Thursday, 10 April 2025 More Choices, More Opportunities: New International Learning Options for Students at UP and UNITS

The University of Primorska (UP) and the University of Trieste (UNITS) have signed a significant agreement enabling the mutual recognition of elective courses between the master's programmes in Data Science (UP) and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (UNITS). Starting from the academic year 2025/2026, students from both institutions will be able to enrich their academic experience by selecting electives from the partner university's course offerings.

For example, UP students will have access to a diverse range of courses such as Advanced Deep Learning and Kernel Methods, Bayesian Statistics, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Conversely, UNITS students will be able to explore courses at UP including Mining Massive Data, Graph Algorithms, Computational Social Science, and Big Data in Structural Bioinformatics.

The agreement ensures automatic credit recognition under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), further supporting student mobility and simplifying the academic recognition of coursework completed abroad. This initiative strengthens the academic cooperation and programme development between the two universities and expands the international study opportunities available within the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance, of which both UP and UNITS are active members.

In addition, a joint double degree master’s programme in data science is currently in development, promising to offer students an even more integrated and in-depth international education experience.