Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Academic calendar

The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.

Academic calendar

Course calendar

The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..

Definition of lesson periods
Period From To
I semestre Oct 1, 2020 Jan 29, 2021
II semestre Mar 1, 2021 Jun 11, 2021
Exam sessions
Session From To
Sessione invernale d'esame Feb 1, 2021 Feb 26, 2021
Sessione estiva d'esame Jun 14, 2021 Jul 30, 2021
Sessione autunnale d'esame Sep 1, 2021 Sep 30, 2021
Degree sessions
Session From To
Sessione di laurea estiva Jul 22, 2021 Jul 22, 2021
Sessione di laurea autunnale Oct 14, 2021 Oct 14, 2021
Sessione di laurea invernale Mar 16, 2022 Mar 16, 2022
Holidays
Period From To
Festa dell'Immacolata Dec 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020
Vacanze Natalizie Dec 24, 2020 Jan 3, 2021
Vacanze Pasquali Apr 2, 2021 Apr 5, 2021
Festa del Santo Patrono May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021
Festa della Repubblica Jun 2, 2021 Jun 2, 2021
Vacanze estive Aug 9, 2021 Aug 15, 2021

Exam calendar

Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Science and Engineering Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
If you forgot your login details or have problems logging in, please contact the relevant IT HelpDesk, or check the login details recovery web page.

Exam calendar

Should you have any doubts or questions, please check the Enrollment FAQs

Academic staff

A B C D F G L M O R S

Albi Giacomo

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Albiero Andrea

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Baldo Sisto

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Bos Leonard Peter

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Caliari Marco

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Castellini Alberto

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Cipriani Alessio

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Cozza Vittoria

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Cubico Serena

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Dai Pra Paolo

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Daldosso Nicola

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Delledonne Massimo

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Dipasquale Federico Luigi

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Di Persio Luca

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Favretto Giuseppe

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Gonzato Guido

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Gregorio Enrico

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Laking Rosanna Davison

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Mantese Francesca

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Marigonda Antonio

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Mattiolo Davide

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Mazzuoccolo Giuseppe

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Monti Francesca

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Orlandi Giandomenico

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Foto,  June 23, 2016

Rapa Alessandro

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Rizzi Romeo

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foto,  December 14, 2020

Rubio Y Degrassi Lleonard

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Sala Pietro

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Sansonetto Nicola

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Schiavi Simona

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Schuster Peter Michael

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Segala Roberto

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Solitro Ugo

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Study Plan

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
MAT/05
Final exam
32
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
MAT/05
Final exam
32
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
1 module between the following
Between the years: 1°- 2°
1 module between the following 
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Other activities
4
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.




S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S008275

Credits

6

Coordinator

Giacomo Albi

Language

English en

The teaching is organized as follows:

NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION en

Credits

3

Period

I semestre

Academic staff

Giacomo Albi

MODELLING SEMINAR en

Credits

3

Period

I semestre

Academic staff

Nicola Sansonetto

Learning outcomes

The aim of the first module is to deepen the knowledge and skills especially in the modern theory of dynamical systems and give the student a solid appreciation of the deep connections between mathematics and other scientific disciplines, both in terms of the mathematical problems that they inspire and the important role that mathematics plays in scientific research and industry. Mathematical software tools, and others, will be used to implement algorithms for the solution of the real world problems studied during the course. At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to complete professional and technical tasks of a high level in the context of mathematical modelling and computation, both working alone and in groups. In particular the student will be able to write a model of a real problem, to recognise the effective parameters and analyse the model and its possible implications. The second module wants to provide sufficient theoretical and numerical background for the optimal control of dynamical systems. Such problems will be developed by means of real application examples, and recent research studies. At the end of the course students will be able to decide which numerical method is suitable for the solution of some specific optimal control problems. He/She will be able to provide theoretical results on the controllability and stability of certain optimal control problem and numerical methods. He/She will be able to develop his/her own code, and capable choose the appropriate optimization method for each application shown during the course.

Program

The entire course will be available online. In addition, a number of the lessons/all the lessons (see the course
schedule) will be held in-class.

The course presents different differential models and their control with application in biology, economics and robotics.
The analysis of these models will be enached by the study of theoretical aspects, and the development of several computational methods.

The course is divided in two parts, for the detail program refer to the dedicated page

MODELLING SEMINAR
* Modelling of complex and multi-agent systems (swarming, opinion formaton, Network, and (non-)holonomic systems).
* Bifurcation analysis, and geometric control.

NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION

*Introduction to Optimal control and numerical methods: direct and indirect methods, dynamic programming, Model-Predictive Control.
* Linear and Nonlinear optimization, KKT conditions, gradient methods, quasi-Newton and Newton methods. Convex optimization.
*Examples and exercises with Matlab/Octave.

The program is in accordance with the ECMI standards (European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, https://ecmiindmath.org/)

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
A. Bressan, B. Piccoli Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Control AIMS 2008 1-60133-002-2
Nocedal, Jorge, Stephen Wright Numerical optimization Springer Science & Business Media 2006
Stephen Lynch Dynamical Systems with Applications using Mathematica® (Edizione 1) Birkhäuser 2017 978-3-319-87089-2 Access to the Notebook used in the book https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319614847
Stephen Lynch Dynamical Systems with Applications using MATLAB® (Edizione 2) Birkhäuser 2014 978-3-319-33041-9 Access to the Matlab files used in the book https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319068190
Stephen Lynch Dynamical Systems with Applications using Python® (Edizione 1) Birkhäuser 2018 978-3-030-08624-4 Access to the python files used in the book https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319781440
S. Strogatz Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering Westview Press 2010

Examination Methods

The student is expected to demonstrate the ability to mathematically formalize and solve models used in several scientific discipline, using, adapting and developing the models and advanced methods discussed during the lectures. To that end the final evaluation will consist in a written and oral exam.

Written exam: Questions and exercises the solution could require the use of computer.
Oral exam: Project and discussion of the written exam with questions. The subject of the project should be decided together with the teacher.

The assessment methods could change according to the academic rules.
The online exam is granted for all the students will require it during the academic year 2020/21.



Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Type D and Type F activities

I semestre From 10/1/20 To 1/29/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Algorithms D Roberto Segala (Coordinator)
1° 2° Scientific knowledge and active learning strategies F Francesca Monti (Coordinator)
1° 2° Genetics D Massimo Delledonne (Coordinator)
1° 2° History and Didactics of Geology D Guido Gonzato (Coordinator)
II semestre From 3/1/21 To 6/11/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Advanced topics in financial engineering F Luca Di Persio (Coordinator)
1° 2° Algorithms D Roberto Segala (Coordinator)
1° 2° Python programming language D Vittoria Cozza (Coordinator)
1° 2° Organization Studies D Giuseppe Favretto (Coordinator)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° ECMI modelling week F Not yet assigned
1° 2° ESA Summer of code in space (SOCIS) F Not yet assigned
1° 2° Google summer of code (GSOC) F Not yet assigned
1° 2° Introduzione all'analisi non standard F Sisto Baldo
1° 2° C Programming Language D Pietro Sala (Coordinator)
1° 2° LaTeX Language D Enrico Gregorio (Coordinator)
1° 2° Mathematics mini courses F Marco Caliari (Coordinator)

Career prospects


Module/Programme news

News for students

There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and also via the Univr app.

Alternative learning activities

In order to make the study path more flexible, it is possible to request the substitution of some modules with others of the same course of study in Mathematics at the University of Verona (if the educational objectives of the modules to be substituted have already been achieved in the previous career), or with others of the course of study in Mathematics at the University of Trento.

Documents


Attendance modes and venues

As stated in the Teaching Regulations , except for specific practical or lab activities, attendance is not mandatory. Regarding these activities, please see the web page of each module for information on the number of hours that must be attended on-site.

Part-time enrolment is permitted. Find out more on the Part-time enrolment possibilities page.

The course's teaching activities take place in the Science and Engineering area, which consists of the buildings of Ca‘ Vignal 1, Ca’ Vignal 2, Ca' Vignal 3 and Piramide, located in the Borgo Roma campus. 
Lectures are held in the classrooms of Ca‘ Vignal 1, Ca’ Vignal 2 and Ca' Vignal 3, while practical exercises take place in the teaching laboratories dedicated to the various activities.


Career management


Student login and resources


Graduation

Deadlines and administrative fulfilments

For deadlines, administrative fulfilments and notices on graduation sessions, please refer to the Graduation Sessions - Science and Engineering service.

Need to activate a thesis internship

For thesis-related internships, it is not always necessary to activate an internship through the Internship Office. For further information, please consult the dedicated document, which can be found in the 'Documents' section of the Internships and work orientation - Science e Engineering service.

Final examination regulations

Upon completion of the Master’s degree dissertation students are awarded 32 CFU. The final examination consists of a written dissertation on a specific topic agreed with a supervising professor and presented to a commission (Dissertation Committee).

The dissertation can be high-level theoretical or experimental (in the latter case, it may focus on either basic or applied research), it can deal with a theoretical topic or propose the resolution of a specific problem, or description of a work project, and may be carried out at universities, research institutions, schools, laboratories and companies in the framework of internships, traineeships, study stays in Italy and abroad. The dissertation must be original and written by the student under the guidance of a Supervisor. At the request of the student, the dissertation may be written and presented in Italian.

Professors belonging to the Mathematics Teaching Committee, the Department of Computer Science, and any associated departments may be appointed as Supervisors, as well as any professors from the University of Verona whose area of interest (SSD - Scientific-disciplinary Sector) is included in the teaching regulations of the degree programme.

Students may take the final exam only if meeting all requirements set by the School of Sciences and Engineering.

The Master's degree in Mathematics is obtained by successfully passing the final examination and thus earning the 120 CFU included in the study plan.

The material submitted by the student for the final examination will be examined by the Dissertation Committee, which comprises three professors, possibly including the Supervisor, and appointed by the President of the Teaching Committee. The final examination will be assessed based on the following criteria: the student’s performance during the entire study programme, the knowledge acquired during the dissertation work, their understanding of the topic and autonomy of judgment, their ability to apply such knowledge, and communicate effectively and fully all the outcomes of the work and the main results obtained.

The final examination and the degree ceremony will be carried out, in one of the four graduation sessions throughout the academic year, by the Final Examination Committee appointed by the President of the Teaching Committee, and made up of a president and at least four members chosen from among the professors of the University.

For further information, please refer to the Final examination regulations.

Documents

Title Info File
File pdf 1. Come scrivere una tesi pdf, it, 31 KB, 02/11/22
File pdf 2. How to write a thesis pdf, en, 31 KB, 02/11/22
File pdf 5. Regolamento tesi pdf, it, 171 KB, 20/03/24

List of thesis proposals

theses proposals Research area
Controllo di sistemi multiagente Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization - Hamilton-Jacobi theories, including dynamic programming
Controllo di sistemi multiagente Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization - Manifolds
Controllo di sistemi multiagente Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization - Optimality conditions
Formule di rappresentazione per gradienti generalizzati Mathematics - Analysis
Formule di rappresentazione per gradienti generalizzati Mathematics - Mathematics
Mathematics Bachelor and Master thesis titles Various topics

Erasmus+ and other experiences abroad