Top Universities in Italy

82 universities in Italy with a measured position, 18 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
51 University of Ferrara not ranked #26 4,855,998
52 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University not ranked — 4,714,459
53 University of Brescia not ranked #32 3,891,174
54 University of Messina not ranked #33 3,827,480
55 University of Cagliari not ranked #34 3,563,540
56 Second University of Naples not ranked #36 3,187,837
57 University of Chieti not ranked #38 2,652,141
58 University of Aquila not ranked #39 2,477,192
59 International Higher School for Advanced Studies Trieste not ranked #40 2,398,461
60 Third University of Rome not ranked #41 2,167,797
61 University of Sassari not ranked #42 2,070,298
62 University of Insubria not ranked #44 1,847,412
63 Humanitas University not ranked — 1,631,096
64 Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome not ranked #46 1,353,700
65 University of Foggia not ranked #47 1,173,696
66 University Institute of Architecture Venice not ranked #52 815,068
67 University of Bergamo not ranked #54 659,490
68 University of Molise not ranked #55 614,753
69 University of Reggio Calabria not ranked #56 585,094
70 University of Cassino not ranked #58 451,843
71 University of Teramo not ranked #59 428,722
72 European University Institute not ranked #60 388,467
73 Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca not ranked #61 229,901
74 Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori not ranked #62 153,446
75 University of Macerata not ranked #63 137,129
76 Università eCampus not ranked #64 85,950
77 Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Bologna Center not ranked #71 19,219
78 University of Italian Studies for Foreigners of Siena not ranked #76 5,279
79 Pontifica Università Gregoriana not ranked #75 4,537
80 Pontificia Università Lateranense not ranked #77 1,393
81 Abdus Salam international centre for theoretical physics not ranked #80 195
82 Pontificio Istituto Orientale not ranked — 44
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked Malaysia 11 ranked