Access to university track underrepresented groups applications

Università IULM systematically tracks and measures applications, admissions, enrolments, and graduation rates of all underrepresented and potentially underrepresented groups. This tracking includes:

  • Low-income and first-generation students
  • Women and gender balance (monitored through the IULM Gender Equality Plan)
  • Students with disabilities and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD), supported by the DiversaMENTE Office
  • Alias career students (confidential identity protection), tracked for the first time in 2024; These students have the possibility to activate an "Alias identity," that is, to use, within the University, an identity different from the registry identity: the ultimate goal is to ensure those who do not recognize themselves in the gender associated with their biological sex the possibility to see their gender identity recognized
  • Non-traditional students (aged over 30), tracked for the first time in 2024
  • International students from developing countries
  • Refugee and asylum-seeking students, with nationality breakdown included from 2024

These data are formally reported annually and are used to design and implement targeted inclusion measures in line with the Strategic Plan 2025–2027, ensuring equal opportunities at all stages of the academic career.

Low-income students

 

Total number of students

Male

Female

% of female

Difference from 2023

Students receiving financial aid

876

164

712

81%

+6%

Students paying the first rate

779

141

638

82%

-10%

Students enrolled in 2024 paying the first rate

322

60

262

81%

+8%

Graduates paying the first rate

194

31

163

84%

+13%

Gender balance

 

 

Total number of students

Male

Female

% of female

Difference from 2023

Students

8573

1931

6642

77%

+2%

Applicants

4873

1159

3714

76%

-0,8%

Students starting a degree

2193

491

1702

78%

-5%

Undergraduate

6693

1460

5233

78%

+2%

Postgraduate

1880

445

1409

75%

+1%

Graduates

2827

624

2203

78%

+11%

First-generation students

1160

249

911

79%

-9%

Students on internships abroad

117

26

91

78%

New data

Students on internships in Italy

1317

293

1024

78%

New data

Exchange students inbound

330

40

290

88%

New data

Exchange students outbound

363

76

287

79%

New data

Students with Disability and SLD

 

 

Total number of students

Male

Female

% of female

Difference from 2023

Students with disability

114

35

79

69%

+13%

Students with SLD

516

135

381

74%

 

+13%

Alias students (new tracking, 2023/2024)

In the academic year 2023/2024 IULM registered 6 Alias students

Non-traditional students (new tracking, 2023/2024)

 

Total number of students

Male

Female

% of female

Non-traditional students  (over 30) undergraduate

46

15

31

67%

Non-traditional students (over 30) postgraduate

21

5

16

76%

Refugee students and international students from developing countries

 

Category

Total

Male

Female

% Female

Refugee students

19

5

14

74%

 

Category

Total

Male

Female

% Female

Students from developing countries

118

37

81

67%