Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo

Brief profile and history: Established in 1506, the University of Urbino Carlo Bo (UNIURB) is one of the most ancient Universities in Europe. It is located in one of central Italy’s most important Renaissance cities, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

Since 2003, the University has been entitled to the Italian poet and scholar Carlo Bo, who was the University’s rector from 1947 to 2001 and promoted a strong and intertwined relationship between the city of Urbino and its University. Thanks to a long-lasting cooperation with the Italian architect Giancarlo De Carlo, Bo also fostered a general renovation of the University’s buildings, which are of outstanding interest.

Given their high number compared to the resident population, the 14.000 students enrolled in the University of Urbino are true protagonists in the life of this small city, which becomes then, a young and lively environment both inside and outside the academic institution and offers a unique opportunity to live an intense learning experience. Students have access to several facilities, libraries, documentary services and laboratories, a Linguistic Centre (CLA), supplying Language classes to both students and staff and a Teaching and Learning Centre (CISDEL), providing support for study, teaching and research activities.

Education, research and knowledge and innovation transfer are the University’s main purposes.

UNIURB offers several Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses (BA; MA/MPhil; PhD). They range from Law, Economics and Political Sciences to Social Sciences, Humanities, Educational Sciences; from Biology to Biotechnology, Pharmacy and Sports Sciences; from Physics to Mathematics and Informatics; from Environmental Sciences to Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage. Master courses and “Specialization Schools” aim at providing postgraduate students with specific knowledge and professional skills.

The Institution is organized in six Departments, supervising and organizing research within the University: Department of Economics, Society, Politics (DESP); Department of Humanities (DISTUM); Department of Communication Sciences, Humanities and International Studies (DISCUI); Department of Law (DiGiur); Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DISB); Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA).

International presence: University of Urbino Carlo Bo offers students, researchers, lecturers and technical-administrative staff from foreign institutes various opportunities to carry out periods of study, research, teaching and training at the Faculties of the University. UNIURB manages a variety of international didactic initiatives, such as “Erasmus Mundus”, “Erasmus+”, “International Credit Mobility (KA 107)”, double degrees with several foreign universities. The university is highly active in research at the European level, participating in numerous European projects. As a result, international students at UNIURB will experience a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment.

For more information on the international activities, kindly visit the website of the university at: https://www.uniurb.it/international