The Manifesto for an Inclusive University (MUI): the Univr Action Plan and the Unicore Project

Facilitating refugee students' access to university education and research, promoting their integration and active participation in academic life.

Photo credits: Unicore

Only 5% of refugees globally have access to higher education.

(Source: UNHCRStaying the course’ - The challenges facing refugee education)

To facilitate the access of individuals who have been granted international protection status to university education and research, promote their social integration and active participation in academic life, UNHCR proposed the Manifesto for an Inclusive University (MUI) to Italian universities.

MUI priority actions:

recognition of foreign qualifications for admissions;
student support and benefits;
support measures to foster the inclusion of refugees in the academic environment and tools to enhance their participation;
support measures to enhance the inclusion of refugees in local communities;
career service;
the UNICORE Project – University Humanitarian Corridors

MUI falls within the framework of the Global Compact on Refugees and the EU Strategy for Excellence and Inclusive Universities and the National Integration Plan.

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The UNICORE Project

The UNICORE university humanitarian corridors project is the MUI's initiative designed to enable refugee students to arrive in Italy in a regular and safe manner to pursue their studies by attending a university degree programme.

A total of 33 Italian universities (see map) took part in 2022 in UNICORE 4.0 by providing 69 scholarships. The project, launched in 2019 as a pilot phase, expanded in 2020 and 2021 by supporting 71 refugee students. The fourth edition doubled the number of scholarships by including refugees residing in Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In order to guarantee appropriate reception standards, the Project is based on a national partnership, comprised of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UNHCR, Caritas Italiana, Diaconia Valdese, Centro Astalli and the member universities, with the support of local partners.

Local partners

UNI-CO-RE 4.0

UNICORE 4.0
Quarta edizione del progetto UNICORE – University corridors for Refugees.
Iniziativa promossa da UNHCR per dare l’opportunità di arrivare in Italia in maniera regolare e sicura per proseguire gli studi a 69 rifugiati.

The Manifesto for an Inclusive University (MUI) and the UNICORE Project at the University of Verona

Univr Action Plan for the Manifesto for an Inclusive University (MUI) – Support for students granted international protection status and asylum seekers

As part of the Welcome and Inclusion strategy line, the University of Verona has joined the Manifesto for an Inclusive University (MUI) on 21 January 2020 to take part in the working groups and priority initiatives of the project.

On 26 July 2022 the Univr Action Plan for the Manifesto for an Inclusive University was approved (see Academic Senate)

WHO’S IT FOR: students who have been granted international protection status and asylum seekers already enrolled at UNIVR or wishing to apply for a degree programme at the University.

STARTING FROM: A.Y. 2022-2023

MAIN GOAL: support for students granted international protection status and asylum seekers through actions and services aimed at facilitating their access to university education, continuation of studies, career service and active participation in academic life and community.

The project aims to achieve the goals of MUI by considering the features of the local context and the importance of coordination with local institutions and associations.

Services and actions:

evaluation of foreign qualifications for admissions;
extension of exemption from university fees for those who have been granted international protection status and asylum seekers;
guidance/mentoring services aimed at supporting students in making an informed choice about University, and administrative support;
support measures to foster the inclusion of refugees in the academic and local communities;
career service and job orientation;
involvement of students granted international protection status and asylum seekers to understand their specific needs and encourage their active participation in academic life.

Contact us: mui@ateneo.univr.it

MUI Overview [PDF]

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The UNICORE Project at the University of Verona

In the framework of MUI, the University of Verona has joined the UNICORE Project by taking part in UNICORE 3.0 (as approved by the University’s Senate and Board of Governors on 28-29 January 2021) and UNICORE 4.0 (as approved by the University’s Senate and Board of Governors on 22 February 2022).

A refugee student in Zambia, originally from Congo, was awarded a scholarship granted by the University of Verona on 1 April 2022 as part of UNICORE 4.0.