The new edition of the Global 2000 List, released by Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) on June 1st, lists 66 Italian universities among the top 2 in the world. Sapienza University of Rome It maintains its national leadership, ranking 129th worldwide.
The survey analyzed more than 21 institutions worldwide. No Italian university appears among the top 100 in the global ranking.
The ten best in Italy
At the top of the national list, Sapienza is followed by University of Padua (182nd in the world) and by University of Milan (194th). A Alma Mater of Bologna It occupies fourth place among Italian women (208th in the global ranking), ahead of University of Naples Federico II (243rd) and of University of Turin (245ª).
Completing the national top 10 are... University of Florence (273rd), a University of Pisa (293rd), a University of Genoa (294th) and the University of Pavia (335th). The Politecnico di Milano She appears in 11th position among Italian women, and 339th in the world.
Generalized fall
The collective performance of Italian universities It has declined compared to 2025. Of the 66 institutions on the list, 52 lost positions, 13 improved, and only one remained stable.
The CWUR points to scientific research as the main factor in the decline. This item represents 40% of the total score and puts Italian universities at a disadvantage compared to foreign institutions with greater public and private investment. The president of the CWUR, Nadim Mahassen, attributed the decline to "years of insufficient funding and the devaluation of science and education as public goods."
The global scenario
At the top of the global rankings, Harvard leads for the 15th consecutive year, followed by MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, and Oxford. China has surpassed the United States in the number of universities among the top 2. (Based on information from the Center for World University Rankings)
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