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University facts and figures

The University of Padua is attended by 66000 students, 12187 of them graduated in 2007. 

The University consists of the following

Thirteen Faculties - offering and organizing learning activities (90 bachelor and 90 master degrees)

Sixty-four Departments responsible for research activities

Fifty libraries counting more than two million books

2386 teachers

Every year 6300 scholarships are assigned and 71 Scuole di specializzazione, with one School of Excellence - Scuola Galileiana  di studi superiori, provide a wide variety of advanced programmes of study and specialization. 

The University of Padua manages 12 University canteens and 16 dorms and is also responsible for its outstanding Botanical garden, which has been appointed as a Unesco world heritage site. Moreover, the Campus comprehends and manages several Museums of art, science and technology.

Historical highlights

The University of Padua was founded in 1222 and represents one of the most ancient and prestigious Colleges in the world. 

It is especially known by its Motto, Universa Universis Patavina Libertas. That means Complete liberty for all and  expresses the total freedom of thought that the University has always granted its teachers and students.

Several scientistists, such as Galileo Galilei and Copernicus; doctors such as Andrea Vesalio and William Harvey, philosophers such as Pietro d'Abano, Baldo Degli Ubaldi and Michel de l'Hopital have made Padua one of the main centres for the development and evolution of European culture. 

Nowadays, Padua ranks first places in national indeperndent league tables (Censis - Repubblica and Comitato di indirizzo per la valutazione della ricerca) for the quality of its studies.