University of Verona

The University of Verona (Universita degli Studi di Verona) is a public university in Verona, Italy, established in 1982 after decades as a branch of the University of Padua, and it is placed in the 781-790 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.维罗纳大学（Università degli Studi di Verona）是意大利维罗纳的公立大学，在作为帕多瓦大学分校数十年后于 1982 年独立建校，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 781-790 区间。

It is organised in 13 departments, and the Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore ranked it the best non-private university in Italy in 2014, 2015 and 2016.该校设 13 个系，意大利商业报纸《24 小时太阳报》在 2014、2015 与 2016 年连续把它评为意大利最佳非私立大学。

Its OpenAlex record lists 63,120 research works and 6,261,813 citations, with strengths in medicine, biotechnology, economics and the humanities, and it enrolled about 25,000 students in the 2020s.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 63,120 项、被引 6,261,813 次，在医学、生物技术、经济学与人文学科实力突出，2020 年代在校学生约 25,000 名。

History

• In the early 1950s a group of Catholic intellectuals in Verona founded the Ludovico Antonio Muratori Free High School of Historical Science, together with the magazine Nova Historia.1950 年代初，维罗纳的一批天主教知识分子创办了以路多维科·安东尼奥·穆拉托里命名的历史科学自由高等学校，并出版《新历史》杂志。

• From this circle of scholars came the idea of building a university in Verona, giving the institution an intellectual origin rooted in the city's Catholic and historical culture.正是这个学者圈子萌生了在维罗纳办大学的构想，使这所学府的智识源头深植于城市的天主教与历史文化。

• In February 1959 Giorgio Zanotto, then mayor of Verona, placed the establishment of a university faculty of economics and commerce on the agenda of the municipal council.1959 年 2 月，时任维罗纳市长乔治·扎诺托把设立大学经济与商业学院列入市议会动议。

• The provincial administration and the chamber of commerce quickly agreed, and together they created the Free Faculty of Economics and Commerce and a consortium for university studies to manage it.省行政当局与商会迅速应允，共同创办了经济与商业自由学院，并成立大学研究联盟加以管理。

• In the summer of 1959 the project began, with premises chosen in Palazzo Giuliari, donated by Countess Giuliari Tusini and today home to the chancellor's office.1959 年夏项目启动，校址选定在朱利亚里宫，由朱利亚里·图西尼伯爵夫人捐赠，如今是校长办公室所在。

• Enrolment began and the inauguration ceremony of the new faculty was held on 1 November 1959, launching higher education in the city.学院开始招生，1959 年 11 月 1 日举行开学典礼，维罗纳的高等教育由此起步。

• Lack of government recognition frustrated the expectations of the city's public bodies and students in the early 1960s.1960 年代初，缺乏国家承认令市政机构与学生的期待受挫。

• In 1963 the University of Padua recognised the Faculty of Economics and Commerce as part of its own institution with a branch in Verona, resolving the recognition problem.1963 年，帕多瓦大学承认该经济与商业学院为其自身建制的维罗纳分校，解决了承认问题。

• In July 1963 the first graduate of the Veronese faculty defended the first thesis examined under the new arrangement.1963 年 7 月，维罗纳分院的首位毕业生在新安排下通过了首篇论文答辩。

• Padua University soon transferred its medical and surgical faculty to Verona, followed by other disciplines, deepening the city's academic base.Padua University 随后把医学与外科学院迁往维罗纳，其他学科陆续跟进，坐实了城市的学术根基。

• Through the 1970s the Veronese faculties operated as branches of Padua, growing in enrolment and adding departments.1970 年代，维罗纳各院系作为帕多瓦分校运作，注册规模增长并增设系所。

• In 1982 the university gained full autonomy as the University of Verona, separating from Padua and becoming the city's own institution.1982 年，该校获得完全自主权成为维罗纳大学，从帕多瓦分出，成为这座城市自己的学府。

• Italy signed the Bologna Declaration in 1999, and Verona restructured its degrees into the European three-cycle system in the years that followed.意大利 1999 年签署博洛尼亚宣言，维罗纳在此后数年把学位重组为欧洲三级体系。

• The Italian university reform of 2010 reorganized academic governance, and Verona recast its departmental structure around 13 departments.2010 年意大利大学改革重组学术治理，维罗纳据此把院系结构重整为 13 个系。

• The pandemic of 2020 moved lectures online, and the university's medical students returned to clinical wards early to support Verona's hospitals.2020 年疫情期间课程转为线上，医学生提前回到临床病房支援维罗纳的医院。

• In 1982 the university opened with faculties inherited from the Paduan branch, including economics, medicine, law and the humanities, giving it a broad disciplinary base from the outset.1982 年建校时承接帕多瓦分校的学院，包括经济、医学、法律与人文，从建校之初就有宽广的学科基础。

• The Medical School and the Verona University Hospital operate as one clinical-academic complex, among northern Italy's largest teaching hospitals, with a Doctoral School coordinating specialist training.Medical School 与维罗纳大学医院作为一个临床-学术综合体运作，是意大利北部最大的教学医院之一，Doctoral School 则统筹专科培训。

• The Law School trains jurists for the Veneto's courts and commercial practices, while the Business School serves the region's manufacturers and exporters.Law School 为威尼托的法院与商业实务培养法律人才，Business School 则服务本地区的制造商与出口商。}

• The Graduate School coordinates doctoral study across the sciences and humanities, with European partnerships in medicine and biotechnology.Graduate School 统筹理科与人文学科的博士培养，并在医学与生物技术上建立欧洲伙伴关系。}

• Verona's economy, one of northern Italy's strongest, spans wine, machinery, food processing and logistics, giving the university industry partners on its doorstep.维罗纳的经济是意大利北部最强劲者之一，横跨葡萄酒、机械、食品加工与物流，使大学在家门口就有产业伙伴。}

• The new university organised its teaching across faculties of economics, medicine and surgery, law, humanities and sciences in the decades after 1982.1982 年后的数十年间，新大学把教学组织为经济、医学与外科学、法律、人文与理学等学院。

• The medical faculty grew into one of the university's strongest assets, anchored by the Verona University Hospital beside the Borgo Roma campus.医学院成长为该校最强的资产之一，以博尔戈罗马校区旁的维罗纳大学医院为依托。

• In the 1990s and 2000s the university expanded its research centres in biotechnology, diagnostics and food safety.1990 与 2000 年代，该校扩展了生物技术、诊断学与食品安全方面的研究中心。

• The university's ranking in national surveys rose steadily, culminating in Il Sole 24 Ore's recognition as Italy's best non-private university in 2014, 2015 and 2016.其全国调查排名稳步上升，2014、2015 与 2016 年被《24 小时太阳报》评为意大利最佳非私立大学。

• International partnerships and English-taught doctorates expanded the university's European profile, particularly in medicine and biotechnology.国际伙伴关系与英语授课博士项目扩展了学校的欧洲形象，尤以医学与生物技术为甚。

• The Department of Biotechnology developed research links with the region's pharmaceutical and food industries around Verona.生物技术系与维罗纳周边的制药与食品产业建立了研究联系。

• The university joined European university associations and research networks, consolidating its standing among Italy's mid-sized public universities.该校加入欧洲大学协会与研究网络，巩固其在意大利中型公立大学中的地位。

• By the 2020s the university had consolidated a modern campus in Borgo Roma with new research buildings and student residences, alongside its historic city-centre premises.到 2020 年代，该校已在博尔戈罗马建成含新研究楼与学生宿舍的现代校园，并保留市中心的历 史校舍。

Academics

• Teaching is organised in 13 departments covering medicine, surgery, dentistry, economics, law, humanities, foreign languages, science and education.教学由 13 个系承担，覆盖医学、外科、牙医、经济、法律、人文、外语、理学与教育学。

• The Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery operate with the Verona University Hospital, one of northern Italy's major teaching hospitals.医学系与外科系与维罗纳大学医院共同运作——后者是意大利北部的主要教学医院之一。

• The Department of Biotechnology conducts research in diagnostics, genomics and food safety, cooperating with Verona's pharmaceutical and agri-food industries across the Veneto plain.生物技术系在诊断学、基因组学与食品安全方面开展研究，与维罗纳的制药及农食产业在威尼托平原上合作。

• The Department of Economics, descended from the free faculty of 1959, remains central to the university's social-science teaching and research.经济系承自 1959 年的自由学院，至今是该校社会科学教学与研究的核心。

• The Department of Law trains jurists for Italian courts, notarial practice and legal academia, while the university's Doctoral School coordinates advanced legal research.法律系为意大利法院、公证业与法学界培养人才，学校的 Doctoral School 则统筹高级法学研究。

• Humanities and foreign-language departments offer programmes in literature, history, philosophy and modern languages.人文与外语各系开设文学、历史、哲学与现代语言课程。

• Enrolment stood at about 25,000 students in the 2020s, with medicine, economics and law among the most competitive programmes.2020 年代在校学生约 25,000 名，医学、经济学与法学是竞争最激烈的专业。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 63,120 research works and 6,261,813 citations, concentrated in medicine, biotechnology, chemistry and economics.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 63,120 项、被引 6,261,813 次，集中于医学、生物技术、化学与经济学。

• Doctoral programmes span the sciences, medicine and humanities, with European and international research partnerships.博士项目横跨理科、医学与人文学科，并依托欧洲及国际研究伙伴。

• Il Sole 24 Ore ranked the university Italy's best non-private institution for three consecutive years, 2014 to 2016, based on teaching and research indicators.《24 小时太阳报》依据教学与研究指标，于 2014 至 2016 年连续三年把该校评为意大利最佳非私立大学。

• The Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences anchors research in neurology and rehabilitation.神经科学、生物医学与运动科学系是神经学与康复研究的中坚。

• The university library system serves the 13 departments from the central library and campus branches, with digital access to Italian and international journals across the disciplines.大学图书馆体系以中心馆与各校园分馆服务 13 个系，提供跨学科意大利与国际期刊的数字访问。

• International degree students enrol particularly in medicine, biotechnology and business, benefiting from English-taught components.国际学位生尤其就读医学、生物技术与商学，受益于英语授课模块。

• The university's research income comes from Italian national programmes, European frameworks and industrial partnerships in the Veneto region.其研究经费来自意大利国家计划、欧洲框架以及威尼托地区的产业合作。

• Postgraduate medical schools in cardiology, oncology and paediatrics train specialists for Italian hospitals.心脏学、肿瘤学与儿科等研究生医学专科学校为意大利医院培养专科医师。

• Continuing education, summer schools and postgraduate medical courses extend the university's teaching to professionals across the Veneto's manufacturing and service economy.继续教育、暑期学校与研究生医学课程把教学延伸至威尼托制造业与服务业经济中的在职专业人士。

Campus

• The university's main modern campus lies at Borgo Roma in southern Verona, at coordinates of about 45.43854 degrees north and 10.9938 degrees east, beside the city hospital.大学的现代主校区位于维罗纳城南的博尔戈罗马，坐标约为北纬 45.43854、东经 10.9938，紧邻城市医院。

• The Borgo Roma site houses medicine, surgery, science and biotechnology departments in modern research buildings.博尔戈罗马园区以现代研究楼承载医学、外科、理学与生物技术各系。

• Palazzo Giuliari, the historic seat donated by Countess Giuliari Tusini, remains the chancellor's office in the city centre.由朱利亚里·图西尼伯爵夫人捐赠的历史校舍朱利亚里宫，至今仍是市中心的校长办公室。

• Economic, legal and humanities departments occupy buildings in the historic centre, keeping the university present in Verona's old town among its Roman monuments and libraries.经济、法律与人文学科各系设于历史中心，使大学始终在场于维罗纳老城的罗马古迹与图书馆之间。

• The Verona University Hospital beside the main campus anchors clinical teaching and serves as a regional referral centre.主校区旁的维罗纳大学医院支撑临床教学，并作为区域转诊中心。

• Student residences and dining facilities on the Borgo Roma campus serve the student community, with additional housing and study spaces in the city centre near the historic departments.博尔戈罗马校区的学生宿舍与餐饮设施服务学生社群，市中心的历史院系附近另有住宿与学习空间。

• Library and study facilities are distributed between the Borgo Roma campus and the departmental libraries in the historic centre, with reading rooms open through the examination periods.图书馆与学习设施分布于博尔戈罗马校区与历史中心的各系图书室之间。

• Verona's position between Lake Garda and the Lessini mountains, with the Adige river running through the city, gives the university a setting in one of northern Italy's most visited cities.维罗纳地处加尔达湖与莱西尼山之间、阿迪杰河穿城而过，使大学坐落于意大利北部到访量最高的城市之一。

• The city's Roman arena, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, hosts the annual opera festival, and Verona's monuments give students a living laboratory for heritage studies.被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产的罗马竞技场每年举办歌剧节，维罗纳的古迹为学生提供了遗产研究的活的实验室。

• Rail and motorway links connect Verona to Milan, Venice and the Brenner route to Austria, supporting academic exchange and the city's role as a logistics crossroads.铁路与高速公路把维罗纳连接至米兰、威尼斯以及通往奥地利的布伦纳走廊，便利学术交流，也衬托这座城市物流十字路口的地位。

Reputation

• The University of Verona is placed in the 781-790 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.维罗纳大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 781-790 区间。

• THE World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 451-500 band, its strongest position among the main global rankings.2027 年度 THE 世界大学排名将其列于 451-500 区间，是其在主要全球榜单中最高的座次。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities survey ranks it 522nd worldwide, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 601-700 band.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列于世界第 522，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）将其列于 601-700 区间。

• Il Sole 24 Ore ranked it the best non-private university in Italy in 2014, 2015 and 2016, its most prominent national recognition.《24 小时太阳报》在 2014、2015 与 2016 年把它评为意大利最佳非私立大学，是其最突出的全国认可。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 63,120 research works and 6,261,813 citations, led by medicine, biotechnology, chemistry and economics, produced with partners across the Veneto and beyond.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 63,120 项、被引 6,261,813 次，以医学、生物技术、化学与经济学为首，多与威尼托及外地伙伴合作产出。

• The Verona University Hospital's clinical research, including work in oncology and cardiovascular medicine, gives the university a strong medical reputation.维罗纳大学医院在肿瘤学与心血管医学方面的临床研究，为该校赢得医学声誉。

• Within Italy it ranks among the strongest mid-sized public universities, particularly for medicine, economics and law, with the Verona University Hospital supporting its clinical research.在意大利国内，它是最强的中型公立大学之一，尤以医学、经济学与法学见长，Verona University Hospital 支撑其临床研究。

• Research partnerships with the Veneto region's pharmaceutical, food and manufacturing industries support applied science collaboration.与威尼托地区制药、食品与制造业的研究合作，支撑应用科学协作。

• Its English-taught doctoral programmes and European partnerships raise its visibility among international students and researchers.英语授课博士项目与欧洲伙伴关系，提升了其在国际学生与研究者中的能见度。

Student life

• The university does not adopt a formal Latin motto, and its identity rests on the community effort of 1959 that founded the free faculty and the autonomy won in 1982.该校不采用正式的拉丁文校训，其身份奠基于 1959 年创办自由学院的市民努力与 1982 年赢得的自主权。

• Student life spans the Borgo Roma campus and the historic-centre departments, with students moving between the hospital, library and city studios.校园生活横跨博尔戈罗马校区与历史中心的各系，学生在医院、图书馆与城市书店之间往返。

• The annual Verona opera festival at the Roman arena, and the city's cultural calendar, shape student recreation in the warm months.罗马竞技场的年度维罗纳歌剧节与城市文化日历，塑造了学生在温暖季节的休闲生活。

• Student associations organise sports, volunteering and cultural events through the academic year, supported by the university's student services.学生社团在学校的服务支持下，全年组织体育、志愿与文化等活动。

• Medicine students rotate through the university hospital and regional clinics, spending long hours in clinical placements.医学学生在大学医院与区域诊所轮转，临床实习时间长。

• Exchange students from European partner universities join each semester, adding an international dimension to the compact campus community.欧洲伙伴大学的交换生每学期到来，为紧凑的校园社群增添国际色彩。

• Sports facilities at Borgo Roma support football, volleyball and athletics, with inter-departmental tournaments each year.博尔戈罗马的体育设施支撑足球、排球与田径，每年举办系际锦标赛。

• The city's position near Lake Garda and the Alps offers students outdoor recreation beyond the academic year's terms.城市紧邻加尔达湖与阿尔卑斯山，为学生提供学期之外的户外休闲。

• Annual ceremonies, including the matriculation of new cohorts and the commemoration of the 1982 autonomy, structure the university calendar alongside the academic senate's assemblies.年度典礼——包括新生入学仪式与 1982 年自主建校纪念——与学术评议会的集会共同构成大学日历的节点。

Notable people

• Giorgio Zanotto, mayor of Verona in 1959, moved the establishment of the economics faculty through the municipal council and is honoured as a founding figure.乔治·扎诺托，1959 年维罗纳市长，在市议会推动设立经济学院，被视为创校人物。

• Countess Giuliari Tusini donated Palazzo Giuliari for the new faculty in 1959, providing the university's first permanent home.朱利亚里·图西尼伯爵夫人于 1959 年捐出朱利亚里宫作为新学院校舍，提供了大学的第一个永久校址。

• Ludovico Antonio Muratori, the eighteenth-century historian and scholar, gave his name to the free high school of historical science whose members proposed the university.路多维科·安东尼奥·穆拉托里，十八世纪历史学家与学者，其名冠于历史科学自由高等学校——该校成员正是办大学的倡议者。

• Pier Francesco Nocini, a maxillofacial surgeon, has served as rector, leading the university's medical and research strategy in the 2020s.皮耶尔·弗朗切斯科·诺奇尼，颌面外科医生，任校长，主导学校 2020 年代的医学与研究战略。

• The Catholic intellectuals of the early 1950s, who founded the Muratori school and Nova Historia, set in motion the city's campaign for a university.1950 年代初创办穆拉托里学校与《新历史》的天主教知识分子群体，启动了这座城市的办大学运动。

• Faculty of the Department of Medicine and Surgery conduct clinical trials through the Verona University Hospital, contributing to Italian medical research.医学与外科系的教师通过维罗纳大学医院开展临床试验，为意大利医学研究作出贡献。

• Biotechnology researchers at the university cooperate with Verona's pharmaceutical and agri-food firms on diagnostics and food safety.该校的生物技术研究者与维罗纳的制药和农食企业合作，开展诊断学与食品安全研究。

• Economics faculty advise Veneto regional institutions, continuing the applied tradition of the free faculty of 1959.经济学教师为威尼托地区机构提供咨询，延续 1959 年自由学院的应用传统。

• Law graduates from the university serve in Italian magistracy, notarial practice and legal academia across the Veneto.该校法学毕业生在威尼托各地从事意大利司法、公证与法学教研工作。

• Medicine alumni staff hospitals across northern Italy, the product of decades of clinical training with the Verona University Hospital.医学毕业生遍布意大利北部各医院，是数十年与维罗纳大学医院联合临床培养的成果。