意大利确实很有很大的魅力吸引游客和国际学生：多样化的景观；巨大的文化和历史遗产；标志性的和历史性的包括罗马的斗兽场和比萨的斜塔景点；无与伦比的美食；发明和发现…，当然令人印象深刻的历史，意大利的大学包括一些世界最古老和最有声望的。
除了罗马文明的不朽遗产外，意大利有着悠久的领导和创新历史。著名的意大利包括探险家Christopher Columbus和马可波罗；恩利克·费米（谁创造了世界上第一个核反应堆物理学家）；达·芬奇，谁证明世界不是平的；Alessandro Volta，谁研究电（承认“伏”？）；和伽利略·伽利雷，谁发现了四颗卫星在Jupiter发明了望远镜，它证明了地球是围绕太阳转的。
这只是开始–意大利著名思想家和发明家不胜枚举，从眼镜和意大利浓咖啡的机器，汽车香水。“大学”一词的由来也归功于意大利，博罗尼亚大学被认为是世界上最古老的大学之一。
还有著名的意大利时装店，当然还有美味的食物…
意大利大约有90所大学，其中大多数是公立大学。也有一些专门的研究生中心、理工学院等院校，形成高等教育部门的部分。意大利的高等教育现在由一个三年的学士学位课程，两年的硕士学位课程组成。学生希望学习法律必须接受五年的课程及研究，而医学学生必须参加六年。
意大利一流大学排名
意大利特色在QS世界大学排行榜®2016-2017年共有28所大学，其中12进入世界500强。前五名是：
Politecnico di Milano（米兰理工）
2016年全球综合联合排名183名；艺术及设计排名第10名；土木结构工程第14名；建筑第15名；机械工程18名（前20名内科目）
The highest-ranked Italian university at joint 183rd in the world, Politecnico di Milano ranks particularly well for its art and engineering courses, with places in the top 20 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 for art and design (10th), civil and structural engineering (14th), architecture (15th), and mechanical engineering (18th). Notable alumni of Politecnico di Milano include celebrated Italian chemist Giulio Natta, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 for his work in high polymers.
Università di Bologna（博洛尼亚大学）
2016年全球综合联合排名208名；
Not far behind is Università di Bologna (UNIBO), at 208th. UNIBO lays claim to being one of the very first universities established, although the actual date of its founding is uncertain. If the name sounds familiar, that may be due to Italy’s continued leadership in higher education; the University of Bologna gives its name to the Bologna Process, the ongoing project to make academic systems and qualifications more compatible across Europe.
Sapienza - Università di Roma （罗马一大）
2016年全球综合联合排名223名；
Ranked joint 223rd in the world,Sapienza - Università di Roma is another of the world’s oldest universities, founded in 1303. Sapienza is one of the largest European universities, with a large student population (110,000) of which around 6,000 are from outside Italy. It counts six Nobel laureates among its alumni and faculty members, including particle physicist and inventor Carlo Rubbia.
Politecnico di Torino （都灵理工）
2016年全球综合联合排名223名；
Politecnico di Torino is ranked 305th in the world in 2016-17, and is Italy’s oldest polytechnic university, established in 1859. As you can imagine, it ranks particularly well for technical subjects, and is in the top 50 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 for civil and structural engineering, electrical engineering, and architecture.
Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD)
（帕多瓦大学）
2016年全球综合联合排名338名；
Ranked joint 338th in 2016-17, Università degli Studi di Padova(UNIPD) was founded back in 1222 and now has around 61,000 students enrolled in 32 departments. UNIPD houses the oldest surviving permanent anatomical theater in Europe, dating back to 1595, and has taught the likes of Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei.
其他顶级大学排名：
Università degli Studi di Milano (joint 370th in the world)
（米兰大学：370名）
Università di Pisa (431-440)
（比萨大学：431-440）
Università degli Studi di Trento (441-450)
（特伦托大学：441-450）
Università degli Studi di Firenze (UNIFI, 451-460)
（佛罗伦萨大学：451-460）
Universitá degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata (481-490)
（罗马第三大学：481-490）
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (481-490)
（那不勒斯费德里克二世大学：481-490）
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (491-500)
（米兰圣心天主教大学：:41-500）
