University

1997 Year of foundation

4 Teaching languages (English, German, Italian and Ladin)

5 Faculties

8 Competence centres

Facilities and associations

3 university locations

4 Campuses

11 design workshops

94 laboratories

26 at NOI Techpark
3 at Laimburg Research Centre
2 workshops of the Faculty of Engineering at NOI Techpark

4 campus libraries

1 BITZ unibz fablab

6 student associations

Finances

€121,780,074 budget in 2025, of which

77.0% from the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano (€93,806,720)
19.8% from externally funded and other sources (€24,100,213)
3.2% from tuition fees (€3,873,141)

University Ranking

International and National Rankings
In national rankings, our university reaches top positions every year. We rank high in international rankings too, especially under the categories "Internationalisation", "Student Satisfaction" and "Citations".

Censis
In 2026, for the tenth year in a row, the socio-economic research institute Censis ranked our university first among small non-state universities (with fewer than 5,000 students) in Italy, also awarding it the third highest score among all universities.

Teaching ranking

Faculty of Design and Art: first place for the Bachelor and Master programmes among Italian non-state funded universities.
Faculty of Economics and Management: third place for the Bachelor programmes among Italian non-state funded universities.
Faculty of Education: first place for the Bachelor programmes among Italian non-state funded universities.
Faculty of Engineering: third place for the Bachelor programmes and first place for the Master programmes among Italian non-state funded universities.

THE World University Rankings
In the 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings unibz ranked in the band of 401— 500 out of almost 2,191 institutions worldwide. Our strongest pillars are "Research quality" (among the top 250 with a score of 83.7) and "International outlook" (among the top 300 with a score of 78.2). In Italy we are on the 20th position out of 57 universities ranked and on the first for "International outlook". In the Small University Rankings 2024 we are on position 14.

Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences: among the top 400 worldwide (subject: Life Sciences).
Faculty of Design and Art: among the top 500 worldwide (subject: Arts and Humanities).
Faculty of Economics and Management: in the band of 201-250 worldwide (subject: Business and Economics).
Faculty of Education: among the top 600 worldwide (subject: Education Studies).
Faculty of Engineering: among the top 400 (subjects: Computer Science) and the top 500 worldwide (subject: Engineering)

QS World University Rankings
In 2026, unibz was included for the fifth time in the QS World University Rankings securing the 608th position out of 8,00 universities analysed. It ranked among the top 250 in the 'Citations per Faculty' category.

Research Quality Evaluation 2020-2024 by the National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR)

Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences: 6th place (out of 73) in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences at national level

Faculty of Economics and Management: 7th place (out of 141) in Economics and Statistics and 22nd place (out of 110) in Business and Management Studies at national level

Faculty of Education: 3rd place (out of 189) in Medical Sciences at national level

Faculty of Engineering: 24th place (out of 154) in Industrial and Information Engineering at national level

People

4,340 students

15.7% come from abroad (national average 5.3%)
representing 76 different nationalities

192 tenured professors and researchers, of whom

34.38% are female
26.56% come from abroad

280 Researchers with a fixed-term contract, of whom

141 are research assistants (AR)
111 come from abroad

649 teaching staff

359 administration and technical staff

64.35% are female
30.64% are part-time

Teaching

14 Bachelor programmes

18 Master programmes

1 single cycle Master programme (5 years) (Faculty of Education)

6 executive Masters

10 PhD programmes

1 Studium Generale

39 Lifelong Learning courses

4 ESF+ projects for the training of RTDs, ARs and PhDs and for the creation of Executive Masters

883 local grants awarded to students in 2025

1,318 Internship agreements with companies and institutions

AlmaLaurea

Bachelor programmes

67% of students graduated on time (national average 60.1%)
3.6 years is the average time needed to graduate (national average 4)
76.4% of graduates undertook an internship (national average 59.6%)
29.4% of graduates completed a period of study abroad during their degree (national average 8.1%)
2.9 is the average number of months between graduation and first job (national average 3.3)
7.8 is the average satisfaction with chosen job on a scale of 1–10 (national average 7.7)

Master programmes

73.4% of students graduate on time (national average 62.7%)
2.6 years is the average time needed to graduate (national average 2.8)
56% of graduates undertook an internship (national average 64.2%)
23.3% of graduates completed a period of study abroad during their degree (national average 14.5%)
2.7 is the average number of months between graduation and first job (national average 3.4)
7.9 is the average satisfaction with chosen job on a scale of 1–10 (national average 7.6)

Single-cycle Master's degree (5 years)

84.9% of students graduate on time (national average 54.2%)
5.2 years is the average time needed to graduate (national average 6.7)
60.3% of graduates undertook an internship (national average 58.4%)
17.9% of graduates completed a period of study abroad during their degree (national average 16.9%)
3.1 is the average number of months between graduation and first job (national average 3)
8.4 is the average satisfaction with chosen job on a scale of 1–10 (national average 7.9)

Research

452 research projects in 2025

129 new projects for a total value of €20.1 million, including:

€13.3 million from international and European funds (Horizon, Erasmus+, INTERREG, ERDF, EU Partnerships, Joint Projects)
€3 million from national funds (PRIN and other national funds)
€1.3 million from provincial funds (Mobility, Seal of Excellence, Special projects)
€2.5 million from contract research projects

Research areas
3 research areas of the Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences

In 2025, the Faculty and its affiliated competence centers carried out 115 research projects, with a total funding of €17.76 million

89.29% of which from external sources.

3 research areas of the Faculty of Design and Art
The Faculty carried out 21 research projects, with a total funding of €1.74 million

61.37% of which from external sources

5 research areas of the Faculty of Economics and Management
The Faculty and its affiliated competence centers carried out 53 research projects, with a total funding of €5.34 million

80.29% of which from external sources

7 research areas of the Faculty of Education
The Faculty and its affiliated competence centers carried out 91 research projects, with a total funding of €5.92 million

75.41% of which from external sources

9 research areas of the Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty carried out 167 research projects, with a total funding of €25.60 million

88.76% of which from external sources

Interfaculty research projects
In 2025, five interfaculty research projects were ongoing, with a total external funding of €15.8 million.

International Relations

198 Erasmus+ agreements
31 bilateral agreements with non-European and Italian universities
6 Swiss European Mobility Programme agreements
700 exchange spots for outgoing and incoming students
1 Erasmus Mundus
6 international study programmes with a double or joint degree
1 Euregio agreement between the universities of Bozen-Bolzano, Innsbruck and Trento

Technology Transfer

3  active spin-offs at NOI Techpark

8 unibz trademarks, of which

3 european
5 international

41 patents, of which

33 granted
8 filed by unibz and its researchers

452 cooperation partners, of which

175 are companies

unibz at NOI Techpark

265 ongoing research projects in the research areas and laboratories at NOI Techpark

Total budget: €16.2 million

450 staff members

950 students

Language Centre*

3,354 course participants

221 language courses offered

3 international certificates

4,384 language exams administered

Courses in 8 languages (English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic).

International Language Certificate preparation courses; One-to-one language advising; Courses for admin and academic staff; Courses for beginners up to the C1 level.

* Data for the Language Centre refer to the 2025/26 academic year (September 2025 - July 2026).

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Facts and Figures 2025