Studying in Verona: the University and ESU
The University of Verona, independent since 1982, has thirteen departments and a Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, with sites between Veronetta and the riverside, Borgo Roma and outside the city (Vicenza, Legnago, Trento, Rovereto, Bolzano). ESU Verona runs housing and a network of canteens also in Valpolicella, Legnago and Vicenza.
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The university
The Università degli Studi di Verona began as a branch of the University of Padua and has been fully independent since 1982. It has thirteen departments (Biotechnology; Cultures and Civilisations; Diagnostics and Public Health; Computer Science; Engineering for Innovation Medicine; Foreign Languages and Literatures; Management; Medicine; Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences; Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology; Economics; Law; Human Sciences) and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. For the 2026/27 academic year the university lists 101 degree programmes, 14 of them taught in a foreign language, and ranks among the best Italian state universities in the 2025 Censis ranking.
Where teaching happens
In the city the main sites are the Law building, the Polo Zanotto, the Polo Santa Marta, the former Orsoline institute, Palazzo Zorzi and the Cloister of Santa Maria delle Vittorie on Lungadige Porta Vittoria for humanities, law and languages; in Borgo Roma the Ca' Vignal buildings and the Piramide for science and engineering; the Sports Science building and the Palazzetto Gavagnin for sports sciences. Outside Verona the university teaches in Vicenza (economics, physiotherapy, nursing), Legnago (nursing) and, for health professions and some inter-university programmes, in Trento, Rovereto and Bolzano.
Student support
ESU Verona is the student-support agency for those enrolled at the University, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Conservatory: it manages housing places, regional scholarships for Academy and Conservatory students and a catering network with points in Verona, San Pietro in Cariano, Legnago and Vicenza, plus a new point at the San Floriano campus in Valpolicella.
Sources
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Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13
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