UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO

Established in 1924, the University of Milan is one of the youngest of Italy's great universities, although on its establishment it incorporated several institutions that can boast more than two centuries of history, giving today's university all the prestige that derives from a lasting heritage of medical, scientific and humanistic studies at the very highest of levels.

A "generalist" university that manages to provide both teaching and research without running the risk of contradicting itself, the University of Milan is distinguished by the large variety of disciplinary fields included within its framework.

The University's interdisciplinary vocation and, in particular, the contiguity and reciprocal methodological and cultural connections between various different fields of constantly developing knowledge generate a highly stimulating environment for studying and working.

If both first and second level degree courses are considered, the University of Milan's nine Faculties offer 130 study courses, which can be divided into the university's four macro disciplinary areas: the legal, political, social and economic area, the healthcare area, the scientific and scientifically technological area and the area of the humanities.

Advanced (third level) education takes the form of 20 research doctorates, 15 graduate schools, numerous masters and specialisation courses organised every year and 77 schools of specialisation, available to students who wish to build further on their first and second level university education, so as to pave the way for practising a profession or undertaking scientific research work, which may also be conducted extramurally.

Among the top establishments in Italy in terms of scientific productivity, the University's articulate potential of educational and research competences also makes it an important resource for its benchmark socio-economic context, to which it is tied by highly significant, increasing bonds of collaboration.

One of the most dynamic and "international" of the regions in the European Union and a leader in Italy's domestic economy, Lombardy spearheads Italy for investments in research and development and for its commitment to technological innovation. Unquestionably the largest in the Region, the University of Milan operates within a system unparalleled elsewhere in Italy for the level and consistency of its scientific initiative, comprising a further eleven universities and a large number of research institutes, many of them international in their standing and reputation.

The University's main campus is located in the buildings of the venerable "Ospedale dei Poveri" (Hospital for the Poor), known as the Cà Granda, or Great House, in the heart of the city centre. Started in the XV century by the Tuscan architect Antonio Averlino, known as Filarete, the Cà Granda is one of the historically and artistically most significant monumental complexes in the city of Milan.