The University of Milan is a higher education institution in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 60,000 students, and a permanent teaching and research staff of about 2,000.

The University of Milan has ten schools and offers 140 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes, 32 Doctoral Schools and 65+ Specialization Schools. The University’s research and teaching activities have grown over the years and have received important international recognitions.

The University is the only Italian member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), a group of twenty-one research-intensive European Universities. It consistently ranks one of the best universities of Italy, both overall and in specific subject areas.

One Nobel laureate in physics, Riccardo Giacconi, as well as one Fields medalist, Enrico Bombieri, studied at the University.

Academics

The University of Milan is a public teaching and research university, which – with nine schools and a teaching staff of about 2,200 – comprises a wide variety of disciplinary fields.

Schools

The University comprises 10 Schools (facoltà):

• School of Law
• School of Medicine
• School of Humanities
• School of Veterinary Medicine
• School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
• School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• School of Science and Technology
• School of Exercise and Sport Sciences
• School of Political, Economic and Social Sciences
• School of Linguistics and Cultural Mediation