University of Florence

The University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze) is a major Italian public research university with origins in the Studium Generale established by the Florentine republic in 1321. One of Italy's largest universities, it has around 51,000 enrolled students, more than 1,800 faculty members and permanent researchers, and over 150 degree programmes organised into 10 Schools, of which 17 are held in English. The university has campuses in Florence and satellite campuses in Sesto Fiorentino, Prato, Empoli, Calenzano, and Pistoia. It is a member of the EUniWell European University consortium and has over 500 international collaboration agreements in about 100 countries.