Rating of the most effective European universities: solely 4 Italian ones among the many first 100

There are 51 Italian universities within the second version of the rating QS World College Rankings: Europeof which 24 are bettering, 2 are steady and 25 are reducing.

684 Universities from 43 International locations

Within the 2025 version, there are 684 universities from 43 international locations. On the prime of the rating is the Polytechnic College of Zurichwhich has climbed one place. Follows Imperial Faculty Londonwhich rose two positions and‘College of Oxfordwhich dropped two positions, dropping its dominant place.

Italian universities

Italy has solely 4 universities among the many prime 100 (Polytechnic College of Milan, Alma Mater of Bologna, La Sapienza College of Rome and the College of Padua) and 14 among the many prime 200. The Polytechnic College of Milan is the primary Italian college, climbing 9 positions and reaching thirty eighth place within the rating. The Alma Mater Studiorum – College of Bologna (48) is in second place nationally and is the second Italian college to climb 30 positions, coming into the highest 50.

College of Salento: up 65 positions

The one college with a higher development in comparison with the earlier yr is the College of Salento, which rose 65 positions, reaching 419. La Sapienza College of Rome is in third place nationally and, with 66, falls one place. The Catholic College of the Sacred Coronary heart (140) rises 18 positions, coming into the European prime 150. Padua does effectively, rising two positions.

Scientific publications

Italian universities collectively outperform the European common, excelling particularly in analysis: the typical rating of scientific publications per college member, a measure of analysis productiveness, is 56.9, nearly double the European common; nonetheless, the impression of this analysis is barely decrease than the European common.

Pupil Change Packages

Moreover, Italian universities excel in pupil trade packages, each incoming and outgoing, once more with outcomes effectively above the European common. The trainer/pupil ratio, alternatively, is doing badly: Italy scores lower than half the European common, highlighting a persistent downside that also must be addressed. The restricted variety of programs taught in English and comparatively low funding in internationalization additionally contribute to Italy scoring solely a 3rd of the European common for worldwide college. The proportion of worldwide college students is marginally greater, however nonetheless represents a couple of third of the European common.

Employability of graduates

Italian universities are additionally under the European common in indicators that assess graduate employability. This means – the report’s audio system underline – the necessity to strengthen connections between campuses and business and enhance graduates’ job preparation, notably essential within the period of synthetic intelligence.

Italy’s strengths

Ben Sowter, Senior Vice President at QS, feedback: “Italy’s strengths in analysis productiveness are confirmed, highlighting areas for enchancment, notably within the internationalisation of the educating and pupil physique and within the job preparation of graduates, with some exceptions and glorious performances. Past the highest three Italian universities, there are various glorious outcomes, notably from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia and the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, which rank within the prime 10 in three key indicators.”