:List of universities in Italy

! colspan=2|Classification by number of students

|major (>40,000)

|large (>20,000)

|medium (>10,000)

!Name

!Original name

!Headquarters

!Public/private

!Online University (Università telematica)

!Students

!{{abbr|Est.|Established}}

| Polytechnic University of the Marches

|no

|no

| University of Bari

|no

| Polytechnic University of Bari

|no

|no

|no

|yes

| University of Bergamo

|no

| University of Bologna

|no

|no

|no

| University of Brescia

|no

| University of Cagliari

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

| University of Catania

|no

|no

| D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara

|no

|no

|no

| University of Ferrara

|no

| University of Florence

|no

|no

|no

|no

| University of Genoa

|no

| University of L'Aquila

|no

| University of Salento

|no

|no

|no

| University of Messina

|no

| University of Milan

|no

| University of Milan - Bicocca

|no

| Polytechnic University of Milan

|no

| Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

|no

| Bocconi University

|no

|no

|no

|no

| University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

|no

| University of Naples Federico II

|no

| University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

|no

| Parthenope University of Naples

|no

| University of Naples L'Orientale

|no

|no

|yes

| University of Padua

|no

| University of Palermo

|no

| University of Parma

|no

| University of Pavia

|no

|no

| University of Perugia

|no

|no

| University of Pisa

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

| University of Calabria

|no

| Sapienza University of Rome

|no

| University of Rome II "Tor Vergata"

|no

| University of Rome III

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

|no

|yes

|no

| Niccolò Cusano University

|yes

| Guglielmo Marconi University

|no

| University of Salerno

|no

| University of Sassari

|no

| University of Siena

|no

|no

|no

| University of Trento

|no

| University of Trieste

|no

|no

| University of Turin

|no

| Politecnico di Torino

|no

|no

|no

| University of Udine

|no

| University of Urbino

|no

|no

|no

| Ca' Foscari University of Venice

|no

|no

|Istituto Universitario Salesiano Venezia (IUSVE){{Cite web|url=http://www.iusve.it/|title=Home|last=IUSVE|first=Segreteria Generale|website=IUSVE|language=it-it|access-date=2019-04-23}}

|Venice, Verona

|private

|no

|1,942

|1990

|no

| University of Verona

|no

|no

|yes

|Università telematica degli studi “IUL”

|Florence

|private

|yes

|

|2005

|Università telematica "e-Campus"

|Novedrate

|private

|yes

|

|2006

|Università telematica internazionale “Uninettuno”

|Rome

|private

|yes

|

|2005

|Università Leonardo da Vinci

|Torrevecchia Teatina

|private

|yes

|

|2004

|Università telematica "San Raffaele"

|Rome

|private

|yes

|

|2006

! Region

! Students

! %

! Males

! Females

! Number of
public universities

! Population

! Density
(Pop. / Univ.)

! Density
(students per 1000 people)

| {{ITA}}

! colspan="4" style="width: 75%;" | ANVUR University Rankings (2018){{cite news|title=Università, i dipartimenti eccellenti per area di studi. Ecco i poli di ricerca migliori d'Italia|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2018/01/10/blogs/skuola/universit-i-dipartimenti-eccellenti-per-area-di-studi-ecco-i-poli-di-ricerca-migliori-ditalia-m3J6INBgevNs8lAS6URqIP/pagina.html|access-date=24 March 2018|work=La Stampa|date=10 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023704/http://www.lastampa.it/2018/01/10/blogs/skuola/universit-i-dipartimenti-eccellenti-per-area-di-studi-ecco-i-poli-di-ricerca-migliori-ditalia-m3J6INBgevNs8lAS6URqIP/pagina.html|archive-date=27 March 2018}}

! colspan="4" style="width: 75%;" | La Repubblica-CENSIS University Rankings (2017){{cite web|url=http://www.censis.it/5?shadow_evento=121170|title=Censis - Gli Eventi|website=www.censis.it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011215953/http://censis.it/5?shadow_evento=121170|archive-date=2017-10-11|access-date=2018-03-26}}

|bgcolor=cccfff|187

|bgcolor=cccfff|183

|204

|208

|188

|180

|213

|223

|215

|217

|314

|305

|307

|387

|309

|338

|296

|249

|306

|370

|325

|325

|367

|431-440

|421-430

|422

|411-420

|451-460

|461-470

|501-510

|401-410

|481-490

|461-470

|511-520

|441-450

|481-490

|481-490

|472

|151-200

|151-200

|201-300

|201-300

|201-300

|201-300

|201-300

|301-400

|301-400

|301-400

|University of Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia)

| 401-500

|301-400

|301-400

|University of Ferrara (Università degli Studi di Ferrara)

| 401-500

|401-500

|University of Palermo (Università degli Studi di Palermo)

| 401-500

|401-500

|University of Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste)

| 401-500

|401-500

|Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

| -

|401-500

|501-600