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Of the 6 PhD universities in Italy, Politecnico di Milano ranks highest at #87 in the QS World University Rankings 2027. School of Education Pisa (#37 in Italy) and University Institute of Modern Languages (#66 in Italy) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 27 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Politecnico di Milano at #87 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: Politecnico di Milano is cited most (5,908,035 citations). 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
6 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Lombardy (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Politecnico di Milano, founded in 1863. Politecnico di Milano is the largest, with 48,000 students.
The most common subjects are Science (9), Social Sciences & Psychology (9), Media & Communication (3) and Economics & Public Policy (1). The usual length is 4–6 years and 3 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake). School of Education Pisa offers the widest choice, with 11 of these courses.
Politecnico di Milano (QS World #87), School of Education Pisa (#37 in Italy) and University Institute of Modern Languages (#66 in Italy) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
6 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4–6 years, with 3 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then.
School of Education Pisa, with 11, ahead of Pontificia Università della Santa Croce (10).
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