University of Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia / UNIPV)
University of Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia / UNIPV) is a public institution in Pavia, Italy, accredited by ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca); Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR); European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999). Primary language: Italian. AlmiStudy lists 8 canonical subject areas, all verified against ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca); Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR); European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999).
- Country
- Italy (IT)
- City
- Pavia
- Control
- public
- Language
- Italian
- Accreditation
- ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca); Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR); European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- University of Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia / UNIPV) Official Website · tier: tier_1_official
- Website
- https://web-en.unipv.it/
Subjects offered
Show all 12 listed subjects (raw)
Engineering · Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science · Chemistry · Pharmacy · Biology and Biotechnology · Medicine and Surgery · Humanities · Foreign Languages · Law · Political Sciences · Economics and Management · Musicology
Founded in 1361 by Galeazzo II Visconti, the University of Pavia is one of Italy's oldest universities (heritage to a 9th-century studium). Approximately 24,000 students. Notable: **Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) — inventor of the electric battery (1799)** — taught experimental physics at Pavia for 40 years. The volt (unit of electric potential) is named after him. **Camillo Golgi (Medicine Nobel 1906)** for histology research at Pavia. ⚠️ Added by curator (collector omission of historic Volta-legacy university).
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