Best Universities in Italy
Italy's university system includes some of the oldest institutions still in continuous operation, alongside the politecnici — specialised technical universities built around engineering, architecture and design. English-taught degrees came later and are still growing, and they remain concentrated in the universities of the north. Fees at state universities are commonly set on a sliding scale tied to declared family income rather than one published rate.
Our catalogue covers 53 Italian universities and 555 programmes between them. Thirty of those universities hold an EduRank research ranking, and they appear below in world-rank order — a subset of the Italian institutions EduRank assesses nationally on research output. Compare acceptance rate, programme count and key facts on each entry, then open an institution to see what it teaches in English.
University of Bologna
Sapienza University of Rome
University of Milan
University of Padua
University of Turin
University of Pisa
Politecnico di Milano
University of Pavia
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Politecnico di Torino
University of Rome Tor Vergata
University of Catania
University of Trento
University of Palermo
University of Siena
University of Udine
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
University of Brescia
Bocconi University
Polytechnic University of the Marche
Scuola Normale Superiore
The University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
University of Sassari
School of Advanced Studies Sant'Anna
University of Camerino
Polytechnic University of Bari
University of Bergamo
LUISS Guido Carli University
Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta
IULM University
