The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe (one of the oldest in history), and continues to play an important role in research and training.

Campuses

Main campus in Turin

The University is divided into 55 departments that are located in 13 faculties:

• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Letters and Philosophy
• Faculty of Mathematical, Physics and Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
• Second Faculty of Medicine and Surgery “St. Luigi Gonzaga”
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Political Sciences
• Faculty of Psychology
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Special units

In addition, the University has created schools specifically devoted to certain academic fields, either alone or with partnerships with other institutions. Currently those schools are:

• The Interfaculty School for Biotechnologies
• The Interfaculty School of Motor Sciences (SUISM)
• The Interfaculty School of Strategic Studies
• The School of Business
• Centre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary China
• The Inter-university School of Specialization for secondary school teachers (SIS)
• The School of Applied Psychology
• The International School of Advanced Studies of the University of Torino (ISASUT)
• The Interuniversity Centre for Comparative Analysis of Institutions, Economics and Law
• The Center for Cognitive Science

Decentralized faculties

The University has a number of faculties outside Turin, mostly located in Piedmont. There are currently units in the fields of:

• Agriculture: in Asti, Alba, Peveragno, Saluzzo, Fossano, Verzuolo, Ormea, Sanremo
• Economics: in Asti, Pinerolo and Biella
• Pharmacology: in Savigliano
• Law: in Cuneo
• Arts and Philosophy: in Ivrea and Biella
• Medicine and Surgery: in Orbassano, Cuneo and Aosta
• Veterinary Medicine: in Moretta and Asti
• Education Sciences: in Savigliano
• Political Science: in Ivrea, Cuneo, Biella