Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (Università di Bologna) is a public research university founded in 1088, widely regarded as the world's oldest continuously operating university. Headquartered at Via Zamboni 33, Bologna, Italy, the university operates 5 campuses: Bologna (main), Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini, with additional activities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It comprises 55 departments and research centres, enrolls over 97,235 students including 11,302 international students, and employs approximately 6,881 staff of whom 3,423 are academic and research personnel. The university offers over 260 programmes across 16 disciplinary fields including economics, law, engineering, medicine, sciences, humanities, pharmacy, psychology, political science, and education, taught primarily in Italian but also in English, French and Spanish. It is a founding member of the Guild of European Research Intensive Universities, a member of the Una Europa alliance, Coimbra Group, EUA, and participates in Erasmus+ under charter E10209504. Institutional and programme accreditation is conducted under Italian national QA requirements by ANVUR, with additional international accreditations from ASIIN, AQAS, NVAO and EAEVE for specific programmes.