The University of Messina is a state university located in Messina, Sicily, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Pope Paul III, it was the world’s first Jesuit college and today it is considered one of the oldest universities in Italy.

It is organized in 12 departments offering more than 80 Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees, over 20 Master’s Degrees and 13 PhD Programmes. Among them, 7 are English-taught. The University counts more than 23.000 students distributed in the 4 campus facilities spread across the city.

Organization

The university comprises 12 departments:

• Department of Ancient and Modern Civilizations
• Department of Economics
• Department of Law
• Department of Engineering
• Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
• Department of Adult and Childhood Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”
• Department of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences
• Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences
• Department of Cognitive Science, Education and Cultural Studies
• Department of Mathematical and Computer Science, Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences
• Department of Political and Juridical Sciences
• Department of Veterinary Sciences