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Top 20 largest universities by students · 🇮🇹 Italy

World, then every country and state with data

Updated · students (students)

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Why these 20

Student numbers as recorded in Wikidata (with the source each editor cited there). Open and affiliating universities count every enrolled student, so they top the world list; drill into a country or state for campuses you may visit.

  1. 1

    Sapienza University of Rome

    Italian university founded in Rome in 1303

    100,155

  2. 2

    University of Bologna

    university in Bologna, Italy

    96,945

  3. 3

    University of Naples Federico II

    university in Naples

    80,000

  4. 4

    University of Padua

    university in Italy

    75,000

  5. 5

    University of Palermo

    university in Italy

    50,818

  6. 6

    University of Pisa

    Italian public research university located in Pisa

    47,736

  7. 7

    University of Catania

    Italian university

    44,338

  8. 8

    University of Florence

    university in Italy

    40,000

  9. 9

    Tor Vergata University of Rome

    Italian university

    38,716

  10. 10

    University of Genoa

    university in Genoa, Italy

    36,728

  11. 11

    University of Milan-Bicocca

    public university in Milan

    33,741

  12. 12

    University of Salerno

    university in Italy

    33,332

  13. 13 U

    University of Perugia

    Italian public university

    26,732

  14. 14

    University of Cagliari

    Italian university

    26,069

  15. 15

    D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara

    university located in Chieti and Pescara, Italy

    24,716

  16. 16

    University of Pavia

    university in Italy

    23,849

  17. 17

    University of Trieste

    public university in Trieste, Italy

    23,000

  18. 18

    University of Ferrara

    Italian university in Ferrara

    22,800

  19. 19

    University of Urbino

    Italian university

    22,000

  20. 20

    University of Siena

    Italian university

    20,000

How it is measured

Wikidata: universities (public, private) with a student count of 10,000 or more; country and state from the location; the world list is the top 20 of the countries below.

References

  1. Wikidata query: universities by students, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 20:21 UTC.

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