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Innovation and tradition to build the future

The University of Milan is a research-intensive university, offering high quality teaching at all levels in a broad spectrum of fields. Over the years, it has succeeded in maintaining a skillful blend of tradition and innovation, adjusting to the requirements of a fast-growing society without putting aside its distinctive traits.
The University of Milan is the top Italian university in most international rankings and is the only Italian university among the 21 prestigious institutions that belong to the League of European Research Universities (LERU).

The University’s interdisciplinary vocation and the connections between a wide range of fields create a highly stimulating environment for study and work in its 32 departments, 121 study programmes, 33 doctoral programmes and several vocationally-oriented courses.

Milan and Lombardy: the engine of Italy

The University of Milan – that counts almost 64,000 students regularly enrolled and is therefore the largest in Lombardy – is an important point of cultural, artistic and scientific reference for the city: every year it plays host, amongst other things, to more than 300 events that are attended by tens of thousands of people. One of the top international institutions in terms of scientific productivity, the University’s wide range of educational and research competencies and its relationships with the business world also make it an important resource for its socio-economic context.

Milan is, in fact, the capital of Lombardy, one of the most dynamic and “international” areas in the European Union; it is also the leading city in Italy for investments in technological research and innovation.

The system in which the University of Milan operates has no equal in terms of the level and importance of its scientific initiatives; it comprises a further 11 universities and a large number of research institutes, many of them of international standing and reputation.

KEY FACTS

Academic and Research Resources and Facilities

• 8 Faculties and 2 Schools

• 33 Research Departments

• 22 Main Libraries

• A digital library with 62,522 e-journals, 368,940 e-books and 187 databases

Staff

• 2,140 tenured professors

• 120 visiting professors/scholars

• 1,917 technical and administrative staff

Study programmes

• 65 Bachelor programmes (3 years)

• 54 Master programmes (2 years)

• 9 Single-cycle courses (5-6 years)

• 33 Doctoral programmes (3-4 years)

Vocational study programmes

• 26 Vocational master’s courses (1-2 years)

• 85 Short courses

• 67 Postgraduate schools of professional specialization

Students

Total enrolled: 65,933

• 38,169 Undergraduate

• 22,651 Master’s and single-cycle students

• 4,055 Postgraduate professional specialization students

• 1,058 PhD students

Locations

• Main campus:

Cà Granda Renaissance palace (15th century) in the heart of the city centre

• Città Studi campus: located in the area known as the “City of studies” in the eastern part of the city

Heritage

• APICE centre: an archive of valuable and rare books

• Astronomical Observatory

• Didactic Museum of Zoology

• Papyrus collection and Papyrology Library

• Botanical gardens in town and on Lake Garda

• Gargnano villa on Lake