The University of Torino is one of the oldest and most prestigious Italian universities. With more than 80,000 students and 120 buildings spread across Turin and Piedmont, UniTo forms a “city-within-a-city,” promoting culture, research, innovation, training and employment. It is among the largest Italian universities and is open to international students. It operates in almost all disciplines, contributing to urban renewal, cultural exchange, social inclusion and development.
Courses
The University offers more than 165 undergraduate and postgraduate programs, of which 28 are entirely taught in English and a wide range of joint and double degree programs.
Internationalisation
UniTo counts almost 5,000 students with foreign nationality and approximately 1,000 incoming and 2,000 outgoing students through the Erasmus+ Program for study and traineeship. In fact, UniTo is among the top 5 European Universities for outgoing students' mobility.
UniTo is also engaged in international partnerships with more than 500 agreements for academic cooperation, joint and double degrees and joint-supervision PhD.
Moreover, as the leader of the UNITA Alliance (Universitas Montium European University Alliance), it coordinates with 7 partner institutions across France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Sustainability and inclusivity
The University is active on social issues about the environment, drugs, equal opportunities and inclusion. EDISU, the Piedmont Regional Agency for the Right to University Education, offers merit- and need-based scholarships.
Libraries and museums
There are 22 libraries across 32 locations. The Botanic Garden and museums like "Cesare Lombroso" - Criminal Anthropology Museum and "Luigi Rolando" - Human Anatomy Museum are well known. The University also engages with the local museum network and runs its own media production units.
Turin
Turin is a vibrant, people-focused city rich in cultural offerings - historic sites, museums, fairs - and surrounded by rivers, parks, mountains and lakes for outdoor activities.
Sustainability of UniTo
The University of Turin is proud of its sustainability efforts and is seriously committed to contributing to the sustainable development of society.
A positive social and environmental impact is an organisational challenge to be faced internally and externally, through partnerships with stakeholders on both local and global levels.
In the last few years, UniTo has committed itself to sustainability and has edited annual sustainability reports in accordance with international standards. UniTo has gained a role in international and national associations for universities and sustainability. Among the initiatives, the hosting of the UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Development is an honour and a privilege for UniTO.
The commitment towards sustainability is reflected in our teaching activities, research projects aimed at creating long-term positive outcomes, as well as in the third mission through knowledge transfer.