ITALY
Italy is situated on the West Southern border of Europe; the peninsula, along with its surrounding islands, stretches out southwards almost to the coasts of North Africa.
Italy has played an important role in European higher education:
Today Italy ranks among the 8 most industrialized countries in the world.
Alongside some big companies, both state-owned and private, it has developed
a sound network of small and a medium-sized undertaking, promoted a few scientific
parks, and is incentivizing basic and applied research in a great variety
of fields (biology, ICT, medicine, physics, etc.).
Higher Education Institutions in Italy:
The Italian Higher Education System
Italian higher education is structured in a binary system, consisting of two main articulations:
- the university sector
- the non-university sector.
At present, the university sector is made up of 89 university institutions which are classified in:
- 58 State universities
- 17 non-State universities (legally recognised by the State)
- 2 universities for foreigners
- 6 higher schools specialised in postgraduate university studies
- 6 telematic universities.
The non-university sector includes 4 education typologies with their institutions:
Classes of degrees
• Agriculture, food industry and forestry
• Applied languages
• Architecture and construction engineering
• Aviation and maritime navigation
• Biology and Biotechnologies
• Business and management
• Chemistry
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Cultural heritage studies
• Defence and security
• Dentistry and orthodontics
• Earth sciences
• Economics and Administration
• Education
• Engineering
• Environmental sciences
• Geography
• Health professions
• Law and Political sciences and international relations
• Legal services
• Mathematics
• Medicine and surgery
• Modern languages and civilisations
• Nursing and midwifery
• Pharmacy
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Psychology
• Social work
• Sociology
• Sport sciences and physical education
• Statistics
• Tourism
• Town, regional and environmental planning
• Veterinary Medicine
• Visual arts, music, performing arts and fashion studies
• Zoology.
List of universities:
• International School for Advanced Studies
• Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo
• Perugia University
• Politecnico de Milano
• Politecnico di Torino
• Scuola Normale Superiore
• Universit degli studi di Brescia
• Università degli Studi di Bologna
• Universita G.d'Annunzio
• Universita' degli Studi di Pavia
• University Institute of Architecture
• University of Catania
• University of Milano
• University of Modena
• University of Padua
• University of Parma
• University of Pisa
• University of Trieste
• University of Udine
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