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Politecnico di Milano tops our list of 23 Public Master's universities in Italy at #87 in the QS World University Rankings 2027. Sapienza University of Rome (QS World #128) and University of Roma "La Sapienza" (QS World #128) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 340 courses to choose from.
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Universities at other levels
By university type
7 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #87 (Politecnico di Milano) to #547 (University of Genoa); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Sapienza University of Rome has the largest research record in this group, with 21,051,911 citations and an h-index of 1,089. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 23 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Lombardy (1), Lazio (1) and Emilia-Romagna (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Bologna, founded in 1088. Sapienza University of Rome is the largest, with 112,000 students.
The most common subjects are Business & Management (60), Engineering (51), Arts, Design & Architecture (32) and Computer Science & IT (24). The usual length is 1–2 years and 2 years. 99% are full-time and 1 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (96% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (95% of courses with a stated intake). University of Calabria offers the widest choice, with 42 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 4 of these universities. University of Padua is the least expensive at USD 2,800 a year and Politecnico di Milano the most at USD 4,200; the middle of the range is about USD 3,000. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Politecnico di Milano (QS World #87), Sapienza University of Rome (QS World #128) and University of Roma "La Sapienza" (QS World #128) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, University of Padua is the least expensive at about USD 2,800 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
23 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1–2 years, with 2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 96% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
1 of these courses are listed as online.
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