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Top 25 Colleges based in Italy

Explore 103 colleges based in Italy, with contact records for 88,550 people and 38,289 email addresses. The list is current as of November 2026, and Rome is the single most-represented city among the colleges included. It supports research by buyers and outreach to college decision-makers.

Colleges are postsecondary educational institutions that offer academic programs and award credentials such as degrees, certificates, or diplomas. This list covers colleges that operate as postsecondary educational institutions and offer academic programs or credentials, including independent colleges and college units within broader institutions. 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 based in Italy

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 103 colleges 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: 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
1Indirect evidenceRome, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 202610001+12,415 contacts →

Indirect 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 evidenceMilan, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0008,379 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L’Università degli Studi di Milano, fondata nel 1924.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
4Indirect evidenceTurin, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0006,739 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tra le più antiche e prestigiose d’Italia, l’Università degli Studi di Torino ha le dimensioni di una città nella città, che produce cultura, ricerca, innovazione, formazione e…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
5Indirect 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
6Indirect 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
7Indirect 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
8Indirect 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
9Indirect 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
10Indirect 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
11Indirect 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
12Indirect evidenceTrento, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,423 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The University of Trento is placed in a location which has always been the connecting point between the Mediterranean world and Central Europe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNaples, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20265,001-10,0002,390 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“higher education and research training We are convinced that achieving such integration makes the university a much nicer place to learn and work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCagliari, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0002,278 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 1606, the University of Cagliari is a public university dedicated to offering comprehensive and unique public education, cutting edge research and multi-discipline…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCaserta, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026n/a1,512 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The University (formerly known as Second University of Naples) promotes a vocational training offer integrated with the territory, supports quality research, and promotes the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
16Indirect 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
17Indirect 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
18Indirect 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
19Indirect evidenceBergamo, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,0001,242 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
20Indirect evidenceRende, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,0001,144 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Università della Calabria è un'istituzione pubblica dotata di personalità giuridica finalizzata alla ricerca scientifica, alla formazione culturale ed al progresso civile della…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSassari, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 20261,001-5,000802 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Explore UNISS, discover our history, meet our community, and learn about our commitment to the principles of equality and openness.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
22Indirect 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
23Indirect evidenceCassino, ItalyHQ checked Nov 5, 2026501-1,000709 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale è stata fondata nel 1979.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Nov 5, 2026
24Indirect 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
25Indirect 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

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Colleges based in Italy at a glance

As of Nov 5, 2026
43.2%Verified-email coverage
859.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
10.7%Largest-city concentration · Rome
Nov 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
26
11-50
26
51-200
10
201-500
4
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
20
5,001-10,000
3
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 103 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, 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”. 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), 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 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, 38,289 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

What colleges are included in the list?

The list contains 103 colleges based in Italy, including institutions that offer academic programs and award postsecondary credentials.

How many contacts and email addresses are available for colleges?

The list includes 88,550 contacts and 38,289 email addresses associated with the colleges included.

Which city has the most colleges in the list?

Rome is the single most-represented city among the colleges 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.