Teaching in Parma

As part of our efforts to intensify scientific exchange with our international partners at all levels, the University or Parma fosters the presence of scholars of the highest repute (affiliated with non-Italian universities or other institutions) at our University, for both short-term and long-term periods. Such exchanges may take part within the framework of our Visiting Professors Programme, under specific projects or initiatives aimed at strengthening our University’s international dimension, or upon request by our Departments or Centres.

Several Visiting Professors from all over the world are usually invited each year to hold courses, give lectures, modules or seminars at our Degree Courses at Bachelor, Master and/or PhD level, or to carry out research activities together with our academic staff or students.

The annual call for the recruitment of Visiting Professors is open to the University Departments, which identify the list of Visiting Professors to be submitted for evaluation by the University Commission for admission to funding.

Visiting Researchers may propose their research project to the relevant University Department in order to set up their research plan together with the Parma researcher/research team.

With reference to the strategic internationalization actions, and with specific reference to the recruitment of Visiting Professors and in continuity with what has already been undertaken in the past, the University has allocated € 247,000.00 to support internationalization activities related to the call-up of international professors, the related awarding of the title of Visiting Professor, and the assignment of teaching positions for the academic year 2025/2026. The sum of € 24,700.00 is made available to each University Department for the intended purposes. The 2025/2026 Call introduces the Departments' full autonomy in identifying international experts to whom they can entrust a teaching assignment. Please note that the deadline for submitting the competent resolution containing the list of identified experts, complete with the attachments provided for in the Call, is set for MARCH 28, 2025.

The University of Parma has a longstanding tradition in the exchange mobilities under the ERASMUS+ Programme in terms of both students and staff exchanges: these mobilities are at the very core of our continued collaboration with our international partners and the strengthening of our institutions’ international component.

The staff mobilities for teaching (STA) and training (STT) offer a unique opportunity for professors of our ERASMUS+ Partner HEIs to carry out mobility periods at our University as guest lecturers at our Degree Courses at Undergraduate, Master or PhD level, as well as for administrative personnel to pursue training or professional development actitivies. This type of mobilities allows for an accelerated knowledge transfer and sharing between the partner institutions, and allows for a more sustainable and innovative development of teaching and training contents, methods or programmes.

Having verified the existence of a bilateral agreement with the University of Parma at their home institution, the interested parties should contact the University of Parma’s International Division via email to erasmus@unipr.it, providing details on their academic/professional background, a CV, and details on the proposed mobility area and objectives. The International Division will contact the competent Department/Office for a review of your proposal and get back to you with updates and appropriate instructions.