With over 700 years of history, 115,000 enrolled students, 3,300 professors and 2,600 adjunct professors, 2,200 employees, technicians and librarians and over 1,600 administrative staff in university hospitals, Sapienza University, which was founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, is one of the oldest universities in the world and a top performer in international university rankings. Its mission is to contribute to the development of a knowledge society through research, excellence, quality education and international cooperation. The 115,000 students enrolled at Sapienza can choose from over 280 degree programmes (Bachelor’s and Master’s) – among which over 50 are entirely taught in English – 200 Advanced Professional Courses, 80 PhDs and 80 specialization schools.
Sapienza is organized into 11 faculties, one School for Advanced Studies (providing a programme of excellence and free tuition for the best students), one post-degree School of Aerospace Engineering, 58 departments, as well as numerous research and service centres. The central administration is organized into areas, offices and units.
The main Sapienza campus, which was designed by Marcello Piacentini, opened in 1935. It is located close to the city centre. It is one of the largest universities in Europe – a city within the city – where teaching activities are integrated with laboratories, libraries, museums and a wide range of student facilities and services. Faculties and Departments also pursue their activities in off campus buildings throughout the city. Sapienza also has two other campuses, outside of Rome, in the Lazio Region.
University services include 50 libraries (four out of which with 24-hour reading rooms), 18 museums, the Ciao and Hello Orientation Offices, a Sort Orientation and Tutoring Office in each faculty, an Office for Students with Special Needs, the Job Soul Placement Office, and a Public Relations Office. Through the SapienzaSport Centre, our University promotes several cultural, social and sports activities to experience the campus, with over 100 thousand square metres of facilities to practice all kinds of sports, the orchestras and choirs of Musa Sapienza, the Theatron project, the web radio RadioSapienza.
On the side of scientific research, Sapienza covers an extremely broad spectrum of disciplines, reaching levels of excellence in many areas, including archaeology, physics and astrophysics, humanities and cultural heritage, the environment, nanotechnologies, cell and gene therapy, design, aerospace, social and economic sciences. Nobel Prize winners (also the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics) and internationally renowned scientists have taught and/or studied at Sapienza. The world’s leading university rankings place Sapienza at the top of Italian universities for quality of research, education and international dimension. Moreover, Sapienza excels and leads as a benchmark in many subject areas.
Academic: GPA of 3 or above on their studies to date
English Language:
– IELTS: 6
– TOEFL iBT: 90
– Duolingo English Test: 110
01 September 2024 – 28 February 2025
Applicants 2022
Applicants : 157 students
GPA : 3.06-4.00
TOEFL iBT Score : 94-113
IELTS Score : 6-8.5
Duolingo English Test Score : 100-155
Awardees 2022
Awardees : 45 students
GPA : 3.4-3.96
TOEFL iBT Score : 111
IELTS Score : 7.5-8
Duolingo English Test Score : 130 – 155
Applicants 2023
Applicants : 418 students
GPA : 3.05-4.00
TOEFL iBT Score : –
IELTS Score : 6-8.5
Duolingo English Test Score : 65 – 160
Awardees 2023
Awardees : 41 students
GPA : 3.45-3.97
TOEFL iBT Score : –
IELTS Score : 8-8.5
Duolingo English Test Score : 120-160