University of Brescia

The University of Brescia, in Italian Università degli Studi di Brescia, is a public research university in Brescia, a city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, established by national law on 14 August 1982.布雷西亚大学（意大利语 Università degli Studi di Brescia）是意大利北部伦巴第大区布雷西亚市的一所公立研究型大学，依据国家法律于 1982 年 8 月 14 日设立。

It is organised into eight departments covering economics and management, law, engineering, medicine and the natural sciences, and in 2025 it counted about 17,000 students enrolled in 34 three-year degree courses, 31 master's and single-cycle courses, 12 doctoral programmes and 48 specialisation schools.该校设有 8 个系，覆盖经济与管理、法学、工程、医学与自然科学；2025 年约有 17000 名学生，就读于 34 个三年制学位项目、31 个硕士与单一周期学位项目、12 个博士项目与 48 个专科培训学校。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university was placed 581st, and with some 655 academics and 564 administrative employees it is a medium-sized institution whose teaching extends from Brescia to the Lombardy sites of Mantua and Cremona.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列第 581 名；其拥有约 655 名教师与 564 名行政人员，属中等规模院校，教学地点从布雷西亚延伸到伦巴第的曼托瓦与克雷莫纳。

History

• Higher education reached Brescia only in the twentieth century: in the early 1960s the Chamber of Commerce and the provincial administration opened negotiations to establish a two-year engineering course as a branch of the Politecnico di Milano.布雷西亚直到 20 世纪才出现高等教育：1960 年代初，商会与省行政当局开始谈判，拟以米兰理工大学分校形式设立一个两年制工程课程。
• That first project lapsed because the financial burden set out in the estimate drawn up by the Politecnico di Milano was judged excessive.这一最初方案因米兰理工大学所作预算中的财务负担被认为过重而搁置。
• In 1964 a two-year School of Industrial Administration was created in Brescia, dependent for both its administration and its teaching on Parma University.1964 年布雷西亚设立了两年制的工业管理学校，其行政与教学均依附于帕尔马大学。
• The school was promoted by the Brescia Industrial Association and by the Tirandi Foundation, established in 1915 and active in post-diploma courses since the 1920s.该校由布雷西亚工业协会与提兰迪基金会推动设立，后者创立于 1915 年，自 1920 年代起便开办文凭后课程。
• At the request of the students, teaching at the Brescia site was extended in the late 1960s to the third and fourth years, and the Chamber of Commerce provided its historic Casa dei Mercanti on Corso Mameli 27 as the teaching premises.应学生请求，布雷西亚教学点在 1960 年代末扩展到第三、第四学年；商会则将其位于马梅利大道 27 号的历史建筑「商人之家」提供为教学场所。
• In the early 1970s the academic authorities in Parma allowed the Brescia site to hold not only examinations but also graduation sessions.1970 年代初，帕尔马的学术当局允许布雷西亚教学点不仅举行考试，还可举行毕业典礼。
• Engineering and medicine followed a different path: after the failed attempt of the early 1960s the idea of a Brescia university pole revived in the second half of the decade with the creation of the Consorzio Universitario Bresciano.工程与医学走的是另一条路径：在 1960 年代初的尝试失败后，创建布雷西亚大学园区的构想于该年代后半期随着布雷西亚大学联盟的成立而重获生机。
• That consortium was promoted by the provincial administration, the municipality of Brescia and the Chamber of Commerce, and in 1969 it was succeeded by the Ente Universitario della Lombardia Orientale, in English the Eastern Lombardy University Institution (EULO), strongly supported by mayor Bruno Boni.该联盟由省行政当局、布雷西亚市政府与商会共同推动；1969 年它由东伦巴第大学机构（Ente Universitario della Lombardia Orientale，简称 EULO）接替，后者得到市长 Bruno Boni 的大力支持。
• Thanks to EULO, lectures for the mechanical engineering degree began in the academic year 1969-1970 by repeating at Brescia the courses given at the Politecnico di Milano.借助 EULO，机械工程学位的课程于 1969-1970 学年开课，方式是在布雷西亚重复米兰理工大学所授课程。
• A temporary home was found in the Gerolamo Emiliani boarding school at Mompiano, north of the city, originally built for an orphanage and enlarged with a teaching module constructed by EULO.临时校舍设于城北蒙皮亚诺的杰罗拉莫·埃米利亚尼寄宿学校，该处原为男童孤儿院，并由 EULO 增建了一个教学单元。
• Also through EULO, medical courses began in 1971 under a Technical and Scientific Committee and with the collaboration of Milan University and Parma University, the medical faculty being placed next to the Spedali Civili Hospital Trust.同样借助 EULO，医学课程于 1971 年在技术科学委员会主持下开课，并得到米兰大学与帕尔马大学的协作，医学院则设在市民医院集团旁。
• Students of the medical course were enrolled at, and graduated from, one of the two partner universities until the new institution was able to award its own degrees.在新机构能够自行授予学位之前，医学课程的学生在两所伙伴大学之一注册学籍并取得学位。
• The two parallel paths, economics on the one hand and medicine and engineering on the other, converged in 1982 when EULO took over from the Fondazione Tirandi the management of the School of Industrial Administration.这两条并行路径——一侧是经济、另一侧是医学与工程——于 1982 年汇合，EULO 从提兰迪基金会手中接过了工业管理学校的经营。
• The Brescia university project was finally realised on 14 August 1982 through law 590/82, which established the University of Brescia with faculties of Medicine and Surgery, Engineering and Economics and Commerce.布雷西亚大学计划最终于 1982 年 8 月 14 日以第 590/82 号法律实现，该法设立布雷西亚大学，下设医学与外科学、工程学、经济学与商学三个学院。
• In January 1983 EULO's president Bruno Boni signed the formal agreement with the new university, represented by Attilio Gastaldi, head of the technical-administrative committee that governed the institution until December 1983.1983 年 1 月，EULO 主席 Bruno Boni 与新大学签署正式协议，校方由技术行政委员会主席 Attilio Gastaldi 代表，该委员会主持校务直至 1983 年 12 月。
• On 7 November 1983 Professor Augusto Preti was appointed the university's first rector, and the institution's board of administration held its first session in February 1984.1983 年 11 月 7 日，Augusto Preti 教授被任命为该校首任校长；学校行政委员会于 1984 年 2 月举行首次会议。
• Medicine and engineering began teaching autonomously at once, while the Faculty of Economics was directed for about two years by an organising committee chaired by Professor Innocenzo Gasparini.医学与工程两学院随即自主开课，而经济学院则由 Innocenzo Gasparini 教授主持的筹备委员会领导约两年。
• The first specialisation schools of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery were established in 1984 and grew over time to about thirty-five, forming the base of the university's later medical training.医学与外科学学院的首批专科培训学校于 1984 年设立，随后逐步增至约 35 所，构成该校后来医学培训的基础。
• New engineering degrees followed, with civil engineering in the academic year 1986-87, dentistry in 1988-89, electronic engineering in 1990-91 and management engineering the following year.新的工程学位相继设立：1986-87 学年开设土木工程，1988-89 学年开设口腔医学，1990-91 学年开设电子工程，次年又开设管理工程。
• The only expansion of the faculty structure came in 1996, when the Faculty of Law was created out of a law degree course that had been activated within the Faculty of Economics in 1992-93, encouraged by Brescia's role as a seat of the Court of Appeal.学院结构的唯一一次扩充发生在 1996 年，法学院由 1992-93 学年在经济学院内开设的法学学位课程升格而成，其动因是布雷西亚身为上诉法院所在地。
• During the 1990s the university acquired prestigious historic buildings: the former San Faustino convent became a seat of economics departments in 1997, Palazzo Calini ai Fiumi housed the new law faculty from 1999, and the Sant'Chiara complex was inaugurated in 2001.1990 年代该校购置了若干著名历史建筑：旧圣福斯蒂诺修道院于 1997 年成为经济类系所的场所，卡利尼宫自 1999 年起安置新成立的法学院，圣基亚拉建筑群则于 2001 年启用。

Academics

• The university is organised into eight departments: Economics and Management, Law, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Territory, Environment and Mathematics, Information Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Molecular and Translational Medicine, and Clinical and Experimental Sciences together with Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health.该校设有 8 个系：经济与管理系、法学系、土木工程建筑地域环境与数学系、信息工程系、机械与工业工程系、分子与转化医学系，以及临床与实验科学系、医学与外科学专科放射学与公共卫生系。
• Its degree courses span the disciplinary areas of economics, law, engineering, medicine, agriculture, pharmacy, biotechnology and sports sciences, and in 2025 it offered 34 three-year courses and 31 master's and single-cycle courses, including one inter-university master's course.其学位课程横跨经济、法学、工程、医学、农学、药学、生物技术与运动科学等学科领域；2025 年开设 34 个三年制课程与 31 个硕士和单一周期课程，其中包括一个校际硕士课程。
• The university runs twelve doctoral programmes and forty-eight specialisation schools, mostly in medicine, and it enrols about 17,000 students, making it medium-sized among Italian universities.该校开设 12 个博士项目与 48 个专科培训学校（多属医学），在校学生约 17000 人，在意大利大学中属中等规模。
• Its academic staff numbers some 655, supported by 564 administrative and technical employees, a staffing ratio that shapes the scale of its teaching and research.其教师约为 655 人，另有 564 名行政与技术员工；这一人员配比决定了其教学与研究的规模。
• The university is a member of UNITA – Universitas Montium, a European University Alliance of ten universities from France, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Italy, with two associated partners in Switzerland and Ukraine.该校是 UNITA「大学联盟」成员，这一欧洲大学联盟由法国、西班牙、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚与意大利的十所大学组成，并在瑞士与乌克兰各有一个联系伙伴。
• Research is organised departmentally and concentrates on infectious diseases and global health, materials science and mechanical engineering, information engineering and biomedical technologies, and economics and management.科研按系组织，集中于传染病与全球健康、材料科学与机械工程、信息工程与生物医学技术，以及经济与管理等方向。
• The university has awarded honorary doctorates to figures including the Nobel laureate Paul Greengard in medicine in 2007, the legal scholar Guido Calabresi in law in 2013, the economist Jeffrey Sachs in management in 2018 and the physicist Jeffrey Hangst in mechanical engineering in 2024.该校曾向多位知名人士授予荣誉博士学位，包括 2007 年授予诺贝尔奖得主 Paul Greengard 的医学博士、2013 年授予法学家 Guido Calabresi 的法学博士、2018 年授予经济学家 Jeffrey Sachs 的管理学博士，以及 2024 年授予物理学家 Jeffrey Hangst 的机械工程博士。
• Its Strategic Plan for 2023-2028 sets out objectives for teaching, research, sustainability and the third mission, and it is accompanied by departmental strategic plans.该校 2023 至 2028 年战略计划为教学、科研、可持续发展与第三使命设定了目标，并配有各系的战略计划。
• Students can live in the Lucchini University College, a university hall of residence whose places are allocated through periodic public calls for admission.学生可入住卢基尼大学书院，这所大学宿舍通过定期公开的招生公告分配名额。
• The university takes part in an international project on migration and displacement in sub-Saharan Africa, to which its researcher Paolo Colosio contributed work on the study of migration.该校参与一项关于撒哈拉以南非洲移民与流离失所的国际项目，其研究员 Paolo Colosio 为移民研究作出了贡献。
• As an Italian state university it operates under the Ministry of University and Research, and its degrees follow the three-cycle structure of the Bologna process.作为意大利国立大学，该校隶属大学与研究部，其学位遵循博洛尼亚进程的三级学位结构。
• The library system serves the disciplines from several sites, with the economics and law library housed in the Chiostri del Carmine and a medical collection beside the hospital pole.其图书馆体系分设多处服务各学科：经济与法学图书馆设于卡尔米内回廊，医学馆藏则位于医院园区旁。
• International mobility is offered through the UNITA alliance's blended intensive programmes and exchanges, which link Brescia with partner universities across Europe.国际交流通过 UNITA 联盟的混合强化项目与交换计划提供，把布雷西亚与欧洲各地的伙伴大学联系起来。
• Specialisation schools, which began with the first medical schools in 1984, have grown to forty-eight and form an important part of the university's postgraduate medical training.专科培训学校始于 1984 年首批医学专科学校，现已增至 48 所，构成该校研究生医学培训的重要部分。
• Through its third mission the university cooperates with Brescia's industrial district, its hospitals and its cultural institutions, translating research into local and regional development.通过第三使命，该校与布雷西亚工业区、当地医院与文化机构合作，把研究成果转化为地方与区域发展。
• Informally known in English as Brescia University, the institution belongs to the group of medium-sized Italian public universities and takes part in national and European research networks in medicine and engineering.该校在英文中常被称作布雷西亚大学，属意大利中等规模公立大学之列，并参与医学与工程领域的国内及欧洲研究网络。

Campus

• The university's sites are distributed across the city of Brescia and the surrounding region of eastern Lombardy, between Milan to the west and Lake Garda to the east.该校各校区分布于布雷西亚市及周边东伦巴第地区，西邻米兰、东接加尔达湖。
• The rectorate occupies the Palazzo Martinengo Palatini at Piazza del Mercato 15 in the historic centre, where the central administration and the chancellery are housed.校长办公室设于历史中心集市广场 15 号的马丁嫩戈·帕拉蒂尼宫，中央行政与校务办公室均在此办公。
• The economics and law departments occupy historic buildings: the former San Faustino convent from 1997, Palazzo Calini ai Fiumi from 1999 and the Sant'Chiara complex, inaugurated in 2001.经济与法学类系所占用多座历史建筑：1997 年启用的旧圣福斯蒂诺修道院、1999 年启用的卡利尼宫，以及 2001 年启用的圣基亚拉建筑群。
• The scientific pole north of the city contains the medical faculty, built from 1971 beside the Spedali Civili hospital and later more than doubled, and the engineering seat inaugurated in 1992 at Viale Europa.城北科学园区设有医学院——自 1971 年起建在市民医院旁、后经大规模扩建——以及 1992 年在欧洲大道启用的工程学院。
• The Casa dei Mercanti on Corso Mameli 27, once made available by the Chamber of Commerce for the earliest courses, remains part of the university's teaching estate.位于马梅利大道 27 号的「商人之家」曾由商会提供给最早的课程使用，至今仍是该校教学场所的一部分。
• The university's reach extends beyond Brescia to Mantua and Cremona, and health-professions teaching is also delivered at Chiari, Desenzano del Garda, Esine and Alzano Lombardo.该校的覆盖范围超出布雷西亚，延伸至曼托瓦与克雷莫纳；卫生类专业教学还在基亚里、加尔达湖畔代森扎诺、埃西内与阿尔扎诺隆巴多开展。
• The economics and law library occupies the Chiostri del Carmine at Vicolo dell'Anguilla 8, while the medical library stands beside the hospital scientific pole.经济与法学图书馆位于安圭拉巷 8 号的卡尔米内回廊，医学图书馆则位于医院科学园区旁。
• Brescia lies in eastern Lombardy at the foot of the Alps, and its historic centre preserves Roman remains at Brixia and the UNESCO-listed Santa Giulia monastic complex.布雷西亚位于东伦巴第、阿尔卑斯山南麓，其历史中心保存有布里西亚罗马遗址与列入联合国教科文组织名录的圣朱利亚修道院建筑群。
• Known as the "Leonessa d'Italia", the city is an industrial centre whose metalworking and mechanical firms support the university's engineering and medical partnerships, while Milan, Bergamo and the lakes are within easy rail reach.这座被称为「意大利母狮」的城市是工业中心，其金属加工与机械企业支撑着该校的工程与医学合作；米兰、贝加莫与湖区则在便捷的铁路通达范围之内。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Brescia was placed 581st in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，布雷西亚大学位列世界第 581 名。^[1]
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 401-450 band.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入 401-450 区间。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the university is ranked 609th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列世界第 609 名。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places the university in the 601-700 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将该校列入 601-700 区间。
• OpenAlex attributes about 48,792 scholarly works and 4,188,837 citations to the university, a substantial research output for an institution founded only in 1982.OpenAlex 把约 48792 项学术成果与 4188837 次引用归于该校，对一所仅创办于 1982 年的院校而言产出相当可观。
• The university belongs to the group of medium-sized Italian public research universities and strengthens its European profile through the UNITA – Universitas Montium alliance.该校属于意大利中等规模公立研究型大学之列，并通过 UNITA「大学联盟」提升其欧洲影响力。
• In the ANVUR 2026 report on the Italian higher-education and research system, Brescia was listed among the Centre-North universities with strong student growth, recorded at about 18 per cent.在 2026 年意大利高等教育与研究体系报告（ANVUR）中，布雷西亚被列入学生人数强劲增长的中北部大学之列，增幅约为 18%。
• Among its honorary graduates are the Nobel laureate Paul Greengard in medicine in 2007, the legal scholar Guido Calabresi in 2013 and the economist Jeffrey Sachs in 2018.其荣誉学位获得者包括 2007 年获医学荣誉博士的诺贝尔奖得主 Paul Greengard、2013 年获荣誉博士的法学家 Guido Calabresi 与 2018 年获荣誉博士的经济学家 Jeffrey Sachs。
• Its best-known research strengths lie in medicine, especially infectious diseases and public health, and in engineering, especially materials and mechanical engineering, fields closely tied to the industry of Brescia.其最知名的研究强项在医学（尤其是传染病与公共卫生）与工程（尤其是材料与机械工程），这些领域与布雷西亚的产业紧密相连。

Student life

• The university has no long-established Latin motto, and its identity rests on its foundation in 1982 and on its self-description as a "free learning community".该校没有历史悠久的拉丁文校训，其身份认同依托于 1982 年的建校，以及其「自由学习共同体」的自我定位。
• Its official vision emphasises social responsibility and the integration of the many diversities within the university, and it presents itself as committed to an open and peaceful society.其官方愿景强调社会责任与校内多元群体的融合，并自许致力于一个开放而和平的社会。
• The Collegio Universitario Luigi Lucchini provides student accommodation in Brescia, with places allocated through periodic public calls for admission.路易吉·卢基尼大学书院在布雷西亚提供学生住宿，名额通过定期公开的招生公告分配。
• University sport and cultural activities are organised across the Brescia sites, and students take part in events such as the UNITA 4 ALL gathering of the European alliance.大学体育与文化活动在布雷西亚各校区开展，学生也参加诸如欧洲联盟 UNITA 4 ALL 聚会等活动。
• The university marks its academic calendar with ceremonies such as the inauguration of the academic year, held for 2025-2026 on 19 November 2025.该校以学年开学典礼等活动标记其学年历，2025-2026 学年典礼于 2025 年 11 月 19 日举行。
• At the annual opening ceremony the rector delivers an inaugural address, and representatives of the students and of the technical and administrative staff also speak.在每年的开学典礼上，校长发表就职演说，学生代表与技术行政人员代表亦致辞。
• Because Brescia is a mid-sized Lombardy city, students combine their studies with the cultural life of its museums, theatres and the nearby lakes.由于布雷西亚是一座中等规模的伦巴第城市，学生得以把学业与当地博物馆、剧院及附近湖区的文化生活结合起来。
• The university's sustainability project, UniBs Sostenibile, coordinates its contribution to the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals across teaching, research and operations.该校的可持续发展项目 UniBs Sostenibile 协调其在教学、科研与运行中对联合国 2030 议程与可持续发展目标的贡献。
• Through the UNITA alliance, students and staff take part in mobility and blended intensive programmes that link Brescia with universities in Spain, Portugal, Romania and France.通过 UNITA 联盟，学生与教职工参加把布雷西亚与西班牙、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚和法国的大学联系起来的流动与混合强化项目。

Notable people

• Augusto Preti was appointed the university's first rector on 7 November 1983 and led the institution until 2010, an unusually long tenure that spanned its formative decades.Augusto Preti 于 1983 年 11 月 7 日被任命为该校首任校长，任至 2010 年，这一超长任期贯穿了学校的成型时期。
• Sergio Pecorelli served as rector from 2010 to 2016, and Maurizio Tira led the university from 2016 to 2022.Sergio Pecorelli 于 2010 至 2016 年任校长，Maurizio Tira 则于 2016 至 2022 年领导该校。
• Francesco Castelli, a full professor of infectious diseases since 2005, has been rector of the university since 1 November 2022.自 2005 年起任传染病学正教授的 Francesco Castelli 自 2022 年 11 月 1 日起担任该校校长。
• Bruno Boni, mayor of Brescia and president of EULO, signed in January 1983 the agreement that allowed the new university to begin operating.布雷西亚市长、EULO 主席 Bruno Boni 于 1983 年 1 月签署协议，使新大学得以开始运作。
• Attilio Gastaldi chaired the technical-administrative committee that governed the university until December 1983, before the board of administration took over the following year.Attilio Gastaldi 主持技术行政委员会治理该校直至 1983 年 12 月，次年起由行政委员会接掌。
• Innocenzo Gasparini chaired the organising committee that directed the Faculty of Economics for about two years after the university's foundation.Innocenzo Gasparini 主持筹备委员会，在建设后约两年间领导经济学院。
• Paul Greengard, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, received an honorary doctorate in medicine from Brescia in 2007.2000 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主 Paul Greengard 于 2007 年获布雷西亚大学授予的医学荣誉博士。
• Guido Calabresi, the legal scholar and judge, received an honorary doctorate in law from the university in 2013.法学家与法官 Guido Calabresi 于 2013 年获该校授予的法学荣誉博士。
• Jeffrey Sachs, the American economist, received an honorary doctorate in management from the university in 2018.美国经济学家 Jeffrey Sachs 于 2018 年获该校授予的管理学荣誉博士。
• Mariastella Gelmini, an alumna, served as Italy's Minister of Education, Universities and Research from 2008 to 2011.该校校友 Mariastella Gelmini 于 2008 至 2011 年任意大利教育、大学与研究部长。
• Danilo Toninelli, an alumnus of the university, served as Italy's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from 2018 to 2019.该校校友 Danilo Toninelli 于 2018 至 2019 年任意大利基础设施与交通部长。