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Università degli Studi di Pavia

401-500 256   Arts & Humanities297  Natural Sciences
259  Engineering & IT-  Social Sciences
World Rankings-  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
401-500 260   Arts & Humanities-  Natural Sciences
249  Engineering & IT-  Social Sciences
World Rankings-  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
388= 269  Arts & Humanities403  Natural Sciences
249  Engineering & IT383  Social Sciences
World Rankings401  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
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Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit

The University of Pavia is one of the oldest universities in Europe. An edict issued by King Lotharius quotes a higher education institution in Pavia as already established in 825. This institution, mainly devoted to law studies, was then chosen as the main education centre for northern Italy. Enlarged and renovated by the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, it became the University of the Duchy, officially established as a Studium Generale by Emperor Charles IV in 1361. Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) is only one of a large group of famous professors who taught at the University of Pavia. To mention just a few, let us recall Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576), Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832) and Camillo Golgi (1843-1926). The "cardanic joint", a widely used mechanical
device, takes its name from the first. Scarpa was professor of anatomy and medicine. Many parts of human anatomy are today named after him, e.g. "Scarpa's triangle" and "Scarpa's fascia". Golgi invented the so called "black reaction", which, for the first time, displayed the ramified structure of nerve cells. This was the key to open the chapter of neuroscience nowadays advancing so quickly. For this discovery, Golgi was given
the Nobel prize in 1906, together with the Spanish Santiago Ramon y Cajal. The "Golgi complex" is only one of the many microstructures which are today named after him. Today Pavia is a Research University, offering a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching organized in nine faculties: Economics, Pharmacy, Law, Engineering, Literature & Philosophy, Medicine & Surgery, Science (Mathematics, Physics Chemistry, Biology and Natural Science), Political Science and Musicology. The University offers Degree Courses, Doctorates, Postgraduate Schools, Specialization Courses and Masters. Research is carried out in departments, institutes, clinics, centres, and laboratories in close association with public and private institutions, enterprises and companies. The University of Pavia enjoys a strong tradition of international student and teacher exchanges: bilateral agreements involve, among others, the historical universities of Coimbra, and many universities in Europe, the Middle East, the Mediterranean area, the United States of America, China,
Japan and many other countries. The University of Pavia is in a way unique not only because of its prestigious historical origins and top quality achievements, but also due to its leading and promoting role in the so-called "Pavia System", characterized by 16 colleges and residences where thousands of students can live, study and play sports. The oldest residences, named Collegio Borromeo and Collegio Ghislieri, were built in the 16th century; more recently other colleges for male and female students were founded through both public and private initiatives.
9 Faculties (Arts and Philosophy, Economics, Engineering, Law, Mathematics, Physical & Natural Sciences, Medicine & Surgery, Musicology (Cremona), Pharmacy, Political Science)
3 Campuses (Pavia, Cremona, Mantova)
104 Programs of Study
35 PhD Programs
300,000 m² campus area
25,350students
1 instructor per 19 students
12 m² per student
104 wireless points in the courtyards and classrooms
30 libraries
943,458 reference volumes; 30,725 periodicals, 640 audiovisuals
627 student tutors
3,300 students completing internships
650 post-graduate scholarships
1,950 undergraduate scholarships
4 Residence Halls recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education
12 Residence Halls run by EDiSU
5 Dining halls
858 foreign students
337 collaboration agreements with foreign universities
700 Erasmus scholarships
A language center where more than 50 languages are studied

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 1,138 FTE: 1,101

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 26 FTE: 25

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 22,276

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 945

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Average International Undergraduate Fees $ EUR 483

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Undergraduate Fees $ EUR 1,391

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Undergraduate Class Size Headcount: 50

The average size of class across all undergraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 2,697 FTE: 2,697

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 84 FTE: 84

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Average International Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ EUR 1,149

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ EUR 1,713

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Students

Total Students Headcount: 24,973

Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 1,029

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Average International Student Fees $ EUR 816

Average tuition fees per year that an international student would be expected to pay for any course
Average Domestic Student Fees $ EUR 1,552

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Class Size Headcount: 40

The average size of class across all programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.

Graduate Output

Proportion of Graduates Employed Headcount: 90 %

Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation
Number of PhDs Awarded Headcount: 189

Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Internationalisation

Number of University Collaborations or Partnership Agreements Headcount: 400

Number of universities your institution has collaborations or partnership agreements with. These partnership agreements may include student and teaching exchanges, as well as collaborative research projects, exchange of academic materials and other information, and jointly offered executive development programmes. This includes collaborations at either a university or faculty level. Please also state the names of these institutions in the Submission Notes box. Click here to see a list of universities in top 500 over last 3 years
Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence

3 Nobel prizes: Camillo Golgi (Medicine, 1906); Giulio Natta (Chemistry, 1963); Carlo Rubbia (Physics, 1984)

Range of Fees

300-3200 euros

Accommodation

The University of Pavia is among the universities that possess the most estensive Halls of Residence system in Italy. The majority of its students are housed in its 16 Halls. The most ancient ones date back to 1564 (Collegio Borromeo) and 1567 (Collegio Ghislieri), while the two most recent ones (Collegio Maino and Volta) have been founded in year 2000. The Halls are either male or female, catered or self-catered (with kitchens on each floor for student use). Most Halls admit both undergraduate and graduate students and places are offered for the academic year except Christmas and Easter vacations. Although all Colleges are bound by University Statutes, the funding status of individual Colleges varies. Some have independent status; the majority receive core support from the regional educational authority. Students, at the University of Pavia, are not obliged to be members of any College in order to gain admission to the University but a
number of them elect to live in College. The procedures for admission and the forms of College teaching vary across Colleges and prospective applicants are advised to contact directly the College of interest.

The Centro Assistenza Studenti offers a series of services to University students designed to facilitate their stay in Pavia and to encourage full participation in University life. CAI works on behalf of the University of Pavia to find lodgings and provide general support vis-à-vis accommodation for students coming to Pavia as part of the Socrates program and other international programs.

Finance and Scholarships

1900 undergraduate scholarships;
650 Erasmus scholarships.

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for admission, students have to hold a foreign school leaving qualification that satisfies:
- the requirements for access to university education in the awarding country;
- and that was conferred on completion of min. 12 years of previous global schooling.
They have also to be competent in Italian.
Admission is generally free; in some cases by entrance tests, depending on places availability.

Language Support

The Language Centre. The University of Pavia responds to the growth in international communication by strengthening its language-learning resources. Some thirty-odd mothertongue
foreign language experts,
known as Collaboratori ed esperti
linguistici, now provide language
support services for staff and
students alike. The
Centre’s facilities and services,
include autoapprendimento, i. e. the selfaccess use in the Language
Centre’s rooms of an impressive
stock of courses, exam materials,
dictionaries, audio and
videocassettes and DVD films
relating to 50 languages.
Other services provided by the
Language Centre include:
· Lingua italiana per stranieri (Italian
as a foreign language). The
Language Centre is an authorized
centre for the CILS exam
(Certificazione di Italiano come
Lingua Straniera) in Italian as a
foreign language. The Centre runs
exam sessions in June and
December leading to the CILS
certificate awarded by the
Università per Stranieri di Siena.
language for Erasmus students.
· Lingua inglese per stranieri (English
as a foreign language). The
Language Centre is an authorized
centre for Cambridge Assessment /
UCLES and hence the PET, FCE,
CAE and CPE exams.

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EDiSU scholarships - Borse di studio EDiSU . 1860 available @ EUR 3,000
For undergraduate students; based on merit and on family income.
Erasmus Placement Scholarships . 10 available @ EUR 3,600
For a six months working program in Europe.
Erasmus Scholarships . 267 available @ EUR 2,500
For a 6 month program in Europe.
PhD Scholarships - Borse di dottorato . 450 available @ EUR 13,638
For PhD programs.