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{{Short description|Public university in Bologna, Italy}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Bologna
 | native_name            = ''Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna''
 | image_size             = 175px
 | caption                = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]]
 | latin_name             = Universitas Bononiensis<ref>{{Cite book |title=Records of The Tercentenary Festival of Dublin University |date=1894 |publisher=[[Hodges Figgis|Hodges, Figgis & Co.]] |year= |isbn=978-1-355-36160-2 |publication-place=[[Dublin]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]] |language=en-IE }}</ref>
 | motto                  = {{lang|la|Petrus ubique pater legum Bononia mater}}<ref>''Charters of foundation and early documents of the universities of the Coimbra Group'', Hermans, Jos. M. M., {{ISBN|90-5867-474-6}}.</ref> ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = St. Peter is everywhere the father of the law, Bologna is its mother
 | established            = {{circa}} {{start date and age|1088}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = 
 | rector                 = [[Giovanni Molari]]
 | students               = 90,291<ref name="unibo.it">{{Cite web |url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/university-today/university-today |title="The University today: numbers and innovation" |access-date=2021-02-19 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223194313/https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/university-today/university-today }}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 47,253
 | postgrad               = 36,266
 | doctoral               = 4,239
 | city                   = [[Bologna]], others: [[Cesena]], [[Forlì]], [[Ravenna]], and [[Rimini]]
 | state                  = 
 | country                = Italy
 | coordinates            = {{coord|44|29|38|N|11|20|34|E|source:nowiki_region:IT-45_scale:100000|display=title,inline}}
 | campus                 = [[University town]]<br />103 hectares (256 acres)
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = {{URL|magazine.unibo.it|''UNIBO Magazine''}}
 | sports_nickname        = 
 | sports_free_label      = Sports teams
 | sports_free            = {{URL|https://cusb.unibo.it/it|CUS Bologna}}
 | colours                = {{color box|#BB2D28}} Red
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.unibo.it/en/homepage}}
 | logo                   = University of bologna wordmark svg.svg
 | image                  = Seal of the University of Bologna.svg
 | faculty                = 2,917<ref name="unibo.it"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 2,965<ref name="unibo.it"/>
 | academic_affiliations  = {{Indented plainlist|
* [[Coimbra Group]]
* [[European Universities Association]]
* [[Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities]]
* [[International Association of Universities]]
* [[Scholars at Risk]]
* [[Europaeum]]
* [[Una Europa]]
* [[Mediterranean Universities Union]]
* [[Utrecht Network]]
}}
}}

The '''University of Bologna''' ({{langx|it|Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna}}, abbreviated '''Unibo''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Bologna]], Italy. It is the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest university in continuous operation in the world]], and the first degree-awarding institution of higher learning.<ref name="Hunt Janin 2008">Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, {{ISBN|0-7864-3462-7}}, p. 55f.</ref><ref name="Ridder-Symoens 1992">de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde: [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z1VBEbF0HAC ''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middle Ages''], Cambridge University Press, 1992, {{ISBN|0-521-36105-2}}, pp. 47–55</ref> Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students ({{lang|la|universitas scholarium}}) by the late 12th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[A History of the University in Europe]]|volume=1, Universities in the Middle Ages|page=48|chapter=Patterns|author=Jacques Verger|editor1=Hilde de Ridder-Symoens|editor2=Walter Rüegg|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|date=16 October 2003|isbn=978-0-521-54113-8|quote=There is no indication, however, that up until around 1180, the Bolognese law schools were anything other than private schools opened and run by each master after his own fashion, gathering together the students that had entered into an agreement with him and paid him fees (collectae) in return for his teaching. The crucial change would seem to have taken place around the years 1180–90. ... The masters, who were themselves mainly Bolognese in origin, agreed from 1189 to swear an oath to the commune not to seek to transfer the ''studium'' elsewhere. The students, on the other hand, began to group themselves in nations, according to their places of origin (we hear of the Lombard nation as early as 1191), and these were soon federated into 'universities' with elected rectors at their head.
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z1VBEbF0HAC&pg=PA48}}</ref> The university's emblem carries the motto, ''Alma Mater Studiorum'' ("Nourishing mother of studies"), and the date ''A.D. 1088''.<ref name="campuses-and-structures schools">{{cite web |title=Schools |url=http://www.unibo.it/en/university/campuses-and-structures/schools |access-date=22 December 2015 |publisher=University of Bologna}}</ref> With over 90,000 students, the University of Bologna is one of the [[List of largest universities by enrollment|largest universities in Europe]].

The university saw the first woman to earn a university degree and teach at a university, [[Bettisia Gozzadini]], and the first woman to earn both a doctorate in science and a salaried position as a university professor, [[Laura Bassi]]. The University of Bologna has had a central role in the sciences during the medieval age and the Italian renaissance, where it housed and educated [[Nicholas Copernicus]] as well as numerous other renaissance mathematicians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicolaus Copernicus {{!}} Biography, Facts, Nationality, Discoveries, Accomplishments, & Theory {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> It has educated a wide range of notable alumni, amongst them a large number of Italian scientists, prime ministers, supreme court judges, and priests.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luigi |date=2012-06-27 |title=La storia dell'Università di Bologna {{!}} Universando.com |url=https://universando.com/la-storia-delluniversita-di-bologna/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Aside from its main campus in Bologna, the University has additional campuses in [[Cesena]], [[Forlì]], [[Ravenna]] and [[Rimini]] as well as branch centres abroad in [[Buenos Aires]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Brussels]], and [[Shanghai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruxelles, New York, Shanghai - Università di Bologna |url=https://www.unibo.it/it/ateneo/sedi-e-strutture/bruxelles-new-york-shanghai |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=www.unibo.it |language=it}}</ref> It houses the fully funded boarding college ''Collegio Superiore di Bologna,'' the Bologna School of Advanced Studies,<ref name="campuses-and-structures">{{cite web |title=Campuses and Structures |url=http://www.unibo.it/en/university/campuses-and-structures |access-date=22 December 2015 |publisher=University of Bologna |archive-date=14 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314003410/http://www.unibo.it/en/university/campuses-and-structures }}</ref> the [[Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna|botanical gardens of Bologna]], a large number of museums, libraries and archeological collections,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Musei Universitari - Università di Bologna |url=https://www.unibo.it/it/ateneo/chi-siamo/galleria-fotografica-e-video/luniversita-di-bologna-palazzi-e-luoghi-del-sapere/musei-universitari |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=www.unibo.it |language=it}}</ref> as well as the [[Bologna University Press]].

== History ==
[[File:Universität Bologna Deutsche Nation.jpg|thumbnail|left|The entry of students in the ''Natio Germanica Bononiae'', the [[Nation (university)|nation]] of German students at Bologna; miniature of 1497.]]
The date of the University of Bologna's founding is uncertain. The university was granted a charter (''[[Authentica habita]]'') by [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Frederick I Barbarossa]] in 1158, but in the 19th century, a committee of historians led by [[Giosuè Carducci]] traced the founding of the university back to 1088, which would make it the oldest continuously operating university in the world.<ref>[http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/worlds_oldest_universities/ Top Universities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115092116/http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/worlds_oldest_universities/ |date=2008-01-15 }} ''World University Rankings'' Retrieved 2010-1-6</ref><ref>[http://www.eng.unibo.it/PortaleEn/University/Our+History/default.htm Our History] - Università di Bologna</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Paul L. Gaston |date=2012 |title=The Challenge of Bologna: What United States Higher Education Has to Learn from Europe, and Why It Matters That We Learn It |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyjnHZ1IIlgC&pg=PA18 |publisher=Stylus Publishing, LLC. |page=18 |isbn=978-1-57922-502-5}}</ref> However, the development of the institution at Bologna into a university was a gradual process. Paul Grendler writes that "it is not likely that enough instruction and organization existed to merit the term ''university'' before the 1150s, and it might not have happened before the 1180s."<ref>Paul F. Grendler, ''The Universities of the Italian Renaissance'' (JHU Press, 2002), 6.</ref>

The university arose around [[mutual aid societies]] (known as ''universitates scholarium'') of foreign students called "[[Nation (university)|nations]]" (as they were grouped by nationality) for protection against city laws which imposed [[collective punishment]] on foreigners for the crimes and debts of their countrymen. These students then hired scholars from the city's pre-existing lay and ecclesiastical schools to teach them subjects such as liberal arts, notarial law, theology, and ''ars dictaminis'' ([[scrivener]]y).<ref>David A. Lines, "The University and the City: Cultural Interactions", in ''A Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Bologna'', ed. Sarah Rubin Blanshei (Leiden: Brill, 2017), 437–8.</ref> The lectures were given in informal schools called ''scholae''. In time the various ''universitates scholarium'' decided to form a larger association, or ''Studium''—thus, the university. The ''Studium'' grew to have a strong position of [[collective bargaining]] with the city, since by then it derived significant revenue through visiting foreign students, who would depart if they were not well treated. The foreign students in Bologna received greater rights, and collective punishment was ended. There was also collective bargaining with the scholars who served as professors at the university. By the initiation or threat of a [[student strike]], the students could enforce their demands as to the content of courses and the pay professors would receive. University professors were hired, fired, and had their pay determined by an elected council of two representatives from every student "nation" which governed the institution, with the most important decisions requiring a majority vote from all the students to ratify. The professors could also be fined if they failed to finish classes on time, or complete course material by the end of the semester. A student committee, the "Denouncers of Professors", kept tabs on them and reported any misbehavior. Professors themselves were not powerless, however, forming ''collegia doctorum'' (professors' committees) in each faculty, and securing the rights to set examination fees and degree requirements. Eventually, the city ended this arrangement, paying professors from tax revenues and making it a chartered [[public university]].<ref>[http://www.freenation.org/a/f13l3.html A University Built by the Invisible Hand], by Roderick T. Long. This article was published in the Spring 1994 issue of ''Formulations'', by the Free Nation Foundation.</ref>

[[File:Archiginnasio ora blu Bologna.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Archiginnasio of Bologna|Archiginnasio]]'', main seat of the University between 1563 and 1803]]
The university is historically notable for its teaching of [[canon law|canon]] and [[Civil law (common law)|civil law]];<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Bologna|title=University of Bologna {{!}} History & Development|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-08-21}}</ref> indeed, it was set up in large part with the aim of studying the ''[[Digest (Roman law)|Digest]],''<ref>Berman, ''Law and Revolution'', ch. 3; Stein, ''Roman Law in European History'', part 3.</ref> a central text in [[Roman law]], which had been rediscovered in Italy in 1070, and the university was central in the development of [[medieval Roman law]].<ref>See [[Corpus Juris Civilis#Recovery in the West|Corpus Juris Civilis: Recovery in the West]]</ref> Until modern times, the only degree granted at that university was the doctorate.

[[Bettisia Gozzadini]] earned a law degree in 1237, being one of the first women in history to obtain a university degree.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Murphy|first=Caroline P.|date=1999|title='In praise of the ladies of Bologna': the image and identity of the sixteenth-century Bolognese female patriciate|journal=Renaissance Studies|volume=13|issue=4|pages=440–454|doi=10.1111/j.1477-4658.1999.tb00090.x|jstor=24412719|pmid=22106487|s2cid=35152874 |issn=0269-1213}}</ref> She taught law from her own home for two years, and in 1239 she taught at the university, becoming the first woman in history to teach at a university.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bonafede|first=Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0A--q495ZzUC&pg=PA11|title=Cenni biografici e ritratti d'insigni donne bolognesi: raccolti dagli storici più accreditati|date=1845|publisher=Sassi|language=it}}</ref>

In 1477, when Pope [[Sixtus IV]] issued a [[papal bull]], authorizing the creation of [[Uppsala University]] in Sweden, the bull specified that the new university would have the same freedoms and privileges as the University of Bologna—a highly desirable situation for the Swedish scholars. This included the right of Uppsala to establish the four traditional faculties of [[theology]], law ([[Canon law (Catholic Church)|Canon Law]] and [[Roman law]]), medicine, and philosophy, and to award the bachelor's, master's, licentiate, and doctoral degrees.

[[Laura Bassi]] was born into a prosperous family of Bologna and was privately educated from the age of five.<ref name=":52">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bassi-laura-1711-1778 Laura Bassi] at Encyclopedia.com</ref> Bassi's education and intellect was noticed by Prospero Lorenzini Lambertini, who became the Archbishop of Bologna in 1731 (later [[Pope Benedict XIV]]). Lambertini became the official patron of Bassi. He arranged for a public debate between Bassi and four professors from the University of Bologna on 17 April 1732.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Laura Bassi (1711 - 1778)|url=http://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bassi.html|access-date=2020-05-20|website=[[mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk]]}}</ref> In 1732, Bassi, aged twenty, publicly defended her forty-nine theses on ''Philosophica Studia''<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Women In The History Of Philosophy|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/women-history-philosophy|access-date=20 May 2020|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> at the Sala degli Anziani of the [[Palazzo Pubblico]]. The University of Bologna awarded her a doctorate degree on 12 May.<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last=Elena|first=Alberto|date=1991|title="In lode della filosofessa di Bologna": An Introduction to Laura Bassi|journal=Isis|language=en|volume=82|issue=3|pages=510–518|doi=10.1086/355839|s2cid=144763731}}</ref> She became the first woman to receive a doctorate in science, and the second woman in the world to earn a philosophy doctorate after [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]] in 1678, fifty-four years prior. She was by then popularly known as Bolognese [[Minerva]].<ref name=":12">{{Citation|last=Frize|first=Monique|title=Famous Women in Science in Laura Bassi's Epoch|date=2013|work=Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe|pages=137–162|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38685-5_10|isbn=978-3-642-38684-8}}</ref><ref name=":52"/> On 29 October 1732, the Senate and the University of Bologna granted Bassi's candidature, and in December she was appointed professor of natural philosophy to teach physics.<ref>Monique Frize, ''Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe: The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor'', Springer, p. 174.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Findlen|first=Paula|date=2013-08-29|title=Laura Bassi and the city of learning|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/laura-bassi-and-the-city-of-learning/|access-date=2020-05-20|website=Physics World|language=en-GB}}</ref> She became the first salaried woman lecturer in the world,<ref name=":10">{{Cite book|last=Frize|first=Monique|title=Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe|date=2013|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|isbn=978-3-642-38684-8|location=Berlin, Heidelberg|pages=173–181|language=en|chapter=Epilogue|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38685-5|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1566217}}</ref> thus beginning her academic career. She was also the first woman member of any scientific establishment, when she was elected to the [[Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna]] in 1732.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Laura Bassi {{!}} Italian scientist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|access-date=2020-08-30|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Laura BASSI|url=https://scientificwomen.net/women/bassi-laura-13|access-date=2020-08-30|website=scientificwomen.net}}</ref> Bassi became the most important populariser of [[Classical mechanics|Newtonian mechanics]] in Italy.<ref name=":32">{{Cite journal|last=Findlen|first=Paula|date=1993|title=Science as a career in Enlightenment Italy: The strategies of Laura Bassi|journal=Isis|language=en|volume=84|issue=3|pages=441–469|doi=10.1086/356547|jstor=235642|s2cid=144024298}}</ref>

In 1971, the Hellenist Benedetto Marzullo in company with [[Umberto Eco]], Renato Barilli, Adelio Ferrero. instituted within the Faculty of Letters and Arts the DAMS ([[acronym]] of ''discipline delle arti, della musica e dello spettacolo'', "Discipline of [[Arts]], [[Music]]s and [[Performance art|Performance]]"). It was the first degree course of this type to be opened in Italy. Between December 26, 1982, and November 29, 1983, there occurred the DAMS murders (in [[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Delitti del DAMS''), dealing with four victims who were students or professors of the DAMS: Angelo Fabbri (a brilliant student of [[Umberto Eco]]), Liviana Rossi, the dancer Francesca Alinovi (who was stabbed for 47 times), and Leonarda Polvani.<ref>{{cite video|url=http://www.tg2.rai.it/dl/tg2/rubriche/PublishingBlock-8f49a286-7527-4264-9979-72b4aca618d8.html|title=TG2 Dossier Storie|language=Italian|date=July 3, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2021}} (at minute 9:00)</ref><ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK0PkgFdNGw|title=Lea Polvani e i delitti del DAMS|publisher=Radio Caffè Criminale|website=YouTube|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203222506/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK0PkgFdNGw|archive-date=February 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Organization==
[[File:Library (23325983125).jpg|thumb|250px|right|University Library in the [[Palazzo Poggi]]]]
[[File:Collegio-spagna3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Interior view of the Porticum and ''[[Loggia]]'' of the [[Collegio di Spagna|Royal Spanish College]]]]
[[File:Chiostro di San Giovanni in Monte, già sede del carcere cittadino, ora sede di tre dipartimenti dell'Università di Bologna (Archeologia, Discipline Storiche e Paleografia e Medievistica). - panoramio - Carlo Pelagalli.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cloister of [[San Giovanni in Monte, Bologna|San Giovanni in Monte]] houses the department of History and Cultures (Archeology, History, Paleography and Medieval studies).]]
[[File:Edifici Distretto Navile.jpg|thumb|250px|''Navile Campus'' houses the departments of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Pharmacy and Physics and Astronomy.]]
Higher education processes are being harmonised across the European Community. Nowadays the university offers 101 different "''[[Laurea]]''" or "''Laurea breve''" first-level degrees (three years of courses), followed by 108 "''Laurea specialistica''" or "''Laurea magistrale''" second-level degrees (two years). However 11 other courses have maintained the previous rules of "''Laurea specialistica a ciclo unico''" or "''Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico''", with only one cycle of study of five years, except for medicine and dentistry, which require six years of courses. After the "''Laurea''" one may attain first-level Master (one-year diploma, similar to a postgraduate diploma). After second-level degrees are attained, one may proceed to second-level Master, specialisation schools (residency) or research doctorates (PhD).

The 11 Schools (which replace the existing 23 faculties) are:
* School of Agriculture and [[Veterinary Medicine]]
* School of Economics, Management and Statistics
* School of Engineering and Architecture
* School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Interpreting and Translation
* School of Law
* School of Arts, Humanities, and [[Cultural Heritage]]
* School of Medicine and Surgery
* School of Pharmacy, [[Biotechnologies]] and Sport Sciences
* School of [[Political Sciences]]
* School of Psychology and Education Sciences
* School of Sciences

The university is structured in 33 departments<ref>[http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ricerca/Dipartimenti/index.html List] of the Departments of the University of Bologna</ref> (66 until 2012), organized by homogeneous research domains that integrate activities related to one or more faculty. A new department of Latin history was added in 2015.

The 33 departments are:
* Architecture – DA
* Cultural Heritage – DBC
* Chemistry "[[Giacomo Ciamician]]" – CHIM
* [[Industrial Chemistry]] "Toso Montanari" – CHIMIND
* Arts – DARvipem
* Pharmacy and Biotechnology – FaBiT
* [[Classical Philology]] and [[Italian Studies]] – FICLIT
* Philosophy and [[Communication Studies]] – FILCOM
* Physics and Astronomy – DIFA
* Computer Science and Engineering – DISI
* [[Civil engineering|Civil]], [[Chemical engineering|Chemical]], [[Environmental engineering|Environmental]], and [[Materials Engineering]] – DICAM
* [[Electrical Engineering|Electrical]], [[Electronic Engineering|Electronic]], and [[Information Engineering]] "Guglielmo Marconi" – DEI
* [[Industrial Engineering]] – DIN
* [[Interpreting]] and [[Translation]] – DIT
* Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures – LILEC
* Mathematics – MAT
* [[Experimental Medicine]], [[Diagnostic Medicine]] and [[Specialty (medicine)|Specialty Medicine]] – DIMES
* Psychology – PSI
* Agricultural Sciences – DipSA
* Management – DiSA
* [[Biological]], [[Geological]], and [[Environmental Science]]s – BiGeA
* [[Biomedical Sciences|Biomedical]] and Neuromotor Sciences – DIBINEM
* [[Education Studies]] "Giovanni Maria Bertin" – EDU
* [[Agricultural Sciences|Agricultural]] and [[Food Sciences]] – DISTAL
* Economics – DSE
* Legal Studies – DSG
* Medical and Surgical Sciences – DIMEC
* Veterinary Medical Sciences – DIMEVET
* Department for Life Quality Studies – QUVI
* Political and [[Social Sciences]] – SPS
* [[Statistical Science]]s "Paolo Fortunati" – STAT
* [[Sociology]] and Business Law – SDE
* History and Cultures – DiSCi

==Affiliates and other institutions==
===Il Mulino===
In the early 1950s, some students of the University of Bologna were among the founders of the review "il Mulino". On 25 April 1951 the first issue of the review was published in Bologna.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Società editrice |date=5 April 2019 |url=https://www.mulino.it/editore |access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref> In a short time, "il Mulino" became one of the most interesting reference points in Italy for the political and cultural debate and established important editorial relationships in Italy and abroad. Editorial activities evolved along with the review. In 1954, the il Mulino publishing house (It. ''Società editrice il Mulino'') was founded, which today represents one of the most relevant Italian publishers. In addition to this were initiated research projects (focusing mostly on the educational institutions and the political system in Italy), that eventually led, in 1964, to the establishment of the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo.

===Collegio Superiore===
The ''Collegio Superiore'' is an excellence institution inside the University of Bologna, aimed at promoting students' merit through dedicated learning programmes.

The institution was founded in 1998 as ''Collegio d'Eccellenza''. Together with the Institute for Advanced Study it is part of the Institute for Higher Study.

The Collegio Superiore offers an additional educational path to students enrolled in a degree programme at the University of Bologna, providing specialized courses as part of an interdisciplinary framework.

All students of the Collegio Superiore are granted a full-ride scholarship and additional benefits such as the assistance of a personal tutor and free accommodation at the Residence for Higher Study. In order to remain members of the Collegio Superiore students are required to maintain high marks in both their degree programme and the additional courses.

Beatrice Fraboni, professor of Physics of Matter, has been head of Collegio Superiore since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.unibo.it/archivio/2019/beatrice-fraboni-e-la-nuova-direttrice-del-collegio-superiore|title=Beatrice Fraboni è la nuova direttrice del Collegio Superiore|date=2019-07-08|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of University of Bologna people}}
[[File:Pope Alexander Vi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{center|''[[Pope]] [[Alexander VI]]''}}]]
[[File:Francesco Petrarca00.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{center|''[[Petrarch]]''}}]]
[[File:Alessandro Longhi - Ritratto di Carlo Goldoni (c 1757) Ca Goldoni Venezia.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{center|''[[Carlo Goldoni]]''}}]]
[[File:Guglielmo Marconi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{center|''[[Guglielmo Marconi]]''}}]]

===Alumni===
* [[Adone Zoli]], former Prime Minister of [[Italy]].
* Cardinal [[Alberto Bolognetti]]
* Pope [[Alexander VI]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-VI|title=Alexander VI {{!}} Biography, Legacy, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones|Álvaro de Figueroa]], former Prime Minister of [[Spain]].
* [[Anna Borghi|Anna M. Borghi]], Italian cognitive psychologist
* [[Augusto Righi]], pioneer in the study of [[electromagnetism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fgm.it/en/marconi-en/profiles/augusto-righi.html|title=Augusto Righi|website=www.fgm.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/righi-augusto|title=Righi, Augusto {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Carlo Goldoni]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/our-history/university-from-12th-to-20th-century|title=The University from the 12th to the 20th century – University of Bologna|website=www.unibo.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Italian [[playwright]]
* [[Carlo Rovelli]], Italian [[theoretical physicist]]
* [[Carlo Severini]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZoYihwdxDwC&q=Carlo+Severini+university+of+bologna&pg=PA108|title=The Legacy of Mario Pieri in Geometry and Arithmetic|last1=Marchisotto|first1=Elena Anne|last2=Smith|first2=James T.|date=2007-12-05|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-8176-4603-5}}</ref>
* Saint [[Charles Borromeo]], [[archbishop of Milan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stcharleswhitefish.org//Parish_Information//Parish_Information/General_Information//Parish_Information/General_Information/SCBBiography.html|title=Biography of St. Charles Borromeo|website=Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2019-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426032317/https://stcharleswhitefish.org//Parish_Information//Parish_Information/General_Information//Parish_Information/General_Information/SCBBiography.html}}</ref>
* [[Corrado Gini]], Italian [[statistician]], demographer and sociologist who developed the [[Gini coefficient]]/ratio.
* [[Dante Alighieri]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/it/ateneo/chi-siamo/la-nostra-storia/luniversita-dal-xii-al-xx-secolo|title= L'Università dal XII al XX secolo
|website=Università di Bologna|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> Italian poet, writer and philosopher
* [[Daria de Pretis]], Italian jurist, Constitutional Judge of [[the Constitutional Court of Italy]].
* [[Diego Della Valle]], chairman of the Italian leather goods company ''[[Tod's]]''
* [[Enzo Ferrari]], Italian racing driver, engineer and entrepreneur
* [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erasmus-Dutch-humanist|title=Erasmus {{!}} Biography & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Fabrizio Zilibotti]], Italian economist and Professor of International and Development Economics at [[Yale University]].
* [[Fawziya Abikar Nur]], [[Health minister|Minister for Health and Social Care]] – [[Somalia]].
* [[Filip Ivanović (politician)|Filip Ivanović]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro]].
* [[Gabriele Paleotti]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it//enciclopedia/gabriele-paleotti_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=PALEOTTI, Gabriele in "Dizionario Biografico"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Gasparo Tagliacozzi]], pioneer of plastic and [[reconstructive surgery]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/gasparetagliacozzi|title=Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1545–99)|website=broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2017-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125125003/http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/gasparetagliacozzi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zimbler|first=Marc S.|date=2001-10-01|title=Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1545–1599): Renaissance Surgeon|url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamafacialplasticsurgery/fullarticle/479888|journal=Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery|volume=3|issue=4|pages=283–284|issn=1521-2491|doi=10.1001/archfaci.3.4.283|pmid=11710869|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ménard|first=Sophie|date=January 2019|title=An Unknown Renaissance Portrait of Tagliacozzi (1545–1599), the Founder of Plastic Surgery|journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open|volume=7|issue=1|article-number=e2006|issn=2169-7574|doi=10.1097/GOX.0000000000002006|pmid=30859024|pmc=6382240}}</ref>
* [[Giacomo Matteotti]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giacomo-Matteotti|title=Giacomo Matteotti {{!}} Italian social leader|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.casamuseogiacomomatteotti.it/biografia-en/|title=Biography|website=House-Museum Giacomo Matteotti|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Giovanni Pascoli]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.it/detail/fotografie-di-cronaca/giovanni-pascoli-appointed-professor-at-the-fotografie-di-cronaca/141554307|title=Giovanni Pascoli, appointed professor at the University of Bologna,...|website=Getty Images|date=16 March 2012 |language=it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pascoli|title=Giovanni Pascoli {{!}} Italian poet|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Pope Gregory XIII]] (Ugo Boncompagni);<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://study.com/academy/lesson/pope-gregory-xiii-accomplishments-legacy.html|title=Pope Gregory XIII: Accomplishments & Legacy|website=Study.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/roman-catholic-popes-and-antipopes/gregory-xiii|title=Gregory Xiii {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* Pope [[Gregory XV]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-XV|title=Gregory XV {{!}} pope|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]], Italian mathematician and the inventor of [[tensor calculus]].
* [[Guglielmo Marconi]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bolognawelcome.com/en/home/discover/itineraries/culture/marconi-itinerary-in-bologna-and-surroundings/|title=Marconi itinerary in Bologna and surroundings|website=Bologna Welcome|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2017-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515081344/https://www.bolognawelcome.com/en/home/discover/itineraries/culture/marconi-itinerary-in-bologna-and-surroundings/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guglielmo-Marconi|title=Guglielmo Marconi {{!}} Italian physicist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Italian inventor and radio pioneer
* [[Henry of Susa]] (Hostiensis);<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THjJAwAAQBAJ&q=henry+of+susa+bologna&pg=PA58|title=Medieval Canon Law|last=Brundage|first=James A.|date=2014-06-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-89534-3}}</ref>
* Pope [[Innocent IX]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/roman-catholic-popes-and-antipopes/innocent-iv|title=Innocent Iv {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Irnerius]], founder of the [[School of Glossators]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Irnerius|title=Irnerius {{!}} Italian legal scholar|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Joaquín Chapaprieta]], former Prime Minister of [[Spain]].
* [[Juan Fernando López Aguilar]], former [[Ministry of Justice (Spain)|Minister of Justice]] – [[Spain]].
* [[Julius Caesar Aranzi]], the pioneer [[Human body|human anatomists]] and surgeons.
* [[Kristina Pardalos]], Sammarinese jurist
* [[Laura Bassi]], the world's first woman to earn a university chair in a [[science studies|scientific field of studies]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/our-history/famous-people-guests-illustrious-students/laura-bassi/laura-bassi|title=Laura Bassi – University of Bologna|website=www.unibo.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|title=Laura Bassi {{!}} Italian scientist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Lazzaro Spallanzani]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/lazzaro-spallanzani-1729-1799|title=Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729–1799) {{!}} The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|website=embryo.asu.edu|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Italian priest, biologist and physiologist
* [[Leon Battista Alberti]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leon-Battista-Alberti|title=Leon Battista Alberti {{!}} Italian architect and author|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Luigi Galvani]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/our-history/famous-people-guests-illustrious-students/luigi-galvani-1|title=Luigi Galvani – University of Bologna|website=www.unibo.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/medicine/medicine-biographies/luigi-galvani|title=Luigi Galvani {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grants.hhp.coe.uh.edu/clayne/HistoryofMC/HistoryMC/Galvani.htm|title=Luigi Galvani|website=grants.hhp.coe.uh.edu|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Manuel Olivencia]], lawyer and academic;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cuatrecasas.com/today/0/manuel_olivencia_receives_premio_pelayo_para_juristas_de_reconocido_prestigio_award.html|title=Manuel Olivencia receives Premio Pelayo para Juristas de Reconocido Prestigio award|website=Cuatrecasas|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2014-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120091938/http://www.cuatrecasas.com/today/0/manuel_olivencia_receives_premio_pelayo_para_juristas_de_reconocido_prestigio_award.html}}</ref>
* [[Mauro Moretti]], former CEO and general manager of [[Leonardo S.p.A.]]
* [[Marcello Malpighi]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/our-history/famous-people-guests-illustrious-students/marcello-malpighi-1|title=Marcello Malpighi – University of Bologna|website=www.unibo.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcello-Malpighi|title=Marcello Malpighi {{!}} Italian scientist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Michelangelo Antonioni]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo-Antonioni|title=Michelangelo Antonioni {{!}} Italian director|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/spotlight-michelangelo-antonioni-2/|title=Spotlight: Michelangelo Antonioni {{!}}|date=2018-03-30|website=www.ecufilmfestival.com|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2019-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426032253/https://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/spotlight-michelangelo-antonioni-2/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/michelangelo-antonioni|title=Michelangelo Antonioni {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], formulator of the heliocentric universal model;<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rutkowski|first1=Boleslaw|last2=Muszytowski|first2=Marek|last3=Ostrowski|first3=Janusz|date=May 2011|title=Nicolaus Copernicus: not only a great astronomer but also a physician|journal=Journal of Nephrology|volume=24|pages=S25–32|issue=Suppl. 17 | doi=10.5301/JN.2011.6490|issn=1724-6059|pmid=21614776}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/team/studying-at-university-of-bologna|title=Studying at University of Bologna|website=Plone site|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* Cardinal [[Paolo Burali d'Arezzo]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comune.itri.lt.it/museo/museo_action.php?ACTION=tre&cod_museo=1&cod_aggiornamento=1|title=Comune di Itri – Sito comunale|website=www.comune.itri.lt.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Paracelsus]], founder of the discipline of [[toxicology]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/our-history/famous-people-guests-illustrious-students/famous-people-guests-and-illustrious-students|title=Famous people, guests and illustrious students – University of Bologna|website=www.unibo.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Patrizio Bianchi]], [[Italian Minister of Public Education|Minister of Public Education]] in the [[Draghi Cabinet]]
* [[Petrarch]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/petrarch|title=Petrarch|date=2019-04-25|website=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Pico della Mirandola]];<ref>{{Citation|last=Copenhaver|first=Brian|title=Giovanni Pico della Mirandola|date=2016|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2016/entries/pico-della-mirandola/|encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Fall 2016|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pico-della-Mirandola-conte-di-Concordia|title=Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, count di Concordia {{!}} Italian scholar|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Pier Luigi Nervi]], Italian Structural engineer and architect of [[UNESCO Headquarters]] Paris (1950).
* [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bolognawelcome.com/en/home/discover/places/culture-and-history/famous-people/pier-paolo-pasolini/|title=Pier Paolo Pasolini|website=Bologna Welcome|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2019-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426032252/https://www.bolognawelcome.com/en/home/discover/places/culture-and-history/famous-people/pier-paolo-pasolini/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pier-Paolo-Pasolini|title=Pier Paolo Pasolini {{!}} Italian author and director|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Pierluigi Collina]], Chairman of the [[FIFA]] referees committee
* [[Piero Gnudi]], Minister of Tourism and Sports in the Monti cabinet.
* [[Pietro Mengoli]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Mengoli.html|title=Pietro Mengoli (1626–1686)|website=www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Remo Gaspari]], Minister of Relationships with the Parliament and Minister of Public Function in the Bettino Craxi and [[Giulio Andreotti]] Cabinet.
* [[Stefano Domenicali]], CEO of [[Formula One Group]], former CEO of Italian sports car manufacturer [[Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.]] and Team Principal of [[Formula One]] team [[Scuderia Ferrari]].
* Archbishop [[Thomas Becket]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Thomas-Becket|title=Saint Thomas Becket {{!}} Biography, Death, & Significance|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Tommaso Perelli]], Italian astronomer
* [[Torquato Tasso]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/italian-literature-biographies/torquato-tasso|title=Torquato Tasso {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/en/university/who-we-are/our-history/famous-people-guests-illustrious-students/ulisse-aldrovandi-1/ulisse-aldrovandi-1|title=Ulisse Aldrovandi – University of Bologna|website=www.unibo.it|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulisse-Aldrovandi|title=Ulisse Aldrovandi {{!}} Italian naturalist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Umberto Eco]], Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer
* [[Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić]] (1724–1787), [[Catholic]] priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetic textbook ''Arithmatika Horvatzka'' (published in Zagreb, 1758)
* [[Bruno D'Amore]], mathematician

===Faculty and staff===
Notable former faculty include:<ref>Serafino Mazzetti, ''Repertorio di tutti I professori antichi e moderni della famosa Università...di Bologna'' (Bologna 1848).</ref>

* 11th century
** [[Irnerius]]
* 12th century
** [[Bulgarus]]
** [[Gratian (jurist)|Gratian]]
** [[Martinus Gosia]]
** [[Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem]]
** [[William of Tyre]]
* 13th century
** [[Benvenutus Scotivoli]]
** [[Bettisia Gozzadini]]
** [[Guido Guinizelli]]
** [[Henry of Susa]] <small>(''Hostiensis'')</small>
** [[Paul and Ninety Companions|Paul]], Dominican martyr
** [[Sylvester Gozzolini]]
** [[William of Saliceto]]
* 14th century
** [[Manuel Chrysoloras]]
** [[Giovanni de' Marignolli]]
** [[Francesco Petrarca]] <small>(also known as ''Petrarch'')</small>
** [[Coluccio Salutati]]
* 15th century
** [[Leon Battista Alberti]]
** [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]
** [[Bolognese Swordsmanship|Lippo Bartolomeo Dardi]]
** [[Yuriy Drohobych]] <small>(also known as ''Georgius de Drohobycz'')</small>
** [[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]]
* 16th century
** [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]]
** [[Giovanni Antonio Magini]]
** [[Camillo Baldi]]
** [[Girolamo Cardano]]
** [[Ignazio Danti]]
** [[Giovanni Della Casa]]
** [[Girolamo Maggi]]
** [[Virgilio Malvezzi]]
** [[Paracelsus]]
* 17th century
** [[Giovanni Cassini]]
** [[Bonaventura Cavalieri]]
** [[Niall Ó Glacáin]]
** [[Marcello Malpighi]]
** [[Pietro Mengoli]]
** [[Lodovico Scapinelli]]
* 18th century
** [[Laura Bassi]]
** [[Luigi Galvani]]
** [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]]
** [[Carlo Goldoni]]
* 19th century
** [[Augusto Righi]]
** [[Giacomo Ciamician]]
** [[Giosuè Carducci]]
** [[Giovanni Pascoli]]
** [[Pellegrino Rossi]]
** [[Francesco Selmi]]
* 20th century
** [[Umberto Eco]]
** [[Beppo Levi]]
** [[Guglielmo Marconi]]
** [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]
** [[Maria Matilde Principi]] 
** [[Romano Prodi]]
* 21st century
** [[Hamida Barmaki]]
** [[Özalp Babaoğlu]]
** [[Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume]]
** [[Pier Cesare Bori]]
** [[Augusto Barbera]]
** [[Gualtiero Calboli]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/gualtiero.calboli|title = Gualtiero Calboli — Università di Bologna — Home Page}}</ref>
** [[Ivano Dionigi]]
** [[Luciano Floridi]]

==Rankings and reputation==
{{Infobox university rankings
| QS_W = =138
| QS_W_year =2026
| QS_W_ref = <ref name=":QSW2026">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings}}</ref>
|-
| THE_W = =155
| THE_W_year =2024
| THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2024|work=Times Higher Education|date=20 September 2023|access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ARWU_W = 201–300
| ARWU_W_year =2024
| ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy|date=January 2024|access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| USNWR_W = =130
| USNWR_W_year =2024–25
| USNWR_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings|title=2024-2025 Best Global Universities Rankings |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |date=24 June 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| CWTS_W=113
| CWTS_W_year=2024
| CWTS_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list|publisher=Leiden University|date=3 July 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
| CWUR_W=201
| CWUR_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2024.php|title=Global 2000 List by the Center for World University Rankings - 2024 Edition |publisher=Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) |date=13 May 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
| CWUR_W_year=2024
}}

The 2024 ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the University of Bologna 154th in the world as well as 73rd (1st in Italy, 18th in Europe) with specific reference to academic reputation. In another measurement by the same organization, it was positioned among the world's top 100 universities for graduate employability.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/employability-rankings/2020|title=QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020|date=}}</ref>

In the 2024 ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'', it claimed the 155th place globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title=THE World University Rankings 2021|date=2020-09-03}}</ref> In the 2023 ''THE'' Impact Rankings, which measure the universities' commitment to sustainable development in compliance with the [[Sustainable Development Goals|UN 2030 Agenda]], Bologna took 5th place in Europe and 23rd in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Impact Rankings 2020|date=2024-01-22|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#}}</ref>

Furthermore, Bologna topped Italy's 2023 list of large public universities (> 40,000 students), produced by the Italian Center for Social Investment Studies, for the 14th year in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censis.it/sites/default/files/downloads/Classifica%20Censis%20delle%20Universita%20Italiane%202023-2024_0.pdf|title=La Classifica Censis delle Università italiane (edizione 2023/2024)|date=2024-02-09}}</ref>

==Points of interest==
* [[Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna]]
* {{webtrans|http://www.dista.unibo.it/Orto%20Agrario/collezione.php|L'Orto Agrario "Filippo Re"|it}}

==See also==
* [[Bologna declaration]]
* [[Bologna Process]]
* [[List of medieval universities]]
* [[List of universities in Italy]]
* [[Medieval university]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.unibo.it/en/homepage|name=University of Bologna Website}} {{in lang|en}}
* {{webtrans|http://www.ba.unibo.it/|University of Bologna in Buenos Aires|es}}
* [https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/RETE/article/view/58873/55223 Scholars and Literati at the University of Bologna (1088–1800)], in [https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/RETE Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae/RETE]

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