🇮🇹 Italy · Lazio

Studying in Rome

The largest student city in Europe, and the cheapest of the major Italian capitals to live in.

€700Living / month

3Universities

DiSCo LazioGrant body

€156Tuition from

Worth knowing

DiSCo Lazio runs one of the larger grant budgets in Italy, and Rome has more student housing places than any other Italian city — though demand still outstrips supply every September.

Universities

Where you could study in Rome

State university

Sapienza University of Rome

Sapienza Università di Roma

The largest university in Europe by enrolment, and consistently Italy's highest-ranked for classics and archaeology.

Founded 1303 112,000 students 6 English programmes

State university

University of Rome Tor Vergata

Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

Strong in economics, engineering and medicine, with a campus model closer to a British or American university than most Italian institutions.

Founded 1982 33,000 students 5 English programmes

State university

Roma Tre University

Università degli Studi Roma Tre

The youngest of Rome's public universities, well regarded in architecture, engineering and political science.

Founded 1992 32,000 students 4 English programmes

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