Evaluation Process

Launched in the 1995/96 Academic Year, the survey covers all courses offered during the year.

Until last year, a paper questionnaire was used; since the 2013-14 Academic Year, the survey has been conducted online, using a dedicated web application. The questionnaire consists of 26 questions: 11 'demographic' questions concerning information about the student respondent and 15 'evaluative' questions concerning the specific course; the latter correspond to what is provided for in the ministerial framework.

The assessments are processed for each individual course, based on at least 5 questionnaires, to ensure student anonymity and the statistical significance of the evaluations expressed; the assessments of courses with fewer than 5 completed questionnaires are used solely in the overall evaluation of the degree programme.

Student Opinions
The responses provided by students to the questionnaires are regularly examined year by year. The students who have responded to the questionnaires are, generally speaking, students who attend regularly and are reasonably up to date with their study plan. On the other hand, various second-year courses are attended by fewer than 5 students and therefore the assessments of some individual subjects have not been processed by the university.
The opinions on the facilities and teaching organisation of the degree programme are almost all positive or decidedly positive. With regard to individual courses, the assessments of clarity of exposition, the interest generated by the lecturer for the discipline taught and the credits-workload ratio reveal, in general, a good level of satisfaction: on average, the sum of "yes" and "more yes than no" is approximately 85%; for these categories, some critical issues are noted in only one or two courses. The feedback on lecturers' availability and punctuality is excellent.

Graduate Opinions
The assessments of graduates up to the year 2018 are available on the Alma Laurea website.

The assessments of graduates are overall good or very good (consistently over 75%).

On average, more than 70% of graduates in these years would enrol again in the Master's degree programme in Mathematics at Catania.

The employment data three years after graduation are in line with the national average for Master's graduates in Mathematics.

The results are public and available on the page https://www.unict.it/it/didattica/valutazione-didattica-opinione-studenti