(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 04 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is the best university in the world for 'Classical Studies & Ancient History', surpassing the University of Oxford, now in second place.
Nonsolo: Italian universities have achieved excellent results this year in the field of research on Covid-19; Italy is in fact recognized as one of the 5 best states in the world for the production of scientific research relating to Covid.
The eleventh edition of the QS World University Rankingsby Subject gives excellent satisfaction to the Italian university system even if there is no lack of 'dark' sides: the universities of the Peninsula have not achieved the same results in the technological or scientific disciplines.
Two Italian universities rank among the top 100 for medical studies, while only one Italian institution is among the top 50 for 'computer science' (Politecnico di Milano, in 44th place).
No Italian university appears in the top 50 for Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and Mathematics.
In the 51 rankings by subject drawn up by QS, the leading university in Italy is the Politecnico di Milano, with seven of its programs ranked among the best 50 in the world.
The diamond points of the Politecnico di Milano are 'Art and Design' (where the university wins 5th place), and 'Architecture' (10th place).
Overall, six Italian departments reach the global top-10 - two less than last year.
In terms of humanistic studies as a whole, eight of the 50 best institutions in the world for the study of classics and ancient history are Italian.
Only the United States has more universities (12) in the top-50 in this subject.
And Luiss is among the top 50 in the world for political science, gaining 90 positions in the rankings.
The rector of La Sapienza University, Antonella Polimeni, is very satisfied.
Based on the number of programs that rank among the top twenty in their respective disciplines, Italy ranks 12th as the best 'higher education' system in the world.
In Continental Europe it is only surpassed by Germany (with 17 programs in the top-20), the Netherlands (with 27 programs), and Switzerland (with 40 programs).
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