Degree class: L/SNT-2 Health professions for rehabilitation
The three-year degree course in Speech and Language Therapy issues the qualification to practice the profession of speech therapist.
The prevention, education and rehabilitation of language and communication alterations play an increasingly important and important role today, not only in developing age but also in adulthood and geriatrics.
The training activity includes traditional lectures, practical exercises, and compulsory internship activities. The study programme focuses on the student to enable the development and acquisition of the professional skills of the speech therapist in reference to three areas: clinical area (prevention, taking charge, assessment, treatment, and counselling), organisational area (autonomy and teamwork), professional area (development of profession and discipline). The internship, which is a fundamental part of the training, aims to provide the professional skills of the speech therapist related to the evaluation, planning, implementation and monitoring of the speech therapy. The internship activity is carried out in public and/or private healthcare facilities in partnership with the University.
The speech therapist carries out his/her activity by preventing and rehabilitating language and communication issues in developmental, adult and geriatric age. His/her activity is aimed at the education and re-education of voice disorders, speech, oral and written language, communication and swallowing disabilities. The professional activity may be carried out in hospitals and territorial structures of the National Health System, in structures and private and/or affiliated clinics, in residential structures for the elderly, in private studios. The speech therapist may carry out research activities in scientific research institutions, projects for local authorities and management and administrative activities in healthcare institutions. The Degree Programme in Speech and Language Therapy provides direct access to the Master's Degree Programme in Rehabilitation Sciences of Healthcare Professions with no credit obligations.
| President | Prof. Alexandre Anesi alexandre.anesi@unimore.it cl_logopedia@unimore.it |
| Director of Professionalizing Teaching Activities | Dott.ssa Elisabetta Losi tel. 0522 522445 elisabetta.losi@unimore.it cl_logopedia@unimore.it |
| Course location | Padiglione de Sanctis Via Amendola 2 42122 Reggio Emilia |
Access to the course is programmed.
The number of available places is defined annually on the basis of the needs estimated by the relevant ministerial authorities.
For the academic year 2024/25 in accordance with the provisions of Ministerial Decree No. 794 of July 13, 2021, the schedule of available places, on a provisional basis, assigned by the MUR to the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia are: 24 places, of which 1 is reserved for non-EU citizens residing abroad. A subsequent Ministerial Decree will determine the schedule of places on a definitive basis.
The syllabus of the entrance exam is established annually by the Ministry of Education, University and Research.
The admission test usually includes questions on biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, logic and general culture.
Since the number of applicants to the Course is always much higher than the number of places advertised, the student motivated to attend the Bachelor of Speech Therapy must devote himself or herself intensively to the study of these subjects in order to pass the selection exam.
By clicking on the link below, you can view the study plan.
- Select the academic year of the enrollment from the drop-down menu at the top of the page
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