Historical studies
Course Description
Level: Degree Programme
Degree Class:
L-42 R - Content in Italian
Storia
Department: CIVILISATIONS AND FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Admission: Free
CFUs: 180
Duration: 3 years
Website: http://www.cfs.unipi.it/cdlstoria/
English Italian
Pisa
- Ancient History
- Medieval History
- Modern and Contemporary History
Per accedere al corso di laurea gli studenti devono essere in possesso di un diploma di scuola secondaria superiore, e devono dimostrare di padroneggiare la lingua italiana nell'espressione scritta e orale.
Il Corso di Laurea, nell'ambito del Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere, organizza ogni anno (a settembre e a gennaio) dei test autovalutativi di ingresso per evidenziare eventuali lacune degli studenti nella comprensione di testi storiografici e permettere l'istituzione di corsi dedicati al rafforzamento delle competenze di base dello studente.
Per l'ammissione al Corso sono richieste le conoscenze di base che di norma si acquisiscono con un Diploma di Scuola media superiore di indirizzo umanistico. In ogni caso, chiunque si iscriva dovrà possedere: la capacità di esprimersi perfettamente in italiano scritto e orale; una buona formazione culturale di base. Qualora il diploma di Scuola media superiore sia stato conseguito all'estero, deve esserne riconosciuta l'equipollenza.
Gli studenti che intendono iscriversi al corso devono superare il test d'ingresso per i corsi di laurea triennali organizzato dal Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere dell'Università di Pisa (Test di valutazione/TOLC-SU: https://www.cfs.unipi.it/studenti/test-di-accesso/). Il TOLC-SU è obbligatorio. Esso consiste in 50 quesiti suddivisi in 3 sezioni (Comprensione, del testo e conoscenza della lingua italiana; Conoscenze e competenze acquisite negli studi; Ragionamento logico-critico non formalizzato). Ogni domanda corretta equivale a 1 punto. La prova è da considerarsi superata se: a) il punteggio totale è uguale/superiore a 23.5 oppure b) il punteggio relativo alla sezione 'Comprensione del testo e conoscenza della lingua italiana' è uguale/superiore a 12.5. Nel caso di mancato superamento del TOLC-SU gli studenti dovranno frequentare il Corso di recupero OFA erogato dal Dipartimento, dimostrando di aver colmato le lacune secondo le modalità di accertamento stabilite. Tutte le informazioni di dettaglio sono precisate sull'apposita sezione del sito del Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere, 'area studenti' – 'test di valutazione iniziale'.
Course Evaluations
Contacts
Presidente del Corso di Laurea
Alma Poloni
Email: Alma Poloni@unipi.it
Referente didattico
Stefano Bellani
Tel. (+39) 050 2216033
Email: stefano.bellani@unipi.it
Unità Didattica del Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere: https://www.cfs.unipi.it/studiare-a-cfs/coordinamento-didattico
Orario di ricevimento: Solo su appuntamento da concordare telefonicamente (+39) 050 2216033: stefano.bellani@unipi.it
Study Plan
For students enrolled in the academic year 2025/2026
Storia antica
Required
- History of the near ancient east (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Greek history (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Roman history (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Test di valutazione iniziale (2 CFU)
- History assessment test (2 CFU)
Lingua b - lab obbligatorio (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
Gr geo i anno (6 CFU) (6 CFU)
- Development geography (6 CFU)
- Economic geography (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Political geography (6 CFU)
- Cartography (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
Gr rel i anno st ant / st med (6 CFU)
- History of religions a (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Medieval church history (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- History of the ancient christianity (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Hebrew language (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Religious history of the modern age (6 CFU)
Required
- Medieval history i (12 CFU)
- Italian literature (12 CFU)
- Istituzioni di antropologia culturale (6 CFU)
Gr arch II anno st ant (12 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology (12 CFU)
- Institutions of archeology and history of greek and roman art (12 CFU)
- Archaeology and history of greek art (12 CFU)
- Archaeology and history of roman art (12 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology (6 CFU)
- Foundations of archaeology and history of the greek art ( for not archaeologists ) (6 CFU)
- Foundations of roman archaeology and history of art (6 CFU)
Gr stoa (6 CFU)
- Contemporary history institutions (6 CFU)
- Principles of modern history (6 CFU)
Gr lant II anno st ant (12 CFU)
- Introduction to the latin language (6 CFU)
- Latin language (6 CFU)
- Ancient greek for beginners workshop (6 CFU)
- Latin language and literature i (ca;cl;co) (12 CFU)
- Greek language and literature (12 CFU)
Required
- Final exam (9 CFU)
Gr aff2 III anno st ant (12 CFU)
- Quantitative methods for the humanities and social sciences (3 CFU)
- Human geography (12 CFU)
- Contemporary history institutions (6 CFU)
- Principles of modern history (6 CFU)
- History of political institutions (6 CFU)
- Bibliography (6 CFU)
- Medieval sources exegesis (6 CFU)
- Language skills (3 CFU)
- Arabic language i (6 CFU)
- Egyptology (6 CFU)
- Methods of archaeological research (6 CFU)
- Institutions of archeology and history of greek and roman art (12 CFU)
- Numismatica (6 CFU)
- Istituzioni di storia bizantina (6 CFU)
- Hebrew literature (6 CFU)
- Analysis laboratory for archival sources (3 CFU)
- Democracy, justice and peace laboratory (3 CFU)
- Hebrew language (6 CFU)
- Foundations of archaeology and history of the greek art ( for not archaeologists ) (6 CFU)
- Foundations of roman archaeology and history of art (6 CFU)
- Metodologie della ricerca antropologica (6 CFU)
- History of medieval art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
Gr fil III anno st ant / st med / st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- Aesthetics (12 CFU)
- Moral philosophy (12 CFU)
- Theoretical philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of ancient philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of medieval philosophy (12 CFU)
- Introductory of history of modern philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of medieval philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of ancient philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of modern and contemporary philosophy (12 CFU)
Gr epi III anno st ant (6 CFU)
- Greek epigraphy a (6 CFU)
- Latin epigraphy a (6 CFU)
Gr extr III anno st ant (6 CFU)
- History of the united states of america a (6 CFU)
- History of africa a (6 CFU)
- History of africa b (6 CFU)
- History of international relations (6 CFU)
- Islamologia (6 CFU)
- History of the near east (6 CFU)
- History of eastern asia a (6 CFU)
- Contemporary international history (6 CFU)
Abilità informatiche (3 CFU)
Storia medievale
Lingua b - lab obbligatorio (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
Gr geo i anno (6 CFU)
- Development geography (6 CFU)
- Economic geography (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Political geography (6 CFU)
- Cartography (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
Gr rel i anno st ant / st med (6 CFU)
- History of religions a (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Medieval church history (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- History of the ancient christianity (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Hebrew language (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Religious history of the modern age (6 CFU)
Gruppo storia antica (12 CFU)
- Greek history (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Roman history (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Esami storia di base (24 CFU)
- Contemporary history i (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Medieval history i (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Modern history i (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Test di valutazione (2 CFU)
- History assessment test (2 CFU)
Required
Gr bib II anno st med (12 CFU)
- Latin paleography (12 CFU)
- Bibliography (6 CFU)
- Medieval sources exegesis (6 CFU)
- Printing and publishing history (6 CFU)
- Foundations of archival studies (6 CFU)
- Archival general (12 CFU)
Gr lant II anno st med (12 CFU)
- Introduction to the latin language (6 CFU)
- Latin language (6 CFU)
- Ancient greek for beginners workshop (6 CFU)
- Latin language and literature i (ca;cl;co) (12 CFU)
- Hebrew language (6 CFU)
- Greek language and literature (12 CFU)
Gr lett II anno st med (12 CFU)
- Italian literature (12 CFU)
- Contemporary italian literature (12 CFU)
Gr sto II - II anno st med (6 CFU)
- Storia del basso medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia del pieno medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia dell'alto medioevo (6 CFU)
Esame storia di base (12 CFU)
- Contemporary history i (12 CFU)
- Medieval history i (12 CFU)
- Modern history i (12 CFU)
Required
- Final exam (9 CFU)
Gr fil III anno st ant / st med / st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- Aesthetics (12 CFU)
- Moral philosophy (12 CFU)
- Theoretical philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of ancient philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of medieval philosophy (12 CFU)
- Hebrew literature (6 CFU)
- Hebrew language (6 CFU)
- Introductory of history of modern philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of medieval philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of ancient philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of modern and contemporary philosophy (12 CFU)
Gr extr III anno st med (6 CFU)
- History of the united states of america a (6 CFU)
- History of africa a (6 CFU)
- History of international relations (6 CFU)
- Islamologia (6 CFU)
- History of the near east (6 CFU)
- History of eastern asia a (6 CFU)
- Contemporary international history (6 CFU)
Gr star III anno st med (12 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology (12 CFU)
- Numismatica (6 CFU)
- History of modern art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe ( for not art historians ) (6 CFU)
- History of the modern art in italy and europe ( for not art historians ) (6 CFU)
- Foundations of contemporary art history (6 CFU)
- History of contemporary art (12 CFU)
- History of medieval art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
Gr sto II - III anno st med (6 CFU)
- Storia del basso medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia del pieno medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia dell'alto medioevo (6 CFU)
Abilità informatiche (3 CFU)
Storia moderna e contemporanea
Required
- Istituzioni di antropologia culturale (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
Gr geo i anno (6 CFU)
- Development geography (6 CFU)
- Economic geography (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Political geography (6 CFU)
- Istituzioni di storia economica (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Lingua b - lab obbligatorio (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
Gruppo storia antica (12 CFU)
- Introduction to ancient greek history (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Basic romana history (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Greek history (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Roman history (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Esami storia di base (24 CFU)
- Contemporary history i (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Medieval history i (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Modern history i (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Test di valutazione (2 CFU)
- History assessment test (2 CFU)
Gr sto II - II anno st mod e cont (6 CFU)
- History of eastern europe (6 CFU)
- History of africa b (6 CFU)
- Religious history of the contemporary (6 CFU)
- Contemporary international history (6 CFU)
- Modern history seminar a (6 CFU)
- Modern history seminar b (6 CFU)
- Political history of the modern age (6 CFU)
- Social history of the contemporary age (6 CFU)
Gr extr2 II anno st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- History of the united states of america a (6 CFU)
- History of the united states of america b (6 CFU)
- History of africa a (6 CFU)
- Islamologia (6 CFU)
- History of eastern asia a (6 CFU)
- History of eastern asia b (6 CFU)
Gr storia economica II anno st mod e cont (6 CFU)
- Environment and territory history (6 CFU)
- Istituzioni di storia economica (6 CFU)
Gr lett II anno st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- Italian literature (12 CFU)
- Contemporary italian literature (12 CFU)
Esame storia di base (12 CFU)
- Contemporary history i (12 CFU)
- Medieval history i (12 CFU)
- Modern history i (12 CFU)
Required
- History of political institutions (6 CFU)
- Final exam (9 CFU)
Gr aff III anno st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- Quantitative methods for the humanities and social sciences (3 CFU)
- Human geography (12 CFU)
- History of eastern europe (6 CFU)
- History of political thought (6 CFU)
- Bibliography (6 CFU)
- Medieval sources exegesis (6 CFU)
- Language skills (3 CFU)
- Arabic language i (6 CFU)
- History of sciences and techniques (12 CFU)
- Methods of archaeological research (6 CFU)
- Numismatica (6 CFU)
- Istituzioni di storia bizantina (6 CFU)
- Historical demography (6 CFU)
- German philology (6 CFU)
- Geographic information system (3 CFU)
- Statistics (6 CFU)
- Hebrew literature (6 CFU)
- Analysis laboratory for archival sources (3 CFU)
- Industrial archaeology (6 CFU)
- Training (6 CFU)
- Democracy, justice and peace laboratory (3 CFU)
- Hebrew language (6 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology (6 CFU)
- Printing and publishing history (6 CFU)
- History of science (6 CFU)
- Medieval latin literature a (6 CFU)
- Medieval latin literature b (6 CFU)
- Foundations of archival studies (6 CFU)
- Archival general (12 CFU)
- History of the tardoantichi settlements and medieval (6 CFU)
- Religious history of the contemporary (6 CFU)
- History of medicine (6 CFU)
- Contemporary international history (6 CFU)
- Modern history seminar a (6 CFU)
- Modern history seminar b (6 CFU)
- Political history of the modern age (6 CFU)
- Social history of the contemporary age (6 CFU)
- Metodologie della ricerca antropologica (6 CFU)
- History of contemporary art (12 CFU)
Gr fil III anno st ant / st med / st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- Aesthetics (12 CFU)
- Moral philosophy (12 CFU)
- Theoretical philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of ancient philosophy (12 CFU)
- History of medieval philosophy (12 CFU)
- Introductory of history of modern philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of medieval philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of ancient philosophy (6 CFU)
- History of modern and contemporary philosophy (12 CFU)
Gr star III anno st mod e cont (12 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology (12 CFU)
- History of contemporary art (12 CFU)
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- History of modern art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe ( for not art historians ) (6 CFU)
- History of the modern art in italy and europe ( for not art historians ) (6 CFU)
- Foundations of contemporary art history (6 CFU)
Abilità informatiche (3 CFU)
Comune
Other
- Diplomatics (12 CFU) -
- Library science (12 CFU)
- Contemporary italian literature (12 CFU)
- Historical geography of the ancient world a (6 CFU)
- Free training activity (18 CFU)
- Economic and social history of the ancient world (6 CFU)
- Ancient topography (12 CFU)
- History of international relations (12 CFU)
- History of print and publishing (12 CFU)
- Student's choice (18 CFU)
Career opportunities
- in public and private organisations in the fields of cultural services, historical research, preservation and valorisation of library and archive inventories
- in publishing and journalism, with a focus on the dissemination of history
- in international cultural relations
Enrolment
The Degree Program in Historical Studies has an open access. Find more details here.
In order to attend the course, students must take a non-selective evaluation test to verify the initial preparation level.
This test can be taken even after the enrolment completion.
Here you can find the evaluation test information.
How to enrol
Enrolment for the a.y. 2023/2024 will start at the end of July 2023. The official dates are being defined.
After signing up, you can choose:
- Standard enrolment;
- Degree program shortening (in the event of a university degree already obtained);
- Relocation from another University.
The procedure will request:
- ID scanned copy
- passport-sized photo (please check size)
- High school diploma details (Secondary School Name, year, final mark).
Students with a foreign qualification are required to upload:
- Declaration of Value (DV) issued by the Italian Diplomatic Authorities in their home country, along with the official translation into Italian of the diploma, legalised (or with an “apostille”) and validated, OR, the ENIC-NARIC certificate is accepted in Italian Language. These documents should attest at least 12 years of schooling and the relevant qualification should allow the access to higher education.
For Degree Program shortening the obtained University degree will be required. For relocation from another University previous university career will be required from the other university.
At the end of procedure please print and sign the FORIM to complete enrolment and upload it on the Alice portal in the Career section annexes.
Students with special needs
Students with handicap under art. 3 Italian Law no. 104/1992 or with a certified disability equal or above 66% are required to upload a medical certificate attesting their health condition for university tuition fees exemption (duty stamp is required anyway).
Some special categories under art. 1.1.2 lett. d) e) and art.1.1.3 lett. c) of the Regulations on Tuition fees (such as Italian government scholarship holders, competition winners, detained subjects ) shall email to matricolandosi@unipi.it for a specific calculation of tuition fees.
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship, which will be acquired automatically, after choosing your programme, you are required to pay the first installment of tuition fees.
Information and deadlines regarding fees and scholarships for the a.y. 2023/2024 are still being defined.
International students with a foreign qualification applying for a visa applicants can pay the first installment of fees and submit the necessary documentation by 29 February 2024 without delay.
If you are applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are applying for the scholarship, which is automatically acquired and results in immediate enrolment after the ‘choice of course’, the payment of the first installment is deferred to the deadline of the second tuition fee installment: those who successfully gain the scholarship will not be required to pay any university fees. They will only have to pay €16.00 for duty stamp.
Within 3 working days from the payment (or from the ‘choice of course’ in case of submission of the scholarship application), you will receive a welcome email and on you home page of the Alice portal, in the ‘NOTES’ section, the message ‘ENROLLED 2023/24’, will be displayed until the documents presented online are validated.
After tuition fee payment (or alternatively after scholarship application) you are required to upload the FORIM signed on both 2 pages in the Career section annexes of Alice portal. This document will be checked by the Matricolandosi Centre along with your ID card.
As confirmation of your enrolment registration, you will receive a welcome email to your personal email address and at the same time the wording ‘REGISTERED 2023/24’ will be displayed on the Alice portal home page, in the ‘NOTES’ field, which will remain visible until your documents (FORIM, ID document) have passed all the administrative checks.
Only after FORIM has been validated will you be able to book the withdrawal of your Student Card..
The procedures for issuing the Student card can be seen here.
Students with foreign qualification, regardless of their citizenship, must upload the necessary documents that must be validated by the International Office (wis@unipi.it); after enrolment, they will have to upload the enrolment form (FORIM) and follow the procedure described on the page for issuing the student card.
For Degree Program shortening the previous university career will be recognized after submitting to the Students Office the “qualifications recognition” form with the annexed self certification of all exams.
For relocation from another University the Students Office will confirm you the acceptance of the discharge papers from the university of origin.