Study location	Italy, Padua
Type	Bachelor's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	(Bachelor's degree in Third Sector Legal Advisor)
Course code	GI2586/000ZZ/2021

Tuition fee	€2,642 per year For more information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€204 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Secondary Studies diploma (or equivalent) TOLC-SU. Please check the TOLC webpage Detailed information on application procedures is available in the relevant Call for admissions Please verify country-based specific entry title requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Other requirements	Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Italian – B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent: please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions Available places for non-European candidates residing outside Italy: 20 (2 for Chinese students joining the Marco Polo Project)

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Overview

The degree programme trains professionals capable of integrating third sector entities and institutions, such as banking foundations and public administrations. Combining an in-depth legal preparation with a foundational understanding of sociological, psychological and economic subjects, the programme aims to teach competences and skills applicable to volunteerimg, social enterprise, public sector, as well as in legal spinoffs of such subjects. It also delves into the basic cultural notions and adjust them to the experiences and activities relevant to the Third Sector; by this mean students will develop fundamental analytical skills applicable in the different contexts in which they are, or will be, involved in, in their professional future.

During their first year, students will study the fundamentals required for the acquisition of sophisticated legal skills and for operating in such contexts. The programme will begin by analysing the historical and philosophical roots that lead the West to recongise the collective subjects who pursue ideal, religious, philanthropic, and more socially useful purposes, in every sphere and with different modalities, up to the most recent developments, with a focus on European and international law.

The second and the third year are dedicated to an in-depth analysis actors, such as social enterprises and banking foundations, subject that helps in understanding studies in sociology and multiculturalism issues concerning the possible conflict between rules inspired by different ideologies. Integrated legal-economic courses in subjects such as third sector finance and financial law, fiscal law and accounting, represent one of the main characteristics of the programme aimed at proposing an overview of the inherent problems of the management of third sector entities.

The teachings are enriched by a practical dimension through workshops dedicates to concrete case-study analysis with a view to strengthen problem-solving capabilites and critical thinking.
A wide range of elective courses are also available for choice, from the planning lab for social arena to in-depth study of realities belonging to third sector in sport, psychological or educational services, cultural and tourism, and health care.

Career opportunities

The degree in Third Sector Law paves the way to management and executive opportunities within the non-profit entities, in social enterprises and in those that interact with the Third sector or that have adopted practices of social responsibility, as well as in administration or social planning consultancy, in international organizations that carry out social activities or in support of social and voluntary work.