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Top 25 Research universities based in Italy

Name: Research universities based in Italy
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 78 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 78 research universities headquartered in Italy as of September 2026 and tracks 135,167 professional contacts across them, including 54,248 with verified work emails. Rome is the largest hub.

This list covers research universities headquartered in Italy, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest research universities based in Italy

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 78 research universities based in Italy, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to research 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Sapienza Università DI Roma	Partial evidence	Rome, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	12,364 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 Sep 21, 2026
2	Alma Mater Studiorum Università DI Bologna	Indirect evidence	Bologna, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	10,787 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 Sep 21, 2026
3	Università Degli Studi DI Milano	Indirect evidence	Milano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	8,468 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’Università degli Studi di Milano, fondata nel 1924.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Università Degli Studi DI Padova	Indirect evidence	Padova, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	7,367 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 Sep 21, 2026
5	Università Degli Studi DI Torino	Indirect evidence	Torino, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,738 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 Sep 21, 2026
6	Università Degli Studi DI Firenze	Partial evidence	Firenze, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,862 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The University of Florence is one of the largest and most productive public research systems in Italy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Università Cattolica DEL Sacro Cuore	Indirect evidence	ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	5,708 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 Sep 21, 2026
8	Università DI Pisa	Partial evidence	Pisa, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,513 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The University of Pisa, formally established in 1343, is one of the oldest universities in the world and it has been extraordinarily successful in updating its structures and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Università Degli Studi DI Bari	Indirect evidence	Bari, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,997 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pagina Ufficiale dell'Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	University Of Rome TOR Vergata	Partial evidence	Rome, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,898 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tor Vergata University of Rome is a public research university located in Rome, Italy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Università Degli Studi DI Palermo	Indirect evidence	Palermo, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,870 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 Sep 21, 2026
12	Università Degli Studi DI Milano-Bicocca	Indirect evidence	Milan, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	3,860 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ateneo multidisciplinare che forma professionisti in diversi campi: economico-statistico, giuridico, scientifico, medico, sociologico, psicologico e pedagogico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Università DI Pavia	Indirect evidence	Pavia, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,666 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dal 1361 forma giovani provenienti da tutta Italia e non solo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Scuola Normale Superiore	Partial evidence	Pisa, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	3,617 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Scuola Normale Superiore is a leading institution in the Italian research system, and a prestigious public university for higher education advanced studies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Università Degli Studi DI Genova	Indirect evidence	Genova, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,613 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 Sep 21, 2026
16	Università Degli Studi DI Salerno	Indirect evidence	Fisciano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,787 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Università degli Studi di Salerno (University of Salerno - UniSA) is a higher education company based out of Salerno, Italy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Università Degli Studi Roma TRE	Indirect evidence	Roma, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,727 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 Sep 21, 2026
18	Università Degli Studi DI Perugia	Indirect evidence	Perugia, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,686 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L'Università di Perugia è una delle più antiche d'Italia e d'Europa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Università DI Trento	Indirect evidence	Trento, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,417 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 Sep 21, 2026
20	University Of Naples Federico II	Partial evidence	Naples, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,361 contacts →
	Partial 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 Sep 21, 2026
21	Università Degli Studi DI Parma	Partial evidence	Parma, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,361 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our Mission We promote knowledge creation, transfer and progress to meet the increasing demand of advanced education and research in our society.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Università Degli Studi DI Cagliari	Partial evidence	Cagliari, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,228 contacts →
	Partial 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 Sep 21, 2026
23	Università Politecnica Delle Marche	Indirect evidence	Ancona, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	2,056 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Agraria Corso di Laurea (3 anni) Corso di Laurea Magistrale (2 anni) Corso di Laurea a ciclo unico Economia Corso di Laurea (3 anni) Corso di Laurea Magistrale (2 anni) Corso di…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Università Degli Studi DI Verona	Indirect evidence	Verona, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,971 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L'Università di Verona punta sull'innovazione e sulla qualità della ricerca e della didattica.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Università DI Siena	Partial evidence	Siena, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,714 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The University of Siena has a rich history and a great knowledge-related tradition, as well a strong commitment to both research and innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: research universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names research universities.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of research universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name research universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Research universities based in Italy at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

40.1%Verified-email coverage

1732.9Average contacts per company

1,001-5,000Median size (employees)

5.1%Largest-city concentration · Rome

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 78 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 research 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 “research 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 research 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 research 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, 54,248 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 September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its 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 the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names research universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many research universities are there based in Italy?

RevenueBase identified 78 research universities headquartered in Italy as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Sapienza Università DI Roma, headquartered in Roma, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most research universities?

Rome leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Udine (3) and Angri (2).

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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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.