{"id":266690,"date":"2025-09-08T09:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/international-students\/joint-degrees\/doppio-titolo-con-university-of-illinois-chicago\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:58:09","slug":"double-degree-with-university-of-illinois-chicago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/international-students\/joint-degrees\/double-degree-with-university-of-illinois-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Degree Programme with the University of Illinois Chicago (USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Type of international programme:<\/strong> Double Degree<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner university:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uic.edu\/\">University of Illinois Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign academic qualification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ece.uic.edu\/graduate\/ms-program\/\">Master\u2019s Degree of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Available places:<\/strong> 16 outgoing students<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application period:<\/strong> third year of the Bachelor\u2019s degree \/ first year of the Master\u2019s degree<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mobility period:<\/strong> first and second semesters of the second year of the Master\u2019s degree<\/li>\n<li><strong>Validity of the agreement:<\/strong> 2024 \u2013 2029<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agreement:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/MOU_UNIPI_UIC.pdf\">Text of the Agreement<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/DD_UNIPI_UIC.pdf\">Addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting from the academic year 2024\/2025, the Master\u2019s Degree Courses in Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering and Electronic Engineering at the University of Pisa have established an international Double Degree Programme with the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). This programme enables selected students to obtain both the Master\u2019s Degree from the University of Pisa and the Master\u2019s Degree of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>To obtain the double degree, students enrolled in one of the three Master\u2019s Degree Courses at the University of Pisa must spend the first and second semesters of the second year in Chicago, carrying out the required training activities and completing their Master\u2019s degree thesis.<\/p>\n<h2>Further information and contacts:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dii.unipi.it\/node\/2399\/\">Department of Information Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:giuliano.manara@unipi.it\">giuliano.manara@unipi.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:massimo.macucci@unipi.it\">massimo.macucci@unipi.it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type of international programme: Double Degree Partner university: University of 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