Studying in Pavia: a university founded in 1361, 18 colleges and EDiSU
The Università di Pavia, the oldest university in Lombardy (Studium Generale of 1361), has sites in Pavia and Cremona, almost 24,000 enrolled students and 18 university colleges. EDiSU manages residences, canteens and study grants.
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The university
According to the university's site, the Università di Pavia is the oldest in Lombardy and one of the oldest in Europe: in 825 Lothair's capitulary set up the school of rhetoric, and in 1361 Charles IV founded the Studium Generale. Today it offers, at its Pavia and Cremona sites, 2 faculties, 18 departments and 85 degree courses, with almost 24,000 enrolled students and more than 400 agreements with foreign universities. Three of its teachers won Nobel Prizes: Golgi (Medicine, 1906), Natta and Rubbia.
Colleges, canteens and grants
There are 18 university colleges and they are a distinctive trait of the city: students live together and receive personalised guidance. Alongside them are EDiSU's own colleges: the right-to-study agency reports 12 colleges, 1,643 beds and 4 canteens, with 2,729 study grants paid for 2025/26, yearly calls for places in the Pavia and Cremona colleges and an accommodation service (ACSER).
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Updated: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-20
Reviewed: 10/22/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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