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Top 25 Colleges and universities based in Italy

This directory contains 51 colleges and universities based in Italy, with 57,773 contact records and 23,582 email addresses. Updated for November 2026, it identifies Rome as the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.

Colleges and universities are postsecondary institutions that provide academic programs, instruction, research, and credentials such as degrees or certificates. This list covers colleges and universities that provide postsecondary education through academic, professional, technical, or research programs. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of November 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest colleges and universities based in Italy

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 51 colleges and universities based in Italy, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Nov 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to colleges and universities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceRome, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202610001+12,415 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sapienza University of Rome, founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface is one of the oldest universities in the world and a high performer among the largest universities in international…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBologna, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,00010,833 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna operates on the principle that every individual carries within themselves a unique and unrepeatable potential.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
3Indirect evidenceItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0005,450 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With its 5 campuses, its 12 faculties and around students, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is the most important Catholic higher education institution in Europe and the only…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
4Indirect evidencePadua, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0004,497 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in the University of Padova is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBari, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0004,052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pagina Ufficiale dell'Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
6Indirect evidencePalermo, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0003,924 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fondata nel 1806 da Ferdinando di Borbone, re di Napoli e delle Due Sicilie che trasforma l'Accademia Panormitana degli Studi in Università, oggi UniPa è un mega Ateneo…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
7Indirect evidenceGenoa, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0003,563 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Università degli Studi di Genova (UniGe), fondata nel 1481, è uno dei più antichi Atenei europei e una delle maggiori risorse culturali e scientifiche del Mediterraneo e del…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
8Indirect evidencePerugia, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,711 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Università di Perugia è una delle più antiche d'Italia e d'Europa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
9Indirect evidenceRome, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,709 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nato nel 1992, Roma Tre è tra gli Atenei più giovani nel sistema universitario italiano e conta oggi circa studenti provenienti da tutta Italia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
10Indirect evidenceGorizia, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0001,476 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Università degli Studi di Trieste accoglie studenti e studentesse in un ambiente dinamico e moderno, offrendo un'elevata personalizzazione e mettendo a disposizione laboratori…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBrescia, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0001,454 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Università degli Studi di Brescia (UNIBS) propone un'ampia offerta formativa con lauree triennali e magistrali, master post-lauream, scuole di specializzazione e corsi di…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
12Indirect evidenceFerrara, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0001,350 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L’Università degli Studi di Ferrara, fondata nel 1391, è una delle Università più antiche d’Europa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
13Indirect evidenceVarese, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,000711 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Account ufficiale dell'Università degli Studi dell'Insubria.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMacerata, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,000698 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“University of Macerata, seven centuries of history, vision, mission and values.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
15Indirect evidenceViterbo, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026201-500642 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The University of Tuscia (Unitus), founded in Viterbo in 1979, has quickly developed into a well-established cultural reference point.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
16Indirect evidenceCatanzaro, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,000584 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCaserta, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,000275 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Second University of Naples (SUN) was established in 1991 (Decree MURST, 25 March) with the aim of relieving the overcrowded conditions of the major Neapolitan university…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
18Indirect evidenceL'aquila, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,000169 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 1952 and located in L'Aquila, administrative centre of the Abruzzo Region, our University is a public teaching and research institution offering a full range of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
19Indirect evidenceReggio Calabria, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,00020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L’Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria persegue l'obiettivo di garantire percorsi formativi di qualità, al passo coi tempi e adeguati alle aspettative degli…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
20Indirect evidencePotenza, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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21Indirect evidenceAbbiategrasso, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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22Indirect evidenceCivitanova Marche, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202651-20010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Leonardo da Vinci” di Civitanova Marche”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
23Indirect evidenceFlorence, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sito web ufficiale dell'Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "Benvenuto Cellini" di Firenze”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
24Indirect evidenceMilan, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
25Indirect evidencePalermo, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026

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Colleges and universities based in Italy at a glance

As of Nov 5, 2026
40.8%Verified-email coverage
1132.8Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
7.8%Largest-city concentration · Rome
Nov 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
12
11-50
12
51-200
6
201-500
2
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
13
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Italy, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Italy, over 51 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among colleges and universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Italy whose own description of what they do matches “colleges and universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names colleges and universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among colleges and universities, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Italy are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 23,582 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on November 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

How many colleges and universities are based in Italy?

The directory contains 51 colleges and universities based in Italy.

How many contacts are available for colleges and universities?

The list includes 57,773 contacts and 23,582 email addresses for colleges and universities.

Which city has the most colleges and universities?

Rome is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.