PNRR - Active guidance in the school-to-university transition

The courses aim to enable students to:

1. understand the context of higher education and its value in a knowledge-based society, and learn about the different educational opportunities as possibilities for personal growth and for building sustainable and inclusive societies;
2. gain experience of active, participatory and laboratory-based subject teaching, guided by the methodology of learning through the scientific method;
3. self-assess, verify and consolidate their knowledge in order to reduce the gap between what they already know and what is required for the course of study of interest;
4. strengthen reflective and transferable skills for the development of their educational and professional growth plan;
5. become familiar with employment sectors, possible career opportunities, as well as future sustainable and inclusive jobs, and the link between these and the knowledge and skills acquired.

The courses last 15 hours, divided into 5 sessions of 3 hours each.

The activities are delivered in participating secondary schools, mainly during curriculum hours.
The activities – for the 2025–2026 school year – begin on 1 October 2025 and may be delivered until 30 June 2026.

The lessons for each course are organised according to a timetable agreed with the requesting school, within the delivery period envisaged for each course and indicated in the course catalogue.

In any case, it is at the school’s discretion to recognise participation in the courses for the purposes of FSL – school-work training pathways.

Schools may participate only by entering into a specific agreement with the University, drawn up according to the model prepared by the MUR for PNRR courses: if several schools belonging to the same educational institution are involved, a single agreement may be signed, valid for the entire school year.

The 15-hour courses consist of different thematic modules.

It is possible to enrol each class or group of students on a whole course; modules from different courses cannot be combined. 

The courses may include one or more cross-curricular modules (focusing on topics such as: how the university world works, skills assessment, the decision-making process, self-awareness, awareness of choices, reflections on goals and future prospects, development of specific transferable skills, emotional and psychological aspects related to guidance, and the world of work and professions), as well as subject-specific modules aimed at offering pupils an active, participatory and workshop-based learning experience within a subject area. These modules introduce the different disciplines, highlighting their possible connection with current issues and topics of general interest, mentioning non-immediate application contexts, or focusing attention on new or little-known professions and employment opportunities.

For the 2025/2026 academic year, the University of Padua offers a catalogue of more than 90 different courses: each school may enrol its pupils on the courses of greatest interest, subject to places remaining available.

Enrolments on the page pnrrorienta.unipd.it, from 18 September 2025

The University of Padua welcomes school leaders, guidance coordinators and teachers to present the new opportunities offered as part of the PNRR active guidance 2025/2026 programme on Thursday 18 September at 14.30 in Aula Nievo, Cortile Antico of Palazzo del Bo, via VIII Febbraio 2, Padua.

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