Come l'Universit\ue0 considera le competenze?

The article deals with the central theme of competencies in university education. What is the origin and what are the motivations behind the category of competence when it comes to the teaching and learning of knowledge in Italian University courses? It seems likely that this category is no longer the one that inspired the first studies in the 1980s. New horizons for innovative ways of learning have transformed the concept, and starting precisely from these perspectives a rethink is necessary along with a relocation within higher education course