Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

The University of Insubria, was founded in 1998, on July the 14th, spinning off from the long-standing tradition of the University of Milano and the University of Pavia.     

Since the foundation the University is based on a distinguishing network model: two main campus in Varese and Como are integrated by a satellite campus in Busto Arsizio.   

The strong connection to the highly industrialized territory is characterising all the activities at the University and, with its nearly twenty thousand graduates and with an extensive activity of dissemination initiatives open to public, it has become a reference to the area.   

The training offer consists of several courses of Degree (23), Masters Degree (15), Doctoral Studies (8) and Graduate Schools (32) and covers several disciplines from humanities to the science, passing through medicine, economy and tourism.   

A special attention is dedicated to international exchange program: more than 150 bilateral agreements for Erasmus Student Mobility are well established as well as 8 Master of Science programs with release of double degree with foreign universities (EU).   

In few years the University of Insubria has grown from about 4000 to 11000 students, from 100 professors to 400. This has consolidated the university international role, as demonstrated by the increasing number of foreign students and visiting professors from all over the world and especially by the involvement of the University in international research program.   

The university has always paid particular attention to scientific research, both applied and fundamental, investing in advanced laboratories and research centres at each campus. This results in an intense research activity conducted by more than 70 research group in the seven Departments and within many Research Centres supported by ICT and Libraries Servicies.