University of Milan

For the separate university established with the splitting of the University of Milan, see University of Milano-Bicocca.

University of Milan
Università degli Studi di Milano
The 15th century Ca' Granda designed by the Renaissance period architect Filarete is the headquarters of the University of Milan
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Mediolanensis
Other name
UNIMI
MottoScientia illuminans dignum
Motto in English
Knowledge enlightening the worthy
TypePublic
Established1924
Academic affiliations
EUA
LERU
Budget€603 million (2024)[1]
RectorProf. Marina Brambilla
Academic staff
2100 (2018)[2]
Administrative staff
1,872 (2017)[3]
Students61,547 (2018/19)[4]
Undergraduates36,717
Postgraduates23,058
869
Other students
903
Location
Milan
,
Italy
CampusUrban
LanguageItalian, English
Colours  Milan blue
Sporting affiliations
CUS Milano
Websitewww.unimi.it/en

The University of Milan (Italian: Università degli Studi di Milano; Latin: Universitas Studiorum Mediolanensis), officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale ("the Statal [University]"), is a public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 60,000 students,[5] and a permanent teaching and research staff of about 2,000.[6]

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 as the first or second university in Italy (ARWU), often sharing the place with the Sapienza University of Rome, University of Pisa or University of Padua. It is one of the best universities of Italy according to all prominent international rankings (which also place the University of Bologna and the Polytechnic University of Milan, among others, at the highest ranks), both overall and in specific subject areas.

The university has been frequented by many notable alumni, including Enrico Bombieri (Fields medalist, 1974),[7] Riccardo Giacconi (Nobel laureate in Physics, 2002),[8] Marco Bersanelli (Gruber Prize in Cosmology recipient, 2006), Patrizia A. Caraveo (Bruno Rossi Prize recipient, 2007, 2011, 2012), Alberto Mantovani (Robert Koch Prize recipient, 2016), Fabiola Gianotti (two times CERN General Director and Bruno Pontecorvo Prize recipient, 2019), as well as former Italian Prime Ministers Silvio Berlusconi and Bettino Craxi, and former Greek President Karolos Papoulias. The university has also been affiliated with notable faculty such as Giulio Natta (Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1963),[9] Giuseppe Occhialini (Wolf Prize in Physics recipient, 1979), and Ugo Amaldi (Bruno Pontecorvo Prize recipient, 1995).

  1. ^ "Budget and financial statements". www.unimi.it. University of Milan. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ Facts and Figures
  3. ^ Piano dei fabbisogni e Carichi di Lavoro
  4. ^ Student data
  5. ^ "Student data".
  6. ^ "Research Facts and Figures".
  7. ^ "Enrico Bombieri biography". 9 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Riccardo Giacconi biography".
  9. ^ "Archivio di Giulio Natta". www.giulionatta.it. Retrieved 19 October 2021.