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Studying in Catanzaro

The Magna Graecia University (UMG), founded in 1998, is based at the "Salvatore Venuta" campus in Germaneto: medicine and surgery, pharmacy, law, economics and sociology, with the university hospital next door. Grants, residences and canteen through the Fondazione UMG. Students in Germaneto, the centre and the Lido.

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The university

The Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro is a young university (autonomous since 1998, after being a branch of the University of Reggio Calabria) concentrated at the "Salvatore Venuta" campus in Germaneto, Viale Europa, home to the departments, lecture halls, library and the university hospital, now part of the Renato Dulbecco university hospital trust. The offer is strong in the medical and health area (medicine and surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, health professions) and includes law, economics, sociology and English-taught courses that attract international students. The city also has the Academy of Fine Arts and a site of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Nocera Terinese.

Student support

Student support for UMG students is run by the Fondazione Università Magna Graecia, which publishes the annual scholarship call (deadline in early September for the following academic year), allocates beds in the campus university residences and runs the canteen through a dedicated app. The residences are in Germaneto, a few steps from the lecture halls.

Where students live

Out-of-town students split between Germaneto, convenient for classes but with few services and little evening life, the historic centre, where rooms are cheap and the bars are, and Catanzaro Lido, chosen by those who want the sea and the station. The link between the three nuclei is provided by AMC buses and the Ferrovie della Calabria railway, but many students move by car.

Enrolled university students (city's universities)

City figurePeriod: academic year 2025/26Validsample unknown

Source: MUR – Ufficio di Statistica, Portale dei dati dell'istruzione superiore: dataset «Iscritti», risorsa «Iscritti per ateneo» (02_iscrittixateneo.csv), con anagrafica atenei (metadati, 01_atenei.csv) · Iscritti ai corsi di laurea, laurea magistrale e a ciclo unico dell'ateneo nel suo complesso: comprende anche gli studenti delle sedi decentrate fuori dal comune. Dataset MUR aggiornato l'8 settembre 2026.

12,309students

Public university tuition (year)

City figurePeriod: academic year 2025/26Validsample unknown

Source: Università degli Studi «Magna Græcia» di Catanzaro – Regolamento tasse a.a. 2025/26 · Minimo: contributo 0 € (fasce ISEE basse, studenti con requisiti B e C) + tassa regionale 130 € (ISEE-U ≤ 27.726,79 €) + bollo 16 €. Massimo: contributo 1.764 € (ISEE oltre 55.000 €, studenti con requisiti) + tassa regionale 160 € + bollo 16 €. Senza requisiti o senza ISEE-U il contributo arriva a 2

€146 – €1,940/ person·year