Computer Science for New Media Communications
In-person programme
Computer Science for New Media Communications
Course sheet
A.Y. 2026/2027
Bachelor
L-31 R - Scienze e tecnologie informatiche
The Bachelor?s Degree Programme in Computer Science for Digital Communication aims to provide solid theoretical and applied knowledge in the fundamental areas of computer science, with particular attention to their application in the creation, integration, and maintenance of technologically advanced environments for the dissemination of professional, scientific, cultural, and entertainment content.
The programme is structured into two educational tracks: one focused on social networks and mobile computing, and the other on multimedia systems. These two tracks share a substantial common core that preserves the coherence and distinctiveness of the programme, enabling cross-disciplinary mobility between tracks while ensuring cultural consistency and uniformity among graduates.
In particular, the shared educational activities encompass basic mathematics, programming languages, computer systems and networks, algorithms and computational complexity, information systems and databases, human?computer interaction, and artificial intelligence.
To achieve the aforementioned educational objectives, the programme includes lectures, practical exercises, and laboratory-based courses.
The programme is structured into two educational tracks: one focused on social networks and mobile computing, and the other on multimedia systems. These two tracks share a substantial common core that preserves the coherence and distinctiveness of the programme, enabling cross-disciplinary mobility between tracks while ensuring cultural consistency and uniformity among graduates.
In particular, the shared educational activities encompass basic mathematics, programming languages, computer systems and networks, algorithms and computational complexity, information systems and databases, human?computer interaction, and artificial intelligence.
To achieve the aforementioned educational objectives, the programme includes lectures, practical exercises, and laboratory-based courses.
Expert in Information Technologies with Applications to Social Media and Mobile Devices
Role in a Work Context
The programme trains experts capable of carrying out professional and/or research activities involving theoretical and practical design responsibilities in the fields of machine-mediated communication and networked systems. Graduates acquire strong theoretical and applied competences for designing and developing innovative computer systems that may include web and mobile applications, and that make use of cloud computing technologies and social media.
Competences Associated with the Role
These professionals are able to design distributed systems that include advanced applications with user interfaces, and to make use of data derived from distributed applications and social media.
Career Opportunities
Highly specialised technical professions related to the web, distributed systems, and social media. Such professionals may work in public administration, industry, the service sector, and various types of research institutions.
Expert in Information Technologies with Applications in Multimedia
Role in a Work Context
Professions in this category operate at the design, research, technical, and creative levels across various domains of communication and interaction involving the use of multimedia information (images, audio, video, data). These professionals may work in radio and television, cinema, photography, the web, visual and advertising communication, artistic, musical, and entertainment events, video-game development, and applications with advanced graphical interfaces.
Competences Associated with the Role
These professionals are capable not only of understanding the technological aspects of new media and appropriately managing related content, but also of acting as managers and innovators in the field of communication through multimedia information. The effective design and management of new digital media?web, television, cinema, photography, digital publishing, multimedia productions, etc.?requires multidisciplinary competences historically drawn from heterogeneous cultural areas, all grounded in the understanding of computer-science aspects supporting these disciplines.
Career Opportunities
Graduates perform highly specialised professional activities in communication for new media, such as web, digital radio, digital television and cinema, post-production, photography, audiovisual and advertising communication, and in technologies related to computer graphics, augmented and virtual reality, advanced and 3D visualisation, computer-mediated communication tools, and the development of interfaces and natural interaction processes with machines.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
Role in a Work Context
The programme trains experts capable of carrying out professional and/or research activities involving theoretical and practical design responsibilities in the fields of machine-mediated communication and networked systems. Graduates acquire strong theoretical and applied competences for designing and developing innovative computer systems that may include web and mobile applications, and that make use of cloud computing technologies and social media.
Competences Associated with the Role
These professionals are able to design distributed systems that include advanced applications with user interfaces, and to make use of data derived from distributed applications and social media.
Career Opportunities
Highly specialised technical professions related to the web, distributed systems, and social media. Such professionals may work in public administration, industry, the service sector, and various types of research institutions.
Expert in Information Technologies with Applications in Multimedia
Role in a Work Context
Professions in this category operate at the design, research, technical, and creative levels across various domains of communication and interaction involving the use of multimedia information (images, audio, video, data). These professionals may work in radio and television, cinema, photography, the web, visual and advertising communication, artistic, musical, and entertainment events, video-game development, and applications with advanced graphical interfaces.
Competences Associated with the Role
These professionals are capable not only of understanding the technological aspects of new media and appropriately managing related content, but also of acting as managers and innovators in the field of communication through multimedia information. The effective design and management of new digital media?web, television, cinema, photography, digital publishing, multimedia productions, etc.?requires multidisciplinary competences historically drawn from heterogeneous cultural areas, all grounded in the understanding of computer-science aspects supporting these disciplines.
Career Opportunities
Graduates perform highly specialised professional activities in communication for new media, such as web, digital radio, digital television and cinema, post-production, photography, audiovisual and advertising communication, and in technologies related to computer graphics, augmented and virtual reality, advanced and 3D visualisation, computer-mediated communication tools, and the development of interfaces and natural interaction processes with machines.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
The education program can be enriched by educational activities abroad both to deepen some topics and as socialization experience in international environments. Within the Erasmus+ program study periods can be taken in over 50 universities in Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey. Courses will be recognized in the personalized study plan. These periods abroad are typically 5-month long and include courses for about 30 CFU, in the area of information and communication technology and related applications. Recognition of these educational activities will be based on the Learning Agreement, to be defined in advance by the student and the Erasmus coordinator at the Computer Science Department before starting the period abroad: course in the learning agreement with passed exams will replace the educational activities of the study plan ("manifesto"), either by covering the same topics or complementing the acquired basic competences. The Erasmus Committee at the Computer Science Department will perform the recognition of CFU obtained abroad and the definition of the personalized study plan. Similarly, stages to prepare the final dissertation are allowed in the same foreign universities. Recognition will be performed by the Department Erasmus Committee.
Erasmus: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Fabio Scotti.
International Programs: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Davide Rocchesso.
More information are available at the following link: https://di.unimi.it/it/rapporti-internazionali/mobilita-internazionale/opportunita-internazionali
Erasmus: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Fabio Scotti.
International Programs: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Davide Rocchesso.
More information are available at the following link: https://di.unimi.it/it/rapporti-internazionali/mobilita-internazionale/opportunita-internazionali
Attendance is strongly recommended for both courses and laboratories.
Enrolment
Requirements and knowledge required for admission
To be admitted to the Degree Course, candidates must have a secondary school diploma or another qualification obtained abroad, recognized as suitable, as well as having adequate initial preparation. In particular, knowledge of basic scientific disciplines and understanding of elementary logic with a level of depth equal to that deriving from secondary school preparation are required.
Methods of verification of knowledge and personal preparation
The methods of access are established by the Admission Notice published on the page: https://informatica.cdl.unimi.it/it/iscriversi.
The course has a limited number of places in order to guarantee the quality of the educational offer in relation to the available resources and requires a TOLC (CISIA Online Test) as a test for admission. For enrollment in the first year, 150 places are available, of which 5 are reserved for non-EU students not residing in Italy. The TOLC can be taken at the University of Milan or any other university belonging to CISIA (Interuniversity Consortium for Integrated Access Systems). Registration for the TOLC must be done on the CISIA website (https://www.cisiaonline.it/).
The TOLC valid for registration is the TOLC-S, composed of the following sections: Basic mathematics (20 questions - 50 minutes), Reasoning, problems and text comprehension (15 questions - 30 minutes). Score: +1 for each correct answer, -0.25 for each incorrect answer, 0 for each unanswered question. The TOLC contains some additional sections (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, English). The results of these sections do not contribute to the test score.
After taking the TOLC-S, students must register for the selection for admission to the Degree Course, as indicated in the announcement. They will then be included in the merit ranking that will be formulated on the basis of the score obtained in the test, weighted, for each section, according to the criteria indicated in the announcement. The winners will be able to enroll within the established deadlines.
The selection is divided into distinct periods starting in February and ending in the first days of September.
Enrolled students who have not achieved a score greater than or equal to 10 in the Basic Mathematics module of the TOLC will be assigned Additional Training Obligations (OFA).
Additional training obligations and OFA recovery methods
For students with OFA, support activities will be organized in the period October-December, followed by a recovery test with which the student will have to demonstrate that he/she has improved his/her preparation. In the absence of this evidence, the student will not be able to take any second-year exams before passing the Mathematics I exam. Information: https://icd.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le-matricole
Transfers and second degrees
Students already enrolled in a degree course at the University of Milan, at another University or already graduated, can be exempted from the test only if they meet the following requirements to be verified during the pre-evaluation of their career:
- if the student, during the pre-evaluation phase, is recognized at least 30 credits, he/she is admitted to the second year or third year with exemption from the test;
- if the student is recognized less than 30 credits, he/she must register for the test and selection as indicated above.
To access the pre-evaluation, a specific request for preventive evaluation of the career must be submitted by accessing the online service indicated in the admission notice. Those interested must declare all the exams taken with the relative sectors, credits and grades and attach the course programs. For further details on the procedure, please refer to the announcement. The request for career evaluation must be submitted without fail by the date indicated in the announcement. The outcome of the evaluation will be communicated via email by the date indicated in the announcement.
Students admitted to years subsequent to the first must enroll by the deadlines and in the manner specified in the announcement.
Part-time enrollment
Part-time enrollment is also possible. The relevant Regulations can be found at the following link https://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/normative/regolamenti/regolamento-le-iscrizioni-tempo-parziale
To be admitted to the Degree Course, candidates must have a secondary school diploma or another qualification obtained abroad, recognized as suitable, as well as having adequate initial preparation. In particular, knowledge of basic scientific disciplines and understanding of elementary logic with a level of depth equal to that deriving from secondary school preparation are required.
Methods of verification of knowledge and personal preparation
The methods of access are established by the Admission Notice published on the page: https://informatica.cdl.unimi.it/it/iscriversi.
The course has a limited number of places in order to guarantee the quality of the educational offer in relation to the available resources and requires a TOLC (CISIA Online Test) as a test for admission. For enrollment in the first year, 150 places are available, of which 5 are reserved for non-EU students not residing in Italy. The TOLC can be taken at the University of Milan or any other university belonging to CISIA (Interuniversity Consortium for Integrated Access Systems). Registration for the TOLC must be done on the CISIA website (https://www.cisiaonline.it/).
The TOLC valid for registration is the TOLC-S, composed of the following sections: Basic mathematics (20 questions - 50 minutes), Reasoning, problems and text comprehension (15 questions - 30 minutes). Score: +1 for each correct answer, -0.25 for each incorrect answer, 0 for each unanswered question. The TOLC contains some additional sections (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, English). The results of these sections do not contribute to the test score.
After taking the TOLC-S, students must register for the selection for admission to the Degree Course, as indicated in the announcement. They will then be included in the merit ranking that will be formulated on the basis of the score obtained in the test, weighted, for each section, according to the criteria indicated in the announcement. The winners will be able to enroll within the established deadlines.
The selection is divided into distinct periods starting in February and ending in the first days of September.
Enrolled students who have not achieved a score greater than or equal to 10 in the Basic Mathematics module of the TOLC will be assigned Additional Training Obligations (OFA).
Additional training obligations and OFA recovery methods
For students with OFA, support activities will be organized in the period October-December, followed by a recovery test with which the student will have to demonstrate that he/she has improved his/her preparation. In the absence of this evidence, the student will not be able to take any second-year exams before passing the Mathematics I exam. Information: https://icd.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le-matricole
Transfers and second degrees
Students already enrolled in a degree course at the University of Milan, at another University or already graduated, can be exempted from the test only if they meet the following requirements to be verified during the pre-evaluation of their career:
- if the student, during the pre-evaluation phase, is recognized at least 30 credits, he/she is admitted to the second year or third year with exemption from the test;
- if the student is recognized less than 30 credits, he/she must register for the test and selection as indicated above.
To access the pre-evaluation, a specific request for preventive evaluation of the career must be submitted by accessing the online service indicated in the admission notice. Those interested must declare all the exams taken with the relative sectors, credits and grades and attach the course programs. For further details on the procedure, please refer to the announcement. The request for career evaluation must be submitted without fail by the date indicated in the announcement. The outcome of the evaluation will be communicated via email by the date indicated in the announcement.
Students admitted to years subsequent to the first must enroll by the deadlines and in the manner specified in the announcement.
Part-time enrollment
Part-time enrollment is also possible. The relevant Regulations can be found at the following link https://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/normative/regolamenti/regolamento-le-iscrizioni-tempo-parziale
Places available: 150 + 5 reserved for non-EU citizens
Call for applications
Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.
Session: 1
Application for admission: from 12/03/2026 to 11/06/2026
Application for enrolment: from 18/06/2026 to 30/06/2026
Session: 2
Application for admission: from 02/07/2026 to 10/09/2026
Application for enrolment: from 16/09/2026 to 23/09/2026
Online services
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Programme description and courses list
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Computer Architecture | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Computer Programming I | 12 | 120 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Mathematics I | 9 | 84 | Italian | MATH-02/B MATH-03/A |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Human-Computer Interaction | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Information Technology and Ai Law | 6 | 48 | Italian | GIUR-17/A |
| Mathematics Ii | 9 | 84 | Italian | MATH-02/B MATH-03/A |
| Operating Systems | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities.
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| English Assessment B1 (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | English | NN |
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First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Algorithms and Data Structures | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Computer Networks | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Computer Programming Ii | 6 | 64 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Digital Marketing | 6 | 48 | Italian | ECON-07/A |
| Web and Cloud Applications | 6 | 64 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Databases and Web | 12 | 120 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Signal Processing | 6 | 60 | Italian | IINF-05/A |
| Statistics and Data Analysis | 6 | 48 | Italian | STAT-01/A |
| Optional | ||||
| Computer Graphics | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Fundamentals of Digital Social Media | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
Optional activities and study plan rules
1 - The student must earn an additional 6 ECTS credits by choosing the course corresponding to one of the following two tracks:
- Foundations of Digital Social Media for the Social and Mobile Computing track;
- Computer Graphics for the Multimedia track.
- Foundations of Digital Social Media for the Social and Mobile Computing track;
- Computer Graphics for the Multimedia track.
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Graphics | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | INFO-01/A |
| Fundamentals of Digital Social Media | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | INFO-01/A |
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First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Data Visualization | 6 | 48 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Optional | ||||
| Mobile Computing | 9 | 96 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Multimedia Information | 12 | 96 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Multimedia Project | 9 | 72 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
| Social Media Mining | 12 | 120 | Italian | INFO-01/A |
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities.
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Seminars | 3 | 0 | Italian | NN |
| Training | 18 | 0 | Italian | NN |
| Final Exam | 3 | 0 | Italian | NN |
Optional activities and study plan rules
2 - The student must earn an additional 21 ECTS credits by completing the courses included in the selected track:
- Social and Mobile Computing track (Table A);
- Multimedia track (Table B).
TABLE A
Optional Activities (Social and Mobile Computing track)
- Social and Mobile Computing track (Table A);
- Multimedia track (Table B).
TABLE A
Optional Activities (Social and Mobile Computing track)
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Computing | 9 | 96 | Italian | First semester | INFO-01/A |
| Social Media Mining | 12 | 120 | Italian | Second semester | INFO-01/A |
3 - TABLE B
Optional Activities (Multimedia track)
Optional Activities (Multimedia track)
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia Information | 12 | 96 | Italian | First semester | INFO-01/A |
| Multimedia Project | 9 | 72 | Italian | Second semester | INFO-01/A |
4 - The student must earn 12 ECTS credits as free electives chosen from the courses listed in the previous tables or from any course offered by the University, provided that they are consistent with the educational program.
Courses belonging to degree programs from a previous academic system (old‑system degree programs) may not be selected.
Students may request the recognition of ECTS credits for training activities carried out at external institutions by submitting the corresponding certification. Each certification may grant up to 3 ECTS, and up to two certifications may be recognized. Students wishing to request recognition of certifications must complete the "application" form available at:
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/welcome-desk-informastudenti/general-forms
and submit it to the student office of their degree program together with copies of the obtained certifications.
The evaluation will be carried out by a dedicated committee based on the following criteria:
- Validity: the certification must have been obtained no more than 5 years prior.
- Specialization: the certification must concern specialized and/or professional skills.
- Level: the certification must attest to intermediate or advanced‑level skills. Basic or entry‑level certifications are excluded.
Courses belonging to degree programs from a previous academic system (old‑system degree programs) may not be selected.
Students may request the recognition of ECTS credits for training activities carried out at external institutions by submitting the corresponding certification. Each certification may grant up to 3 ECTS, and up to two certifications may be recognized. Students wishing to request recognition of certifications must complete the "application" form available at:
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/welcome-desk-informastudenti/general-forms
and submit it to the student office of their degree program together with copies of the obtained certifications.
The evaluation will be carried out by a dedicated committee based on the following criteria:
- Validity: the certification must have been obtained no more than 5 years prior.
- Specialization: the certification must concern specialized and/or professional skills.
- Level: the certification must attest to intermediate or advanced‑level skills. Basic or entry‑level certifications are excluded.
Prescribed foundation courses
| Learning activity | Prescribed foundation courses |
|---|---|
| Algorithms and Data Structures | Computer Programming I (compulsory) |
| Computer Programming Ii | Computer Programming I (compulsory) |
| Statistics and Data Analysis | Mathematics I (compulsory) |
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Guidance:
Admission, ranking and enrolment
Milan
Course locations
IT course venues: via Celoria 18 - Milan.
Other course venues: Teaching sector, via Celoria 20; Teaching sector, via Golgi 19; Teaching sector, via
Venezian 15.
Other course venues: Teaching sector, via Celoria 20; Teaching sector, via Golgi 19; Teaching sector, via
Venezian 15.
Laboratory locations
Computer laboratory (Silab) at the Department of Computer Science, via Celoria 18, Milan.
Academic guidance tutor
Quality Assurance Delegate
Reference structures
Contacts
- Commissione Orientamento in Uscita
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://di.unimi.it/it/dipartimento/organizzazione/commissioni
[email protected] - Commissione Orientamento in Ingresso
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://di.unimi.it/it/dipartimento/organizzazione/commissioni
[email protected] - Commissione Studenti Erasmus ed Internazionali
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://di.unimi.it/it/dipartimento/organizzazione/commissioni
[email protected] - Commissione Piani di Studio
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://di.unimi.it/it/dipartimento/organizzazione/commissioni
[email protected] - Commissione Trasferimenti
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://di.unimi.it/it/dipartimento/organizzazione/commissioni
[email protected] - Commissione Tirocini e Tesi Laurea Triennale
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://di.unimi.it/it/dipartimento/organizzazione/commissioni
[email protected] - Segreterie Studenti
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://www.unimi.it/it/node/359/
+390250325032
https://www.unimi.it/it/node/360 - Rappresentanti Studenti
[email protected] - Ufficio per la didattica
Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano
https://informastudenti.unimi.it/saw/ess?AUTH=SAML
+390250316250/252
Sportello su appuntamento ([email protected])
For students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes, tuition fees are to be paid in two instalments:
- the amount of the first instalment is the same for all students and is due upon enrolment
- the amount of the second instalment varies according to each student's ISEE University value and the degree programme in which they are enrolled
- for international students with income and assets abroad, the second instalment varies according to their country of origin.
Education incentive programmes and other benefits
The University offers scholarships, cafeterias, subsidised accommodation and other forms of financial support to students meeting specific economic and merit requirements.
More information
Official documents