UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA · EST. 1222Eight centuries
Eight centuries
of ideas.
My academic home in Padova. one of the world's oldest universities, built around a tradition of intellectual freedom, scientific discovery and international scholarship.
MY PATHB.Sc. Information EngineeringMachine Learning · Probability · Algorithms · Signals & Systems · Control · Electronics
1222
Universa Universis
Patavina Libertas
PALAZZO BO · CORTILE ANTICOPatavina Libertas
01 / RANKINGSPadova,
Padova,
by the numbers.
Rankings measure different things, so the page shows several systems rather than treating one table as definitive.
Worldwide
Up 29 places, the University's best performance in this ranking.
World · #2 Italy
A research-focused ranking built around scientific output and impact.
Italian mega-universities
First among Italy's universities with more than 40,000 students for the third consecutive year.
Engineering & Technology
Engineering & Technology improved to 155th worldwide.
02 / HISTORYA university that
A university that
kept moving first.
Studium Patavinum
The University is founded by scholars seeking greater freedom of thought and teaching.
The world's first university botanical garden
The Orto Botanico becomes a landmark in the history of medicine, botany and scientific exchange.
First permanent anatomical theatre
Palazzo Bo becomes home to the world's first permanent anatomical theatre.
A world first for women
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia receives a degree in philosophy. recognized as the first woman in the world to graduate from a university.
03 / PEOPLENames that changed
Names that changed
how we see the world.
Not everyone below was a graduate: Padova's legacy also includes scholars who studied, researched or taught here. The relationship is labelled explicitly.
Galileo Galilei
Held the chair of mathematics in Padua for 18 years, a period he later described as the best years of his life and among the most productive of his scientific career.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Studied in Padua during the formative period in which his scientific and medical interests developed.
William Harvey
Completed his medical studies in Padua before later describing the circulation of blood.
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia
Earned a philosophy degree at Padua and became the first woman in the world known to receive a university degree.
Andreas Vesalius
Part of the University's long medical and anatomical tradition and one of the figures officially highlighted in Padova's historical profile.
Tullio Levi-Civita
One of the major modern figures associated with Padua's mathematical tradition, known for foundational work in tensor calculus.
04 / PLACES & FIRSTSPalazzo Bo.
Palazzo Bo.
The Anatomical Theatre.
The Botanical Garden.
At Padova, academic history is not abstract. it is physically embedded in the city. Palazzo Bo still houses the Aula Magna and the anatomical theatre; the Botanical Garden remains part of the University's living scientific heritage.
800+
years connecting teaching,
research and public life.
05 / TODAYHistoric,
Historic,
not frozen in history.
Employment figures are from the 2026 AlmaLaurea reporting cited by the University; programme and institutional figures are from the University's current profile.