Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano

What Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano does

Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano is a private Italian telematic university operating under international law, authorized by MIUR Administrative Order No. 313/11 of October 14, 2011, and affiliated with the UUPN University of United Popular Nations (Ouagadougou) and partner state universities in Côte d'Ivoire. Degrees are issued under the Lisbon Convention and have received confirmatory rulings from the Constitutional Court, Council of State, Court of Cassation, and Court of Appeal of Florence. Founded in 1901 by Ettore Ferrari, the institution is governed by a Senato Accademico under Rector Prof. Avv. Giovanni Neri and is a confederate member of CNUPI.

The university delivers its portfolio entirely online through the proprietary "Campus Telematico Ettore Ferrari" platform (campus.unipopmi.it), which provides 24/7 access to course materials (PDFs, audio, video) via PC, tablet, or smartphone and supports remote online examinations. The catalog spans three-year Lauree Triennali (180 CFU), two-year Lauree Magistrali (120 CFU), a five-year single-cycle Giurisprudenza Internazionale (360 CFU), PhD programs, and shorter Alta Formazione courses across political sciences, sociology, communication, criminology and forensic sciences, holistic sciences, counseling, and sports sciences. The ISO 9001:2015-certified operating model emphasizes no attendance requirement, no entrance test, continuous enrollment, and CFU recognition of prior work and academic experience.

Commercially, the institution runs a direct-to-consumer model: prospective students submit inquiries via the website (unimilano.net) or email and are contacted by consultants within 48 hours. Pricing is quote-based on core tuition, with disclosed ancillary fees of approximately 250 EUR for enrollment, 25 EUR per exam, and 450 EUR for degree conferral. The primary customer segments are working professionals seeking flexible degree completion, over-40 returning learners, and young adults seeking alternative-access degree pathways. Administrative and teaching operations are distributed across Milan, Rome, and Corsico (MI).

Name

Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano

Legal name

Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano

Website

https://unimilano.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano is a private Italian telematic university operating under international law, authorized by MIUR, that delivers fully online bachelor's, master's, single-cycle law, and doctoral programs to working professionals, mature returning learners, and young adults through its proprietary Campus Telematico Ettore Ferrari platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Fully Online Universities (Online-First, Degree-Granting) (EDAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online International & Cross-Border Universities (Global/Transnational Providers) (EDAHALAL)

Keywords

• Online higher education
• Telematic university
• Distance learning degrees
• Adult learner programs
• Online degree programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Enrollment Fees: The university charges tuition fees for degree programs. Additional fees include an enrollment fee of approximately 250 euros, approximately 25 euros per exam taken, and approximately 450 euros for degree conferral. The core tuition fee (retta) is the primary recurring cost, which some universities fix for the entire degree cycle (3 or 2 years) to provide cost predictability for students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano delivers online higher education programs, including bachelor's, master's, single-cycle, and doctoral degrees, primarily to adult and working learners through a telematic (distance-learning) platform authorized under international law.

Product overview

Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano is a telematic university operating under international law, offering a comprehensive portfolio of online degree programs. The core offering comprises three-year Bachelor's Degrees (Lauree Triennali, 180 credits), two-year Master's Degrees (Lauree Magistrali, 120 credits), and single-cycle programs including five-year Giurisprudenza Internazionale (360 credits) and doctoral research programs. Specialized disciplines include Political Sciences, Sociology, Communication, Criminology and Investigative Sciences, Holistic Sciences, Counseling, and Sports Sciences. Programs are delivered exclusively online through the Campus Telematico Ettore Ferrari platform, supplemented by professional development courses (Alta Formazione) and Master's programs. The university was founded in 1901 and operates with international accreditation authorized by MIUR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Campus telematico "Ettore Ferrari": The online student portal named after founder Ettore Ferrari, used for managing degree program academic careers.

Products and services

• Lauree Triennali (Bachelor's Degrees)
• Lauree Magistrali (Master's Degrees)
• Giurisprudenza Internazionale (Single-Cycle Master's in International Law)
• Dottorati di Ricerca (PhD Programs)
• Campus Telematico Ettore Ferrari (Online Learning Platform)

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of over-50 students have successfully completed their degrees in recent years through coherent alignment of academic culture and profession.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UUPN University of United Popular NationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2011The university is authorized by the UUPN University of United Popular Nations, based in Ouagadougou, to award academic degrees. UUPN serves as the parent/conferring institution, with the university operating as an affiliated entity under international law. This partnership enables the issuance of internationally recognized academic degrees under the Lisbon Convention.
• State University of Ouagadougou (Université d'État de Ouagadougou)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university of the UUPN network located in Burkina Faso. The Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano is affiliated with this institution as part of the international degree-granting network authorized by the Lisbon Convention.
• State University of Bouaké (Université d'État de Bouaké)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university of the UUPN network located in Côte d'Ivoire. Part of the international university network enabling cross-border degree recognition under the Lisbon Convention.
• CNUPI (Confederazione Nazionale Università Popolari Italiane)minorOthersThe university has been affiliated with CNUPI for decades. CNUPI is described as an organization of the 'Popular University World' with a non-university nature. The Università Popolare di Milano brand/marchio is granted by Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano. The CNUPI confederation provides institutional representation but does not confer degrees.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Università Telematica eCampus: Italian online university with a similar multi-discipline catalog, CFU recognition policy, and direct-to-consumer digital enrollment motion targeting adult learners and working professionals.
• Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano (UniCusano): Large Italian online university (telematica + blended) offering bachelor's, master's, and master's programs with continuous enrollment; competes for the same working-professional segment with greater scale and brand awareness.
• Università Telematica Pegaso: One of Italy's largest private telematic universities, offering online bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees targeted at working professionals — a near-identical model to UPSM's, competing head-to-head for the same adult-learner segment.
• Università Telematica Mercatorum: Italian telematic university offering fully online degree programs with continuous enrollment and a comparable positioning around professional and adult learners; directly overlaps UPSM's value proposition and go-to-market.
• Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi: One of the first Italian institutions authorized for online degree delivery; offers comparable fully-online bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs to UPSM, with broader scale and longer operational history in the telematic category.
• Università Telematica Internazionale UniNettuno (UNINETTUNO): Internationally-oriented Italian online university issuing degree programs with cross-border recognition, operating an analogous telematic model to UPSM with a stronger Mediterranean and emerging-markets footprint.
• Università Telematica San Raffaele Roma: Italian online university delivering degree programs in health, psychology, and humanities through a fully telematic platform; competes for the same flexible-format adult-learner demand as UPSM.

Broad incumbents

• Walden University: U.S.-based online university focused on working professionals across social sciences, counseling, and public administration — a broader-incumbent analogue of UPSM's online, adult-learner, prior-learning-recognition model with international reach.

Emerging players

• Università Telematica IUL: Italian online university affiliated with a traditional university, offering flexible distance-learning degrees; an emerging telematic player competing for parts of UPSM's adult-learner and professional-development segments.
• Università degli Studi Europea di Roma / Università Telematica Universitas Mercatorum / others under CNUPI: Smaller Italian online and popular universities operating under similar CNUPI / popular-university frameworks; partial overlap with UPSM's portfolio and student segments, though typically with narrower catalogs and smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unipmilano

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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