Facts and Figures

• Situated only 35 km from Milan
• Trains to Milan every 10 minutes
• Population of 70,000

• 23,500 students
• 1500 international students
• 2700 professors, lecturers, native language teachers and administrative staff

• 18 departments
• 77 courses taught in Italian
  • 39 Bachelor’s degrees
  • 38 Master’s courses
• 12 Master’s degree courses taught in English
• 19 Ph.D. courses

• 82% graduates find employment within a year of graduation
• 93% find employment within three years of graduation
• 94% find employment within five years of graduation
• Master’s degrees in science, engineering, medicine and pharmacology have a 95% post-graduation employment rate

Top 10 among all Italian Universities
301-400 World Overall Ranking


Top 300 among EU Universities
581-590 World Overall Ranking 
Top 250 World Ranking by Subject: Medicine
Top 200 World Ranking by Subject: Civil & Structural Engineering
#35 World Ranking by Subject: Classic & Ancient History


101-125 Europe Teaching Ranking 2018
401-500 World Overall Ranking

• 400+ International partnerships
• 700+ Erasmus exchange agreements

• 3000 scholarships

• 2 campuses (Pavia and Cremona)
• 20 University colleges
• 35 libraries
• 1,250,000 books and journals
• 19 museums and collections
• 4 cinemas and theatres
• 12 cultural centres
• 1 music college
• 2 civic schools of music and arts

• Internationally recognized as European City of Sport 2014
• 2 multi-sport centres
• 4 public swimming pools
• 3 private sports clubs
• 26 school and 8 university gyms
• 20 playing fields
• 15 football pitches
• 5 boules areas
• 4 private equestrian centres
• 20 tennis courts
• 10 facilities offering golf, skating and five-a-side football