University of Milano-Bicocca

University rankings
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World	301–400 (2024)
QS World	513 (2025)
THE World	351–400 (2025)

University of Milano-Bicocca
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Motto	Audentes fortuna iuvat; (Fortune favors the bold)
Type	State-supported
Established	10 June 1998
Affiliation	BioGeM
Rector	Prof. Giovanna Iannantuoni
Students	33,752 (2017/18)
Location	Milan and Monza, (Italy)
Campus	Urban
Sports teams	CUS Milano
Website	en.unimib.it

The University of Milano-Bicocca (Italian: Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, UNIMIB) is a public university located in Milan, Italy, providing undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education. Established in 1998, it was ranked by the Times Higher Education 2014 ranking of the best 100 Universities under 50 years old as number 21 worldwide and first in Italy.

Campus

The University of Milano-Bicocca is located in an area on the northern outskirts of Milan, which was occupied by the Pirelli industrial complex until the late 1980s. The industrial area has been redesigned by architect Vittorio Gregotti into an urban complex, including the University of Milano-Bicocca's research laboratories and student residence halls.^[1]

History

The University of Milano-Bicocca has its origins from the splitting of the University of Milan, which with about 90,000 students in the 1990s was becoming overcrowded. A large area in the north of Milan, the Bicocca, was chosen as the location for the new university. This area was occupied by the Pirelli industrial complex until the 1980s and the new campus was part of a larger urban renewal project. The university was officially established on 10 June 1998.

Milan-Bicocca is a multidisciplinary university which offers a wide range of academic programs in different disciplinary fields: Economics, Informatics, Statistics, Law, Education, Sociology, Medicine and Surgery, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Physics and Astrophysics, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Biotechnology and Psychology.

Organization

There are fourteen Departments and two Schools at the University of Milan-Bicocca:

Department of Economics Management and Statistics^[2]
Department of Business and Law^[3]
Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods^[4]
- School of Economics^[5]
Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences^[6]
Department of Physics^[7]
Department of Informatics, System and Communication ^[8]
Department of Mathematics and its Applications ^[9]
Department of Materials Science^[10]
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences^[11]
- School of Science^[12]
Department of Law^[13]
Department of Medicine and Surgery^[14]
Department of Psychology^[15]
Department of Human Sciences for Education^[16]
Department of Sociology and Social Research ^[17]

The number of students at the university has grown steadily since it opened: in its first academic year there were 15,300 students, which had risen to 27,481 in 2003-2004 and by 2005-2006 there were over 30,000. In 2023 the number of students is almost 40.000.

Rankings

References

^ ^a ^b "History". Università degli studi Milano Bicocca. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "Department of Economics, Management and Statistics". dems.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Business and Law". www.diseade.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods". dismeq.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "School of Economics". scuola-economia-statistica.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences". btbs.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Physics". fisica.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Informatics, System and Communication". disco.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Physics". matapp.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Materials Science". mater.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences". disat.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "School of Science". scienze.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Law". giurisprudenza.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Medicine and Surgery". medicina.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Psychology". psicologia.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Human Sciences for Education". formazione.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Department of Sociology and Social Research". sociologia.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024".
^ "QS World University Rankings 2025".
^ "World University Rankings 2025".

External links

University of Milano-Bicocca Website (in Italian and English)

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[history-1] "History". Università degli studi Milano Bicocca. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[2] "Department of Economics, Management and Statistics". dems.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[3] "Department of Business and Law". www.diseade.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[4] "Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods". dismeq.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[5] "School of Economics". scuola-economia-statistica.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[6] "Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences". btbs.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[7] "Department of Physics". fisica.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[8] "Department of Informatics, System and Communication". disco.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[9] "Department of Physics". matapp.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[10] "Department of Materials Science". mater.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[11] "Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences". disat.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[12] "School of Science". scienze.unimib.it/. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[13] "Department of Law". giurisprudenza.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[14] "Department of Medicine and Surgery". medicina.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[15] "Department of Psychology". psicologia.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[16] "Department of Human Sciences for Education". formazione.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[17] "Department of Sociology and Social Research". sociologia.unimib.it. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[18] "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024".

[19] "QS World University Rankings 2025".

[20] "World University Rankings 2025".

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