Studying in Brescia: the Università degli Studi
The University of Brescia, a state university since 1982, has sites in the historic centre (economics and law), on viale Europa (medicine) and on via Branze (engineering), plus courses in Mantua and health-profession courses in several Lombard towns. It directly runs grants, residences, canteens and the Luigi Lucchini merit college.
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The university
The university offers 35 bachelor's programmes, 27 master's degrees (including single-cycle ones), 12 doctorates and 48 specialisation schools, with a Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. The rectorate is in Palazzo Martinengo Palatini on Piazza del Mercato; law is housed in the Casa dei Mercanti on corso Mameli and Palazzo Calini ai Fiumi, economics in the Cloister of San Faustino and Santa Chiara, with its library in the Chiostri del Carmine; medicine is on viale Europa and engineering on via Branze; there is also a university campus. Economics also teaches in Mantua, health professions in Cremona, Chiari, Desenzano, Esine, Mantua and Alzano Lombardo.
Internationally the university takes part in Erasmus+, double degrees, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters and the UNITA European university; the language of each programme is shown in the course catalogue.
Student support
In Brescia the University itself runs student support: it handles scholarships and awards, fiduciary loans, catering and housing, with eight residences near its sites, and has a merit college, the Collegio Luigi Lucchini.
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Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Reviewed: 10/20/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13
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