Results of the 2024-2025 ranking at a glance
- 2nd among Italian mega universities
Ranking for three-year first-cycle degree programmes, single-cycle degree programmes, and second-cycle degree programmes by subject area
THREE-YEAR FIRST-CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
- Agricultural forestry and veterinary 2nd
- Architecture and civil engineering 7th
- Art and design 6th
- Economics 1st
- Education and training 2nd
- Law 3rd
- Information technology and ICT 4th
- Industrial and Information Engineering 1strd
- Literature-humanities 2nd
- Linguistics 2nd
- Medical and pharmaceutical 3rd
- Political-social studies and communication 1st
- Psychology 2nd
- Scientific 2nd
- Exercise and sport sciences 3rd
SINGLE-CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
- Architecture and building engineering-architecture 9th
- Pharmacy and industrial pharmacy 4th
- Law 1st
- Medicine 3rd
- Veterinary medicine 4th
- Dentistry and dental prosthetics 4th
- Primary education sciences 7th
SECOND-CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
- Agricultural forestry and veterinary 4th
- Architecture and civil engineering 4th
- Art and design 4th
- Economics 3rd
- Education and training 3rd
- Law 2nd
- Information technology and ICT 3rd
- Industrial and information engineering 8th
- Literature-humanities 5th
- Linguistics 2nd
- Medical and pharmaceutical 6thrd
- Political-social studies and communication 5th
- Psychology 3rd
- Scientific 1st
- Exercise and sport sciences 2nd
Methodology
Indicators and number of universities analysed
Censis classifies Italian universities by size (number of students enrolled), by type of three-year first-cycle degree programme, second-cycle degree programme and single-cycle degree programme by scientific subject.
Subdivision of universities
Universities are split into five groups based on the number of enrolled students:
- mega: over 40,000 (the University of Bologna is in this group)
- large: 20,000 to 40,000
- average: 10,000 to 20,000
- small: up to 10,000
- polytechnics
Families of indicators and teaching areas
The assessment of universities is divided into six families of indicators, all with equal weighting: grants, communication, internationalisation, services, facilities, employability.
The score for each family of indicators ranges from 66 to 110 points.
The assessment of degree programmes by scientific subject is based on the arithmetic mean of the summary scores of the two families of indicators student career progression (persistence rate between the first and the second year, regular enrolment rate, rate of regularity of graduates) and international relations (outbound student mobility, host universities, foreign enrolments).
Macro-areas, subjects and positioning
Macro-area |
Subject |
Positioning |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Agricultural forestry and veterinary |
2nd out of 32 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Architecture and civil engineering |
7th out of 40 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Art and Design |
6th out of 42 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Economics |
1st out of 54 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Education and training |
2nd out of 32 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Legal |
3rd out of 32 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Information technology and ICT |
4th out of 34 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Industrial and information Engineering |
1st out of 43 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Literature-humanities |
2nd out of 44 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Linguistics |
2nd out of 41 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Medical and pharmaceutical |
3rd out of 42 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Political-social studies and communication |
1st out of 44 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Psychology |
2nd out of 28 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Scientific |
2nd out of 40 |
Three-year first-cycle degree programme |
Exercise and Sport Sciences |
3rd out of 33 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Architecture and building engineering-architecture |
9th out of 25 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Pharmacy and industrial pharmacy |
4th out of 32 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Law |
1st out of 48 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Medicine |
3rd out of 37 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Veterinary Medicine |
4th out of 13 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Dentistry and dental prosthetics |
4th out of 33 |
Single-cycle degree programme |
Primary education sciences |
7th out of 24 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Agricultural forestry and veterinary |
4th out of 23 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Architecture and civil engineering |
4th out of 32 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Art and Design |
4th out of 34 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Economics |
3rd out of 49 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Education and training |
3rd out of 28 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Legal |
2nd out of 8 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Information technology and ICT |
3rd out of 29 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Industrial and information Engineering |
8th out of 29 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Literature-humanities |
5th out of 40 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Linguistics |
2nd out of 35 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Medical and pharmaceutical |
6th out of 33 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Political-social studies and communication |
5th out of 38 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Psychology |
3rd out of 28 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Scientific |
1st out of 36 |
Second-cycle degree programme |
Exercise and Sport Sciences |
2nd out of 17 |
See also
- Censis - The University of Bologna ranks second among Italian mega universities (in Italian) Published
- Censis - The University of Bologna ranks first in the 3 subject groups in three-year first-cycle degree programmes (in Italian) Published
- Censis - The University of Bologna leads the field in two-year degree programmes in scientific (in Italian) Published
- Censis - The University of Bologna leads the field in single-cycle degree programmes in Law (in Italian) Published