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A single state university, the Università degli Studi della Basilicata, with the Macchia Romana campus in Potenza and the Matera campus, plus the Potenza and Matera conservatories. Grants, housing and canteens are run by ARDSU Basilicata.

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  • Università degli Studi della Basilicata (Unibas) – founded in 1982 after the 1980 earthquake; Potenza, Macchia Romana campus (departments of Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Basic and Applied Sciences, Health Sciences and Humanistic, Scientific and Social Innovation; rectorate) and the Francioso hub in Via Nazario Sauro; Matera campus in Via Lanera (Department of Humanistic, Scientific and Social Innovation)
  • Gesualdo da Venosa conservatory – Potenza; Egidio Romualdo Duni conservatory – Matera
  • Branches of online universities and ITS Academy (mechatronics in Melfi, agri-food, tourism)

Student support and housing

ARDSU Basilicata (the regional agency for the right to university education) issues an annual call for grants, places in the Potenza and Matera residences and the canteen service, with rankings based on the university ISEE means test and merit; Unibas is a small university and the share of grant holders is high compared with the national average. Rents in Potenza and Matera are low, but in Matera competition from tourist rentals has reduced the rooms available. Many Lucanian students choose Bari, Salerno, Naples or Rome, reachable within a day.

International programmes

English-taught programmes are limited to a few master's degrees and doctorates; the Ministry's Universitaly portal lists courses and procedures for international students. Unibas takes part in research projects on cultural heritage and geophysics (CNR observatory at Tito Scalo) that offer doctoral scholarships.

Sources

Università degli Studi della Basilicata (Potenza e Matera)· Università della Basilicata

Updated: 2026-10-14

ARDSU Basilicata – Azienda Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario· ARDSU Basilicata

Updated: 2026-10-14

Universitaly – portale MUR per la pre-iscrizione degli studenti internazionali· Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca

Updated: 2026-10-14

Università degli Studi della Basilicata – Sedi dell'Ateneo· Università degli Studi della Basilicata

Updated: 2026-10-14

Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-04-30

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