;
- hostels;
- apartments;
- guesthouses.
ERDIS – Regional Authority for the Right to Education – annually, through a competition, it allocates accommodation to students outside the school meeting the requirements set out in the relevant notification.
Canteens and catering services
When it comes to catering services in Marche University towns, there are various options. In Macerata ERDIS operates two canteens:
- Accorretti University Dining Hall;
- the Polo Didattico Bertelli dining room and bar.
As in the city, you need to access the Card institution.
Those who win the scholarship can eat in the canteen for free, all other students have access to it at preferential rates; those without a card can still access dining room service by paying full price.
Libraries
In the university towns of the Marche, as in any other region, the library system is well developed only as an internship at the university, but also public and open to all to support students and others in moments of reading, study, consultation, and research.
In this case, we can say that the university system includes the university teaching library, departmental libraries, and specialized libraries such as the “Antoine Barnave” institutional history library and the Confucius Institute. The entire system makes available a heritage of approximately 600,000 volumes from the 18th century to the present day. These are collections that make available to students documentary resources on various topics that can be useful in various fields of study.
In addition to the university libraries, there are also other libraries open throughout the city of Macerata.
Transport in the city
It is available to all Macerata students dedicated annual pass valid in the city network managed by APM. The price of the annual student pass is discounted, otherwise it is possible to get an ordinary monthly pass. Every student is entitled to discounted subscription prices.
The Marche region is preparing tariff concessions on transport for all students studying in university towns in the Marche, limited to the route between residence and place of study. The situation varies depending on the ISEE. For those who travel by car, it is possible to use Parking places managed by APM at low prices.