University of Milan
Also known as Università degli Studi di Milano, Statale, Università Statale, Milan University, Statale University, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Universita Statale, Statale di Milano
university in Milan, Italy
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The University of Milan is a major public research university located in Italy's financial and cultural capital. It matters as one of Italy's leading academic institutions, contributing significantly to education, research, and innovation in Europe.
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Key facts
- Other name
- UNIMI
- Motto
- Scientia illuminans dignum
- Motto in english
- Knowledge enlightening the worthy
- Type
- Public
- Academic affiliations
- EUA , LERU
- Budget
- €603 million (2024)
- Rector
- Prof. Marina Brambilla
- Academic staff
- 2,566 (2025)
- Administrative staff
- 2,189 (2024)
- Students
- 64,878 (2025)
- Undergraduates
- 48,880 (2025)
- Postgraduates
- 14,578 (2025)
- Doctoral students
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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 State [University]"), is a public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with 64,878 students and a permanent teaching and research staff of 2,566 (4,653 including all researchers) as of 2025.
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 especially well known for its excellence in medical research and is often ranked as 1st in Italy in the field of Medicine, being also ranked among the top medical schools in the world. The university is the only Italian member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), an elite group of 24 research-intensive European universities.