Why choose Padua
Padua is a city that for centuries has welcomed the best "student life". With about 210,000 inhabitants, it is home to over 76,000 students: these are the proportions of an ancient university city, where student and city life are intertwined daily.
If you are a freshman, we help you choose the most suitable course of study by offering you many opportunities for pre-enrolment orientation and a distance information desk to get information on courses and services
Our present has its roots in the revolutionary observations of Galileo Galilei, in the pioneering anatomical studies of Vesalius and Harvey, in the extraordinary achievement of the first woman graduate, Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, and of many other scholars who have contributed to shaping the future. In the same spirit, we continue on the path of freedom of thought and research
