University of Bologna

The University of Bologna, since its foundation in 1088, has been student-centered and today is the oldest Italian medical university. With its five campuses (in Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini) and its Buenos Aires branch, it offers its medical student a varied course catalog that is tailored to their needs of present-day society. Within the 32 departments and 5 Schools that compose it, there are over 200-degree programs that will ensure students will receive a quality education from an institution dedicated to academic excellence.

Over the years, Alma Mater Studiorum has evolved into the modern-day Università di Bologna – a vibrant and highly reputed MBBS university with an international perspective and ambitions. In addition to three institutions with a historic and legendary reputation – the School of Medicine, the School of Law, and the School of Economics, each of which holds an undisputed place among the best worldwide – both for their teaching activity and research – Bologna offers other highly reputed medical schools dedicated to scientific excellence, with a solid international presence and a growing presence at the national level.

With a history that spans over nine centuries, the University of Bologna has always been at the forefront of education and research. Its community of more than 85,000 students makes the Alma Mater one of Italy’s largest universities, ranking first in Italy in terms of the number of its students in exchange programs abroad and within the top 5 universities in Europe in terms of the number of exchange students. Moreover, the University of Bologna is among the top 5 Italian universities in major international rankings (QS, Shanghai, Times Higher Education, Green Metric).

The University of Bologna is a dynamic, liberal art, research university where scholars from more than 100 countries come to study an amazing array of disciplines and programs. You’ll find professors who are truly passionate about what they’re teaching, top-notch laboratories housing some of the most advanced equipment in their fields as well as an impressive student-to-teacher ratio that ensures ample opportunities for closely supervised student research.

This Medical university has put an international benchmark in the field of research and educational services, is deeply committed to sustainable development, and actively contributes to the achievement of the 17 sustainable development goals of the UN’s 2030 Agenda. As a prestigious and comprehensive research university with the capacity to provide world-class education and competitive researchers, the Alma Mater invests in a multidisciplinary cross-cultural approach to research and teaching, which are considered inseparable parts of the same unit. In the European landscape of research and academic cooperation, the University of Bologna is surely among the most active institutions. Indeed it has shaped and maintains alliances with industries as well as public/private organizations and also represents a crucial hub for international networks with its lively relations with America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, where Italy has had a profound influence as a leading nation.