QS Rankings 2026

Best Universities in Italy

Discover and compare the top 43 universities in Italy by QS World Rankings 2026

Ranked Universities

#99

Highest Rank

19.9

Avg. Score

27.0

Academic Rep.

43 universities in ItalyPage 1 / 2

World	Local	University	City	Score	Academic	Employer
#=98	#1	Politecnico di Milano	Milan,	69.1	83.4	90.1
#128	#2	Sapienza University of Rome	Rome	64.9	90.7	66.4
#=138	#3	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna	Bologna	63.3	90.6	67.5
#=233	#4	Università di Padova	Padova	52.1	73.5	40.2
#242	#5	Politecnico di Torino	Turin	51.2	50.3	64.6
#=276	#6	University of Milan	Milan	48.0	65.9	27.0
#=343	#7	University of Pisa	Pisa	41.8	51.6	26.3
#=355	#8	University of Rome "Tor Vergata"	Rome	41.2	40.7	25.2
#=379	#9	University of Naples - Federico II	Naples	39.5	47.8	32.8
#=404	#10	University of Florence	Florence	37.2	45.1	16.9
#408	#11	University of Turin	Turin	36.9	48.1	14.3
#409	#12	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Milan	36.8	33.1	43.1
#=423	#13	Università degli Studi di Pavia	Pavia	36.1	29.4	12.9
#=461	#14	Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele	Milan	33.9	4.8	3.1
#=485	#15	University of Trento	Trento	32.9	34.8	18.6
#=530	#16	University of Genoa	Genoa	30.8	28.0	10.6
#=542	#17	University of Milano-Bicocca	Milan	30.3	28.6	19.2
#=607	#18	University of Siena	Siena	28.0	21.4	7.8
#=643	#19	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano	Bolzano	26.9	7.8	3.1
#=650	#20	University of Brescia	Brescia	26.7	7.3	4.1
#=660	#21	Ca' Foscari University of Venice	Venice	26.5	27.1	21.7
#741-750	#22	University of Messina (UniME)	Messina	—	12.6	2.9
#751-760	#23	University of Trieste	Trieste	—	16.1	7.8
#801-850	#24	Politecnico di Bari	Bari	—	9.8	9.0
#801-850	#25	Universita' Politecnica delle Marche	Ancona	—	8.0	5.2
#801-850	#26	University of Bari	Bari	—	16.8	5.3
#801-850	#27	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Modena	—	12.3	7.6
#801-850	#28	University of Palermo	Palermo	—	17.8	4.8
#801-850	#29	University of Salerno	Fisciano	—	12.3	6.1
#801-850	#30	Università degli Studi di Perugia	Perugia	—	12.0	5.2