Study

Free public school from pre-school to upper secondary, compulsory from 6 to 16. Public universities with fees linked to ISEE and a no-tax area; international students pre-enrol on Universitaly, qualifications assessed with CIMEA. Academic year starts in October.

Italy

Two state universities: University of Cagliari and University of Sassari (with sites in Alghero, Nuoro, Oristano and Olbia), plus academies and conservatories. Grants, housing and canteens are run by two regional bodies, ERSU Cagliari and ERSU Sassari; the Region also funds grants to study off the island.

Sardinia

The University of Sassari originates in a 1558 bequest and has been a royal university since 1617, the first in Sardinia. Today it has eleven departments and sites also in Alghero, Olbia, Nuoro and Oristano. The university portal publishes international courses, information for foreign students and a housing listings site.

Sassari

Consorzio UNO, in the Chiostro del Carmine, hosts University of Cagliari degrees (cultural tourism, marine biotechnology), University of Sassari degrees (viticulture and oenology) and a specialisation school in archaeological heritage. The site lists a student residence, Campus UNO.

Oristano

In Nuoro, at via Salaris 18, the Consorzio Universitario Nuorese hosts University of Sassari degrees (legal services, forestry and environmental sciences, tourist itineraries) and the University of Cagliari's Nursing degree; it has two libraries and carries ERSU Sassari notices.

Nuoro

The University of Cagliari, recognised by Pope Paul V in 1606 and active since 1626, has sites in the centre (rectorate in Via Università, in Castello), at Sa Duchessa (humanities) and in the university Cittadella of Monserrato (medicine, sciences), reached by metro-tram. Student support through ERSU Cagliari. Students in Is Mirrionis, San Benedetto, Villanova and Monserrato.

Cagliari

Three state universities (Palermo, Catania — the island's oldest, 1434 — and Messina) and the non-state Kore University in Enna. Student support is run by four separate ERSU bodies (Palermo, Catania, Messina, Enna), agencies of the Sicilian Region.

Sicily

Trapani hosts a Territorial University Hub of the University of Palermo, with a 2026/27 offer including Law, Nursing, Midwifery, Marine Technology Engineering, Gastronomic Sciences, Viticulture and Oenology and other courses, plus a doctorate based in Trapani.

Trapani

In Syracuse the University of Catania has a Special Teaching Unit in the former Abela barracks: the single-cycle degree in Architecture, two bachelor's degrees in cultural heritage and cultural tourism, Nursing and the School of Specialisation in archaeological heritage. The university's other courses are taught in Catania.

Syracuse

In Ragusa the University of Catania has its Special Teaching Structure (SDS), active since October 2022, with five degree courses: Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation, Management of Enterprises for the Sustainable Economy, Management of Mediterranean Agricultural Production Systems, Sport Sciences and the master's in Linguistic Sciences for Interculture and Education.

Ragusa

The University of Palermo has over 46,000 students (2025/26) in 16 departments and a School of Medicine, with the Viale delle Scienze campus, the Policlinico and the Steri. Student support through ERSU Palermo: grants, residences, canteens. Students between Viale delle Scienze, Oreto and the historic centre.

Palermo

The University of Messina, founded in 1548, closed in 1678 and refounded in 1838, has 12 departments on four campuses (Policlinico, Centre, Papardo, Annunziata) and over a hundred degree programmes, 15 in English. ERSU Messina runs scholarships, residences and canteens.

Messina

The Libera Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore" is a private non-state university established in 2005, with five departments, bachelor's, master's and single-cycle degrees, masters and doctorates. The university citadel gathers classrooms, canteens, residences and sports facilities within 500 metres.

Enna

The University of Catania, a state university founded in 1434, is the oldest in Sicily and among the largest in Italy by enrolment; it also has a seat in Siracusa and a School of Italian for foreigners. The Foreign Students Office is at Palazzo Centrale; scholarships, beds and canteens are run by ERSU Catania.

Catania

On its Caltanissetta campus page the University of Palermo lists for 2026/2027 courses such as Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Nursing and Agricultural Science and Technology. The city also has the State Conservatoire of Music "V. Bellini". Student residences and housing are not covered by the sources consulted.

Caltanissetta

The Agrigento Territorial University Hub of the University of Palermo offers for 2026/27 courses such as Architecture and Design of the Built Environment, Economics and Business Administration, Social Work, Education Sciences and Nursing, plus master's degrees in architecture and in archaeological and artistic heritage.

Agrigento

Three state universities: University of Calabria at Arcavacata di Rende (residential campus, the largest), Magna Graecia in Catanzaro, Mediterranea in Reggio Calabria, plus the Dante Alighieri University for Foreigners in Reggio. There is no single regional student-support agency: grants and housing are run by the universities with regional funds.

Calabria

Vibo Valentia is home to the State Conservatoire of Music "Fausto Torrefranca", a higher music-education institute with three-year and two-year courses (including Music Therapy), doctorates and a jazz master. We have not verified other university seats in the city on official sources.

Vibo Valentia

The Mediterranea University grew out of the 1968 architecture institute and has been a state university since 1982/83; it has 28 programmes in 2026/27 in ten areas and a 384,000 m² Cittadella above the port, with engineering and agriculture at Feo di Vito. The Dante Alighieri University for Foreigners offers degrees in social work, psychology and social policy and Italian courses for foreigners.

Reggio Calabria

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.

Catanzaro

The University of Calabria is not in the city: the Arcavacata campus has a postal address in Rende (via Pietro Bucci, 87036). Consorzio Autolinee buses run from the terminus in piazza Autostazione in Cosenza; the university offers a residential centre, housing service, canteen and guest house (Residenza Socrates).

Cosenza

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.

Basilicata

The University of Basilicata, founded in 1982 after the earthquake, has in Potenza the Macchia Romana campus, with all departments and the rectorate, and the Francioso hub in Via Nazario Sauro; another campus is in Matera. Student support through ARDSU Basilicata.

Potenza

The University of Basilicata's DiCEM is based in Matera, at via Lanera 20, with bachelor's degrees in Cultural Heritage Operator and in Landscape, Environment and Urban Green, the single-cycle master's in Architecture and master's degrees in Archaeology and Art History and in Anthropological and Geographical Sciences (SAGE).

Matera

Four state universities (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Politecnico di Bari, University of Salento in Lecce, University of Foggia) and the non-state LUM in Casamassima; branch campuses in Taranto and Brindisi. Grants, housing and canteens are run by ADISU Puglia through local offices.

Apulia

The University of Bari has its Ionian Department in Taranto, with law, economics and courses on maritime and port activities, plus courses of other departments: computer science and cybersecurity, pharmacy, environmental science, marine production and, with the School of Medicine, medicine and health professions.

Taranto

The Università del Salento has nine departments, its main campus in Lecce and a site in Brindisi. ADISU Puglia has a stock of student residences in Lecce assigned through the annual "Benefici e servizi" call, open also to students of the "Schipa" Conservatory and the Lecce Academy of Fine Arts.

Lecce

The University of Foggia was formally established by ministerial decree on 5 August 1999, after a decade as a branch of the University of Bari. It has seven departments in city sites reachable from the station, with Medicine at the Policlinico Riuniti and Agriculture in via Napoli. In 2026 UNHCR recognised the work of the University and ADISU Foggia on refugee integration.

Foggia

The University of Salento teaches in Brindisi, at its teaching hub, the master's degree in Aerospace Engineering (LM-52): two years, 120 credits, taught in English.

Brindisi

Two state universities: the Università Aldo Moro (all fields, sites in the centre, at the Via Orabona campus and the Policlinico) and the Politecnico (engineering and architecture). Student support through ADISU Puglia. Students live in Carrassi, San Pasquale, Poggiofranco and the districts next to the centre.

Bari

Seven universities: Federico II (1224, among the world's oldest state universities), L'Orientale, Parthenope and Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples, Vanvitelli between Caserta and Naples, Salerno in Fisciano, Sannio in Benevento. Grants, housing and canteens are run by ADISURC, the single regional agency.

Campania

The University of Salerno, a state university since 1968, is based on the Fisciano campus, with the Medicine classrooms on the Baronissi campus. Campus residences and the canteen are run by ADISURC, the regional agency for the right to study. The international office handles Erasmus+ and incoming mobility and offers a cultural and linguistic mediation service.

Salerno

Naples hosts Federico II (1224), among the world's oldest state universities, L'Orientale, Parthenope, the private Suor Orsola Benincasa and sites of the Vanvitelli university (Caserta). Student support is run by ADISURC. Campuses are spread between the historic centre, Fuorigrotta (Monte Sant'Angelo) and San Giovanni a Teduccio, home to Engineering and the Apple Developer Academy.

Naples

In Aversa, terminus of the EAV metro line that runs through Giugliano, the Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli has its Engineering and its Architecture and Industrial Design departments; ADISURC runs a student residence there. From the other terminus, Piscinola, Line 1 leads to the Naples universities.

Giugliano in Campania

In the city the Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli has a Medicine and Surgery student office (Caserta site), and the seat of the Nursing degree is the Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano hospital trust. Right-to-study services go through ADISURC.

Caserta

The Università degli Studi del Sannio is based in piazza Guerrazzi and is organised in the departments DEMM (law, economics, management, quantitative methods), DING (engineering) and DST (science and technology). Residences are assigned through the single ADISURC call; new buildings in the centre are also in use in 2026/27.

Benevento

Since 2006 the Federico II University has run the degree in Viticulture and Oenology in Avellino (part of Agriculture at Portici), based in viale Italia since 2012. The municipality gives about 35-40 admissions per academic year; the city also has the "De Sanctis" agricultural institute, heir to Italy's first oenological school (1879).

Avellino

A single state university, the Università degli Studi del Molise, with campuses in Campobasso, Pesche (Isernia) and Termoli, plus the Perosi conservatory and the (non-state) Fine Arts Academy in Campobasso. Grants and housing are run by ESU Molise.

Molise

The University of Molise's site gives Campobasso, Pesche and Termoli as its seats; in the province of Isernia there is Pesche (locality Fonte Lappone), with the Department of Biosciences and Territory. The pages consulted show no teaching site in Isernia. ESU Molise is based in Campobasso and runs grants and canteen service.

Isernia

The University of Molise, founded in 1982, has its main campus in Campobasso (Vazzieri) and sites in Pesche (Isernia) and Termoli; it offers medicine, economics, law, agriculture, humanities and sciences. Student support is run by ESU Molise. A small university with a good staff-to-student ratio and low living costs.

Campobasso