Italian Universities Rank Among the World's Best

Italian university education ranks seventh in the world, second in Europe. The fourteenth edition of the QS world university rankings sees Italy in second place in the EU, behind only Germany. Among the universities, the University of Rome La Sapienza stands out, maintaining its world leadership in classical studies and ancient history, testifying to Italian academic excellence. Globally, Italian universities are seventh after those in the United States, United Kingdom, Mainland China, Germany, Australia, and Canada. Among the excellences, Medicine at the University of Milan. The ranking provides an independent comparative analysis on the performance of over 1500 universities in 96 countries and territories, across 55 academic disciplines and five broad areas of study. The global results see US universities leading in 32 disciplines, double that of the closest international competitor, the United Kingdom, with 16 disciplines. Harvard University is the top performer worldwide, ranking first in 19 disciplines. Followed by MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which leads in 11 disciplines. The QS ranking now includes 56 Italian universities, for a total of 577 ranking placements - with a net increase of 47 compared to the previous edition - in 55 academic disciplines, including Music, the new entry in this edition. Among the novelties, 71 new Italian placements. As for performance, 45% of Italian spots in the ranking remained stable, 19% recorded an improvement, while 24% suffered a decline, with an overall slight decrease of -5% compared to last year. Moreover, Italian universities secured 99 positions (3 more than the last edition) in the five broad areas of study: arts and humanities, engineering and technology, life sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences. Globally, Italy ranks seventh in terms of the number of entries in the ranking and eighth in terms of the number of universities present. And if La Sapienza in Rome reaffirms, for the fourth consecutive year, the world leadership in classical studies and takes first place in Physics and Astronomy (the third most recognized field of Italian academic excellence in this edition of the ranking), the University of Milan confirms its leadership in Medicine, Padua in Biology. In particular, La Sapienza, Bologna, and Padua are the most represented Italian universities in the ranking, with respectively 47, 46, and 37 entries. Following closely are the University of Milan and the University of Naples - Federico II, which complete the top five with a diversified range of subjects ranked. Apart from Naples, however, the South of Italy is not represented in the QS ranking, where only universities from the center-north stand out. La Sapienza recorded the greatest improvement, with an increase of 21%, followed closely by Luiss Guido Carli University with an improvement of 17% and the Polytechnic University of Milan with an improvement of 17%. Also performing well in the field of art and design, with the Marangoni Institute and Naba (New Academy of Fine Arts) ranking in the top 100 worldwide, as does the Conservatory of Rome Santa Cecilia.