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Western Norway University of Applied Sciences or HVL is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in January 2017 through the merging of formerly independent colleges across five campuses: Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sogndal and Stord.

Volda University College is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in the town of Volda, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

The VID Specialized University is a Norwegian accredited, private, non-profit specialized university headquartered in Oslo. VID has 6,000 students and nearly 700 employees. It is one of three private specialized universities in Norway, alongside BI and MF.

The University of Stavanger is a public research university located in Stavanger, Norway. It was established in 2005 when the Stavanger University College received university status. The university is organised in six faculties.

The University of Bergen is a public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several scientific institutions that dated as far back as 1825.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is a public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim, with regional campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund.

The University of South-Eastern Norway, commonly known as USN, is a Norwegian state university. It has campuses in Bø in Telemark, Porsgrunn, Notodden, Rauland, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsberg and Horten.

The University of Oslo is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the oldest university in Norway.

The University of Inland Norway is a state university in Innlandet, Norway. It was established in 2017 as the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, from the merger of the Hedmark University College and Lillehammer University College.

The University of Agder, formerly known as Agder College and Agder University College, is a public university with campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway.

The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway is a state university in Norway and the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established by an act of parliament in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of ten universities in Norway.

Østfold University College is a university college in Østfold county, Norway. It has campuses in Fredrikstad and Halden, and has around 7000 students and 550 employees.

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers a unique research-based education with a strong international standing within the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, and landscape architecture.

Oslo Metropolitan University is a state university in Oslo and Kjeller in Norway. It is the result of the merger of many former vocational colleges in the Greater Oslo Region. It has around 1,400 academic employees, around 20,000 students and around 800 administrative support staff.

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located in Akershus county and has around 7,700 students.

The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate levels.

The Norwegian Academy of Music is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education.

Nord University is a state university in Nordland and Trøndelag counties of Norway. The university has 11,000 students at study locations in Northern and Central Norway, with main campuses in Bodø, the capital of the county of Nordland, and Levanger, a university town on the south shore of the Trondheim Fjord.

NLA University College is a private Norwegian Christian college accredited by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education.

The Norwegian School of Economics or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is the leading teaching and research institution in Norway for the fields of management and business administration.

Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics is a Norwegian specialized university. It is located in the town of Molde in Molde Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The university offers higher education in business administration, logistics, information technology, and health sciences.

MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society is a Norwegian private specialized university. MF focuses on education, research and dissemination of their fields of expertise. The specialized university is located at Majorstuen in Oslo.

Kristiania University College is an educational institution in Norway organized through the Ernst G. Mortensen foundation. As of 2022, Kristiania has approximately 19 000 students and provides higher education in Oslo, Bergen and online.

Fjellhaug International University College is a private, Christian University College with public accreditation, offering studies in Theology and Mission, Christianity and Religion.

BI Norwegian Business School is a Norwegian specialized university that provides education and conducts research primarily in the fields of business and economics, marketing, strategy, management, and administration. BI is organized as a self-owned foundation whose sole purpose is teaching and research.

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University is a private, not for-profit university in Milan, Italy. The University was founded in 1996 within the Opera San Raffaele by Don Luigi Maria Verzé, who was its rector until his death in 2011.

The University of Verona is a university located in Verona, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 12 Departments. The Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore ranked it as the best non-private university in Italy in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

The University of Urbino Carlo Bo is an Italian university located in Urbino, in the region of Marche, in north-eastern central Italy. The main campus occupies numerous buildings throughout the historic Urbino town center and the nearby countryside, with a branch campus in Fano.

The University of Udine is a public university in the city of Udine, Italy. It was founded in 1978 as part of the reconstruction plan of Friuli after the earthquake in 1976.

University of Tuscia is a university located in the city of Viterbo, Italy. Founded in 1979, the University comprises 6 academic departments. Much of the campus occupies the former monastic complex of Santa Maria in Gradi.

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

The University of Trieste is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The university consists of 10 departments, has a wide and almost complete range of university courses and has about 15,000 students and 1,000 professors. It was founded in 1924.

The University of Trieste is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The university consists of 10 departments, has a wide and almost complete range of university courses and has about 15,000 students and 1,000 professors. It was founded in 1924.

The University of Trento is an Italian university located in Trento and nearby Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research, and international relations according to CENSIS and the Italian Ministry of Education.

The University of Teramo is an Italian public research university located in Teramo, Italy. The academic institution was officially established in 1993 after having been a detached section of the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara for over 30 years.

The University of Siena, located in Siena, Tuscany, holds the distinction of being Italy's first publicly funded university as well as one of the oldest, originally established as Studium Senese in 1240. As of 2022, it hosts approximately 16,000 students—nearly one-third of Siena's total population of about 53,000.

The University of Sassari is a public university located in Sassari, Italy. It was founded in 1562 and is organized in 13 departments.

The University of Sannio is a university located in Benevento, southern Italy. Founded in 1998, the University of Sannio is organized in three faculties with almost 6,000 students.

The University of Salerno (Italian: Università degli Studi di Salerno) (in acronym UNISA) is a university located in Fisciano and in Baronissi, Italy. Its main campus is located in Fisciano while the Faculty of Medicine is located in Baronissi. It is organized in ten faculties.

The University of Salento (Italian: Università del Salento, called until 2007 Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1955 by Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli.

The university of Salento commenced activities in the academic year 1955-1956 under the "Salentine University Council". In 1960, it became the "Free University of Lecce" and passed to Government authority in the 1967–1968 academic year.

Since 2005, the University of Salento is a partner of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC).

University of Salento is ranked 251-275 among the top world's university and fifth in Italy, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on 2015. In 2018, it was ranked 501–600, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

University of Rome Tor Vergata, also known as the University of Tor Vergata, is a public research university located in Rome, Italy.

Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, also referred to as Mediterranea University or University of Reggio Calabria, or simply UNIRC, is an Italian public research university, located in Reggio Calabria, Italy. In 2021, it is the third best university in the state.

The Department of Business Administration “E. Giannessi” is one of 50 departments that comprise The University of Pisa. Founded in 1343, The University of Pisa is one of the most ancient and prestigious universities in Europe and today is home to over 50,000 students. The Department of Business Administration is a highly international department with many faculty members, and 90% of students, originating from 30 different countries, The department participates in national and international research programmes, in cooperation with both academic and private institutions. Their approach to teaching results from a combination of traditional academic lessons, exercises, cases studies.

The University of Perugia is a public university in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale.

The University of Pavia (Italian: Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or Università di Pavia; Latin: Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. It was the sole university in Milan and the greater Lombardy region until the end of the 19th century. In 2022, the university was recognized by the Times Higher Education among the top 10 in Italy and among the 300 best in the world. Currently, it has 18 departments and 9 faculties. It does not have a main campus; its buildings and facilities are scattered around the city, which is in turn called "a city campus". The university caters to more than 20,000 students who come from Italy and all over the world.

The University of Parma is a public university in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is organised in nine departments. As of 2016 the University of Parma has about 26,000 students.

The University of Palermo is a public research university in Palermo, Italy. It was founded in 1806, and is currently organized in 12 Faculties.

The University of Padua is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest university in Italy, as well as the world's fifth-oldest surviving university.

The University of Naples Federico II (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko seˈkondo], Neapolitan pronunciation: [fɛdɛˈriːko sɛˈkondo]) is a public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, secular, non-sectarian or state-funded university in the world, and one of the world's ten oldest universities in continuous operation.

The University of Naples "L'Orientale" is a university located in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1732 by Matteo Ripa, it is the oldest school of Sinology and Oriental Studies of the European continent.

The University of Molise, also known as UNIMOL, is an Italian public university located in Campobasso, Italy.

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, located in Modena and Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, is one of the oldest universities in Europe, founded in 1175, with a population of 20,000 students.

The University of Milano-Bicocca is a public university located in Milan, Italy, providing undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education. Established in 1998, it was ranked by the Times Higher Education 2014 ranking of the best 100 Universities under 50 years old as number 21 worldwide and first in Italy.

The University of Milan, officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale, is a public research university 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 Messina, known colloquially as UniME, 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 counted among the oldest universities in Italy.

The University of Macerata is a public university located in Macerata, Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe that are still functioning.

The University of L'Aquila is a public research university located in L'Aquila, Central Italy. It was founded in 1964 and is organized in nine departments. The university presents a scientific-technological character with many research groups.

The University of Insubria is an Italian university located in Como and Varese, with secondary locations in Busto Arsizio and Saronno. It was founded in 1998, it has been named after the area where it is situated, the historical-geographical region of Insubria.

The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe (Italian: Università di Genova), is a public research university. It is one of the largest universities in Italy and it is located in the city of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy. The original university was founded in 1481.

The University of Gastronomic Sciences is an international university located in northern Italy. The campus is in Pollenzo, near Bra, a city in the north-west region of Piedmont.

The University of Foggia, located in Foggia, Italy, was founded in 1991 and was fully recognized in 1999.

The University of Florence is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled.

The University of Ferrara is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy.

The University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" is a university located in Alessandria, Novara and Vercelli, in the region of Piedmont, Italy. It was founded in 1998 and is organized in seven faculties, which before then were part of the University of Turin.

The University of Catania is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest university in the world. With a population of over 60,000 students, it is the main university in Sicily.

The University of Cassino and Southern Lazio - UNICAS, established in 1979, is an Italian, public and multidisciplinary Higher Education Institution. UNICAS headquarter is in Cassino while two branches are hosted in Frosinone, and Gaeta.

The University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli is an Italian research university founded in late 1991. Its main seat is in Caserta, but its academic departments are also located in a series of historic and contemporary buildings in Naples, Aversa, Capua and Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

The University of Calabria is a state-run university in Italy. Located in Arcavacata, a hamlet of Rende and a suburb of Cosenza, the university was founded in 1972. Among its founders there were Beniamino Andreatta, Giorgio Gagliani, Pietro Bucci and Paolo Sylos Labini.

The University of Cagliari is a public research university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties.

The University of Brescia is an Italian public research university located in Brescia, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is branched in 4 Faculties. The University of Brescia was officially established in 1982 with three Schools: Medicine and Surgery, Engineering, Economics and Business.

The University of Bergamo is an Italian public university located in Bergamo, Italy. It was founded on 11 December 1968 and is organized in seven departments, three campuses and forty-one degree courses.

The University of Basilicata, colloquially known as Unibas, is an Italian public research university located in Potenza, with a satellite campus in Matera. It was founded in 1982, and is organized in six faculties. It has also one school of specialization and five doctoral schools.

The University of Bari Aldo Moro is a public higher education institution founded in 1925 in Bari, Apulia, in Southern Italy. The university has a student population of around 40,000.

The Università per Stranieri di Siena is a university in Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It is one of the three universities historically for foreign students in Italy, together with the Università per Stranieri di Perugia, and Università per stranieri "Dante Alighieri" di Reggio Calabria.

The Università per Stranieri di Perugia is an Italian university oriented towards study by foreign students of Italian language and culture. It was established by royal decree in 1925, and is housed in the Palazzo Gallenga Stuart in Perugia, in Umbria in central Italy.

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially the Catholic University of Milan or simply the Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona and Rome.

The Università per stranieri Dante Alighieri di Reggio Calabria, often simply abbreviated as "Unistrad" is a private university founded in 2007 in Reggio Calabria.

The IULM University - Milan is a university located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1968 and is organized in four faculties.

Iuav University of Venice is a university in Venice, Italy. It was founded in 1926 as the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia as one of the first architecture schools in Italy.

The University of Bologna is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students by the late 12th century, it is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, and the first degree-awarding institution of higher learning.

The Università degli studi Internazionali di Roma (Italian for "International University of Rome" - UNINT) is a private state-recognised university located in Rome, Italy.

The university was founded in 1996 as Libero Istituto Universitario "San Pio V" and later renamed into Libera Università degli Studi "San Pio V" (LUSPIO). It adopted the present name in 2013 to underline more effectively the global vocation of its educational offer.

University of Rome “Foro Italico”, formerly known as the University Institute of Motor Sciences is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. It is a vocational university, the only Italian state university dedicated to sports and movement sciences.

Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences is a private University recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research in November 2017. It is located in Rome.

The American University of Rome (commonly referred to as AUR) is a degree-granting American university in Rome, Italy. AUR is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education as an American University duly authorized to operate in Italy as a Foreign Higher Education Institution. The American University of Rome's degrees, accompanied by a Statement of Comparability or a Dichiarazione di Valore (Certified Degree Equivalency) is valid for admission to Italian graduate degree programs such as the laurea magistrale or Italian first level Master programs.

The Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples is a private university located in Naples, Italy. It was founded in 1895, named after the venerable sister Ursula Benincasa and is organized into 8 departments.

The Florence Institute of Design International in an international school of Italian design. The institute was founded in 2008 in Florence Italy. Admission to the school is open to students from any country. All classes are held in the English language. Programs that are currently offered include Interior Design, Graphic Design, Art History, and Architecture.

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is a special-statute, highly selective public research university located in Pisa, Italy. Together with the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, it is part of the Pisa University System. The rector is Sabina Nuti, who took office on 7 May 2019.

The International School for Advanced Studies is an international, state-supported, post-graduate-education and research institute in Trieste, Italy. SISSA is active in the fields of mathematics, physics and neuroscience, offering both undergraduate and post-graduate courses.

The Sapienza University of Rome (Italian: Sapienza – Università di Roma), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is as such one of the world's oldest universities, and with 122,000 students, it is the largest university in Europe.Due to its size, funding, and numerous laboratories and libraries, Sapienza is a global major education and research centre, first ranked in Southern Europe.The university is located mainly in the Città Universitaria (University city), which covers 44 ha (110 acres) near the monumental cemetery Campo Verano, with different campuses, libraries and laboratories in various locations in Rome.

Rome Business School is a business school institution offering master and MBA programs that can be taken both on campus and online, as well as Executive Education training programs. The school has students coming from more than 150 countries.

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is a special-statute, highly selective public research university located in Pisa, Italy. Together with the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, it is part of the Pisa University System. The rector is Sabina Nuti, who took office on 7 May 2019.

Roma Tre University (Italian: Università degli Studi Roma Tre) is an Italian public research university in Rome, Italy. All its offices and departments are located in the Ostiense district area.

Founded in 1992 by the Ministry of Public Education, under the request of several professors of the Sapienza University of Rome, it was the third public university to be established in the metropolitan area of Rome. It is the second-largest university of Rome by enrollment and one of the largest research-based institutions in the country.

The Polytechnic University of Turin is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Italy and in the world.

The Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano, abbreviated as PoliMi) is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design.

Established in 1863 by Francesco Brioschi, PoliMi is the oldest university in Milan; inspired by German and Swiss polytechnic institutes, Brioschi founded the school in the hope of bettering Italy's scientific and technological progress. By the 20th century, the school had gained international recognition thanks to its influential faculty and a strong emphasis on largely modernist principles.

Politecnico di Milano is made up of two central campuses in Milan, called Bovisa and Leonardo, where the majority of the research and teaching activities are located, as well as other satellite campuses in five other cities across Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. The university’s central offices and headquarters are located in Città Studi’s Leonardo Campus, active since 1927.

The university provides a diverse selection of graduate programs. Of its 40,000 students, about 8,000 are international from more than 100 countries.The university also has established partnerships with several other institutions around the world, including ETH Zurich, TU Delft, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As of 2024, the Polytechnic University of Milan had an acceptance rate of 28%.

It is considered one of the leading technical universities in Italy and in Europe, and is consistently ranked as one of the best schools for architecture and engineering in the world. According to the QS World University Rankings for the subject area 'Engineering & Technology', it ranked in 2022 as the 23rd best in the world; It also ranked 7th worldwide for design, 12th for civil and structural engineering, 9th for mechanical and aerospace engineering and 7th for architecture. In 2024, SCImago Institutions Rankings listed the school 6th for architecture and amongst the top 50 schools for engineering in the world.

Some of the most notable alumni and professors from the school include Nobel laureate Giulio Natta, engineer, inventor, and aeronautical pioneer Enrico Forlanini, astrophysicist Amalia Ercoli Finzi, novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda, musician Demetrio Stratos, and architects Renzo Piano and Aldo Rossi.

The Polytechnic University of Bari is a university located in Bari, Italy. It was founded in 1990 and it is organized into five departments. In 2018, around 10,072 students were enrolled. In 2018, the academic staff amounted to 275 people.

The Polytechnic University of Milan is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design.

The Parthenope University of Naples (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope") is one of the universities located in Naples, Italy.

MIB School of Management Trieste is an international business and management university located in Trieste, Italy. The School was founded in 1988 as a bridge institution between universities, research centers and the business world.

Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, also referred to as Mediterranea University or University of Reggio Calabria, or simply UNIRC, is an Italian public research university, located in Reggio Calabria, Italy. In 2021, it is the third best university in the state.

Marche Polytechnic University or Polytechnic University of the Marches is a public university in Ancona, Italy. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Agriculture, Engineering, Economics, Medicine and Biology.

LUMSA University is a private Roman Catholic university founded in 1939 in Rome. It is the second-oldest university in Rome after Sapienza.

The Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro is a university located in Catanzaro, Italy. It was founded in 1998 and is organized in three faculties.

Link Campus University, formerly Link Campus—University of Malta, is a proprietary, for-profit university located in Rome, Italy, and owned by the for-profit Italian franchise chain CEPU. The university is associated with Italian intelligence agencies.

LUMSA University is a private Roman Catholic university founded in 1939 in Rome. It is the second-oldest university in Rome after Sapienza.

The Kore University of Enna, in Italian Università Kore di Enna, is a university founded in 2004 in Enna, the capital city of the Province of Enna, in the center of Sicily and has been visited by two Italian Presidents (Oscar Luigi Scalfaro before, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi for the final inauguration). The university has very modern facilities; it also has a strong relationships with governments and universities of the Mediterranean Sea countries (Malta, Cyprus, Tunisia) and with some of European and U.S. areas.

The President of the University and the President of the University Foundation is Cataldo Salerno, a Sicilian professor who is also the President of the Province of Enna. The university has laboratories, auditoriums and a conference and concert hall where important musicians play; other Kore facilities include a sports centre and a residential building for students. Kore is planned to be a large campus in the American style with two Student Houses and many facilities for students. The international relationship of Kore University involves many countries of the Mediterranean Area (Tunisia, Malta, Cyprus, Morocco, etc.) and also American, European and Asian universities. The Kore University of Enna is the newest Sicilian university: in fact, it's the first university founded in Sicily after the unification of Italy, and it was founded 200 years after the foundation of the last Sicilian university, the University of Palermo.

John Cabot University (JCU) is a private American university in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1972 and it offers undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, and study abroad programs to English-speaking students. The university has more than 700 degree-seeking students and more than 1000 visiting students every year, representing over 75 nationalities. The average class size is 15 students. The university consists of three campuses and three residence halls centrally located in Trastevere, Rome. The language of instruction is English.

The Scuola Superiore IUSS or the "Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori" of Pavia (Eng. IUSS - School for Advanced Studies) is a higher learning institute located in Pavia, Italy.

The Scuola Superiore IUSS was founded in 1997.^[1] It was created by the University of Pavia - one of the most ancient universities in the world - the Borromeo College and the Ghislieri College, and it is supported by the Italian Minister of Education. The IUSS reunites all the university colleges of Pavia, forming the Pavia Study System, including the Collegio Borromeo and the Collegio Ghislieri, founded in the 16th century. There are only three other comparable institutions in Italy: the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. It is a both a learning and research center, offering its students supplementary courses to enhance the regular university curriculum.

The IULM University - Milan (Italian: Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM) is a university located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1968 and is organized in four faculties.

History and profile

The University Institute for Modern Languages (IULM) was founded by Carlo Bo, poet, literary critic and professor of Spanish and French language and literature and Silvio Baridon, French language and literature professor at Bocconi University, in 1968. It was renamed in 1998, as the IULM University of Languages and Communication, to reflect its teaching of both languages and communication.

IULM University offers six three-year degree courses:

• Interpreting and Communication
• Corporate Communication and Public Relations
• Communication, Media and Advertising
• Tourism, Management and Territory
• Arts, Media, Cultural Events
• Fashion and Creative Industries

In addition to these three-year undergraduate degree courses, IULM University offers one- and two-year post-graduate degree courses, and also research doctorate schools.

Teaching staff include managers and professionals from media and communication, professional services, business, public administration and cultural organisations. Teaching is done through lectures, classroom activities and case studies, continuous assessment, internships in Italy and abroad and through international student exchanges.

Campus

IULM University campus includes a study centre with modern teaching facilities.

The main building houses a reception desk, students’ admin. offices, the Dean’s office, the library and classrooms. New buildings have recently been added: a canteen catering for about 400 people, a building intended to become a research institute, an auditorium and a hall of residence.