Università Popolare di Milano

The Università Popolare di Milano (literally: Popular university of Milan), also known as Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano, is a for-profit unaccredited institution headquartered in Milan, Italy. On the basis of life experiences, the institution issues unaccredited Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees and even PhDs in civil engineering, sociology, communication studies, and political science. Sometimes, unaccredited honorary degrees in other fields may also be conferred.[1][2]

The longer name "Università Popolare degli Studi di Milano" should not be confused with the well-known, and accredited, Università degli Studi di Milano, which has nothing to do with the Università Popolare di Milano.

Since 2012, the institution has received several cease-and-desist orders from the Italian Ministry of Education,[1][2] and has been convicted by a final judgment,[1] but most of its websites still advertise the services and the degrees, which are chiefly sold online.[1][2]

The president of the institution, Marco Grappeggia,[3] is also founder and president of the Yorker International University,[2] which is supposed to be based in South Dakota, New York, Florida and Argentina, but actually operates in Milan, Italy, using the same address[4] as the Università Popolare di Milano. The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization and the New York State Education Department made it known that Yorker International University was never accredited.[5] However, Yorker International University used to issue degrees in Italy through Paulo Freire University, a private university located in Nicaragua that was going to be accredited in 2002. Since the Nicaraguan university had (and still has) no authorization to issue degrees in Italy, those degrees are not valid.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Pubblicità ingannevole sul web: stangata per l'Università Popolare". Il Giorno (in Italian). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "Università Popolare Milano. Miur prima dà l'ok alle lauree, poi diffida l'ateneo". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. "Le finte lauree dell'università popolare di Milano (o università popolare degli studi di Milano) e uni-internazionale" (in Italian). Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  4. "Flyer: The Yorker International University" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. "Unauthorized schools and invalid degrees". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  6. "Escándalo con diplomas" (in Spanish). 23 March 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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