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.
Not only that: Italian universities have achieved excellent results in this year in the field of research on Covid-19;
Italy is in fact recognized as one of the 5 best countries in the world
for the production of scientific research relating to Covid.
The eleventh edition of the QS World University Rankings by 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 are among the top 100 for medical studies, while only one Italian institution is among the top 50 for 'information technology' (Politecnico di Milano, in 44th place).
No Italian university appears in the top 50 for Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and Mathematics.
"The rankings highlighted areas - especially the" scientific output "and" reputation "indicators for Environmental Sciences, Informatics and other subjects of growing international importance - that Italian higher education leaders need to improve to ensure that universities are prepare to lead students - and society - into the future, ”comments Ben Sowter, Vice President of the Professional Services division at QS.
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 top 50 in the world.
The spearheads of the Politecnico di Milano are 'Art and Design' (where the university wins 5th place), and 'Architecture' (10th place).
In total, six Italian departments reach the global top-10 - two less than last year.
On the humanities front 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 matter.
And Luiss is among the top 50 in the world for political science, gaining 90 positions in the rankings.
"The results achieved by Italy this year show that, in addition to offering world-class education in subjects historically present in university curricula - there is no better destination in continental Europe for students who are passionate about Classical Studies - the Italian universities have been able to masterfully tackle even the urgent contemporary challenges ", comments Ben Sowter.
The rector of La Sapienza University, Antonella Polimeni, is also 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).
The rankings, compiled by global QS higher education analysts, provide a comparative analysis of the performance of 13,883 undergraduate programs from 1440 universities across 51 academic disciplines and 5 Faculty Areas.
