University of Milan

The University of Milan (; ), officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale ("the Statal [University]"), is a public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 60,000 students, and a permanent teaching and research staff of about 2,000.

The University of Milan has ten schools and offers 140 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes, 32 Doctoral Schools and 65+ Specialization Schools. The University's research and teaching activities have grown over the years and have received important international recognitions.

The University is the only Italian member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), a group of twenty-one research-intensive European universities. It consistently ranks as the first or second university in Italy (ARWU), often sharing the place with the Sapienza University of Rome, University of Pisa or University of Padua. It is one of the best universities of Italy according to all prominent international rankings (which also place the University of Bologna and the Polytechnic University of Milan, among others, at the highest ranks), both overall and in specific subject areas.

The university has been frequented by many notable alumni, including one Nobel laureate in Physics, Riccardo Giacconi, one Fields medalist, Enrico Bombieri, as well as the former Prime Ministers Silvio Berlusconi and Bettino Craxi. The university has also been affiliated with notable faculty such as the Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Giulio Natta, and the Wolf Prize winner in Physics, Giuseppe Occhialini. Provided by Wikipedia