University of Brescia

The University of Brescia offers a wide range of educational programmes with Bachelor’s and Master of Science (MSc) degrees, postgraduate technical courses,schools of specialisation and PhD programmes in most areas: business and economics, engineering and technology, law, medicine and surgery. The University of Brescia is an important university in a city of art and culture with an excellent quality of life, in one of the most important industrial and productive regions in Italy. The University of Brescia provides high quality services to its students, including international students: counselling services, scholarships financial aids, tutoring, computer and multimedia rooms, wireless zones, libraries, on-line services, laboratories and centres of advanced scientific research. Moreover, it offers: accommodation services, dining halls, cultural activities and sports, Italian language courses for foreign students.

The Università degli Studi di Brescia was officially established in 1982 with three Schools: Medicine and Surgery, Engineering, Economics and Business. However, the creation phase lasted nearly two decades, so the first attempts to open university courses in Brescia go back to the 1960s.

The University in numbers

• 8 Departments
• 4 Areas
• 24 Bachelor's degree programmes (3 years)
• 4 Single-cycle programmes (Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico)
• 17 Master's degree programmes (Laurea magistrale)
  • 5 taught in English 
• 43 Schools of specialisation
• 9 PhD programmes
• 15,000 students
• 6 Dual degree programmes
• 12 International summer schools every year
• 270 Agreements with European and non-European Universities