Studying in Modena: UNIMORE, a networked university with Reggio Emilia
UNIMORE traces its origins to around 1175, when Pillio da Medicina opened a law school in Modena; since 1998 it has been a networked university across Modena and Reggio Emilia, with a hub in Mantua. The Modena seat is at via Università 4; Engineering has existed since 1990.
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History
According to the university's timeline, around 1175 Pillio da Medicina was invited to Modena to open a school of Roman law; recognition as a Studium came with a papal brief from Honorius III in 1224. The renewed university opened in 1682 at the Collegio di San Carlo with an inaugural lecture by Bernardino Ramazzini; Duke Francesco III's reform of 1772 placed it under state control and funding. The Engineering faculty was inaugurated in 1990.
Sites and programmes
Since 1998 the university has been called the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and follows a network-of-sites model: Modena has the main seat at via Università 4, Reggio Emilia hosts three departments, and more recently a hub in Mantua was added. The course catalogue can be filtered by language of instruction. The English-taught master's degree Advanced Automotive Engineering is administered by UNIMORE and shared with other universities in the region.
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Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Reviewed: 10/22/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13
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