Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University is a private, not-for-profit university in Milan, Italy, founded in 1996 by Don Luigi Maria Verzé within the Opera San Raffaele and closely affiliated with the San Raffaele Research Hospital, itself part of the San Donato Hospital Group.圣拉斐尔生命健康大学是位于意大利米兰的一所私立非营利大学，由路易吉·马里亚·韦尔泽神父于 1996 年在圣拉斐尔机构内创办，并与圣拉斐尔研究医院密切相关，后者隶属于圣多纳托医疗集团。

It is organised into three faculties, Medicine and Surgery, Psychology and Philosophy, and is known for integrating teaching with clinical and basic research at one of Europe's leading private research hospitals.该校下设医学与外科学院、心理学院与哲学院三个学院，以其将教学与临床及基础研究相结合而闻名，依托欧洲领先的私立研究医院之一。

It is placed 465th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, tied 247th in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 237th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities and in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, with OpenAlex recording 32,623 works and 3,324,295 citations.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 465，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中并列第 247，在 2026 至 2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 237，在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 501 至 600 区间；OpenAlex 统计其成果 32,623 项、累计被引 3,324,295 次。

History

• Don Luigi Maria Verzé, a Catholic priest born in 1929, founded the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in 1969 and its scientific institute was inaugurated in 1971, long before the university itself existed.天主教神父路易吉·马里亚·韦尔泽生于 1929 年，他于 1969 年在米兰创办圣拉斐尔医院，其科学研究所于 1971 年落成启用，远早于大学本身的创立。

• In 1993 the Department of Cognitive Science was founded by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini together with Andrea Moro, the intellectual seed from which the university's psychology teaching would grow.1993 年，马西莫·皮亚泰利-帕尔马里尼与安德烈亚·莫罗共同创建认知科学系，这成为该校心理学教学发展的思想源头。

• The university itself was established in 1996, when its Psychology Department was inaugurated and began teaching in the former Casa di Cura Ville Turro, now San Raffaele Turro.大学于 1996 年正式建立，其时心理学院成立，并在原维尔图罗疗养院（今圣拉斐尔图罗院区）开始教学。

• Don Verzé served as rector of the university from its foundation until his death in 2011, shaping it as an institution born from a research hospital.韦尔泽神父自建校起担任校长，直至 2011 年去世，将大学塑造成一所脱胎于研究医院的学府。

• The San Raffaele Medical School opened in 1998 as the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, which the university describes as a natural extension of the San Raffaele hospital's clinical and scientific work.圣拉斐尔医学院于 1998 年以医学与外科学院之名开设，校方称其为圣拉斐尔医院临床与科研工作的自然延伸。

• In 1999 the university launched its first specialisation schools, in allergology and clinical immunology, internal medicine, and endocrinology and metabolic diseases.1999 年，该校开设首批专科医师培训学校，涵盖变态反应与临床免疫学、内科学、内分泌与代谢疾病。

• In 2001 the Nursing School and the Physiotherapy School were established, built on the university degrees that already existed in those fields.2001 年，护理学校与物理治疗学校成立，建立在此前已有的相关学位基础之上。

• Also in 2001 the Philosophy Department opened, and an agreement with the municipality of Cesano Maderno allowed lectures to be held in the historic Arese-Borromeo Palace.同年，哲学系开设，并借助与切萨诺马代尔诺市政府的协议，在历史悠久的阿雷塞-博罗梅奥宫授课。

• In 2002 the university became a centre for the state-sponsored qualification examination, and its postgraduate school was born with a PhD programme in cellular biology and a master's in clinical psychopharmacology.2002 年，该校成为国家执业资格考试的考点，其研究生院随之成立，开设细胞生物学博士项目与临床精神药理学硕士项目。

• In 2005 the university added a course in dental hygiene and a graduate degree in the philosophy of mind, person, city and history, and inaugurated its Centre of Statistics for Biomedical Sciences.2005 年，该校增设口腔卫生课程与「心灵、人格、城市与历史的哲学」研究生学位，并成立生物医学统计中心。

• The Research Centre of Experimental and Applied Epistemology was founded in 2006 and the Centre for Studies in Public Ethics in 2007.实验与应用认识论研究中心于 2006 年成立，公共伦理研究中心于 2007 年成立。

• In 2008 the university inaugurated the DiBit2 complex, adding 80,000 square metres of research laboratories, clinical analysis laboratories and lecture rooms.2008 年，该校启用迪比特二期大楼，新增 8 万平方米的研究实验室、临床分析实验室与教室。

• In 2009 the administrative offices and new classrooms moved into DiBit2, and the Philosophy Department moved from Cesano Maderno to the main site on Via Olgettina.2009 年，行政办公与新课室迁入迪比特二期，哲学系也从切萨诺马代尔诺迁至位于奥尔杰蒂纳街的主校区。

• In 2010 the university created the San Raffaele International MD Program, a degree taught entirely in English.2010 年，该校创设圣拉斐尔国际医学博士项目，全程以英语授课。

• The course in dentistry began in 2011, the same year in which Don Verzé died and the university was named the top private university in Italy by the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.牙科课程于 2011 年开始，同年韦尔泽神父去世，该校被《二十四小时太阳报》评为意大利最佳私立大学。

• In 2012 the San Raffaele Hospital became part of the San Donato Hospital Group, and in 2015 the university itself joined the group, Italy's leading hospital network.2012 年，圣拉斐尔医院加入圣多纳托医疗集团；2015 年，大学本身也加入这一意大利领先的医院网络。

• On 8 November 2018 Professor Felice Enrico Gherlone, a specialist in dentistry, was appointed rector of the university, having been vice-president of its board of directors since June of that year.2018 年 11 月 8 日，口腔医学专家费利切·恩里科·格尔洛内教授获任校长，他此前于同年 6 月起担任校董会副主席。

• In 2023 the university published a strategic plan for the years 2023 to 2026 that set out its goals for teaching, research and internationalisation.2023 年，该校发布 2023 至 2026 年战略规划，明确了其在教学、科研与国际化方面的目标。

• In September 2026 the university reported that its research output ranked fifth worldwide in a recent assessment of research quality.2026 年 9 月，该校宣布在近期一项研究质量评估中其科研成果位居全球第五。

• Running through its history is a model in which students train inside a working research hospital, a design that has shaped the university since its foundation.贯穿其历史的是学生在运作中的研究医院内接受训练的办学模式，这一设计自建校以来一直塑造着该校。

Academics

• The university is organised into three faculties, namely Medicine and Surgery, Psychology and Philosophy, together with research centres, doctoral schools and master's programmes.该校由医学与外科学院、心理学院与哲学院三个学院组成，并设有研究中心、博士学院与硕士项目。

• The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery offers the medical degree in Italian, an International MD Program taught in English, and degrees in nursing, physiotherapy, dental care and biotechnology.医学与外科学院开设意大利语授课的医学学位、英语授课的国际医学博士项目，以及护理、物理治疗、口腔护理与生物技术等学位。

• The Faculty of Psychology offers degrees in psychological sciences, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience and communication sciences.心理学院开设心理科学、临床心理学、认知神经科学与传播科学等学位。

• The Faculty of Philosophy offers bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy and a PhD programme in philosophy and cognitive sciences.哲学院开设哲学本科与硕士学位，以及哲学与认知科学博士项目。

• About 3,500 students are enrolled across the three faculties, drawn from Italy and many other countries.三个学院共有约 3,500 名学生，来自意大利及世界多国。

• The International MD Program reserves half of its seats for Italian and European Union citizens and the other half for non-European Union citizens.国际医学博士项目将一半名额保留给意大利与欧盟公民，另一半保留给非欧盟公民。

• Medical students go on ward rounds from their first year, a consequence of the university's integration with the San Raffaele hospital.医学生自入学第一年即参与查房，这是该校与圣拉斐尔医院一体化的结果。

• Teaching in the medical faculty is complemented by nursing and physiotherapy courses that combine advanced lectures with intensive practical clinical training.医学院的教学辅以护理与物理治疗课程，将高阶讲授与密集的临床实践训练相结合。

• Research at the university covers neurology, neurosurgery, diabetology, molecular biology and AIDS studies, as well as cognitive science, philosophy of science, biolinguistics, generative grammar and vision.该校的研究涵盖神经病学、神经外科、糖尿病学、分子生物学与艾滋病研究，也涉及认知科学、科学哲学、生物语言学、生成语法与视觉研究。

• The Centre of Statistics for Biomedical Sciences supports the university's clinical trials and biomedical data analysis.生物医学统计中心为该校的临床试验与生物医学数据分析提供支持。

• The Centre for Studies in Public Ethics and the Research Centre of Experimental and Applied Epistemology carry out work in applied philosophy and epistemology.公共伦理研究中心与实验与应用认识论研究中心在应用哲学与认识论领域开展工作。

• The DiBit2 complex provides 80,000 square metres of laboratories that host much of the university's experimental research.迪比特二期大楼提供 8 万平方米的实验空间，承载该校大部分实验研究。

• The university offers a range of medical training programmes and specialisation schools alongside its degree courses.除学位课程外，该校还提供一系列医学培训项目与专科医师培训学校。

• Its doctorate and specialisation programmes span cellular and molecular biology, molecular medicine, philosophy and cognitive sciences, and clinical psychology, alongside master's courses in clinical psychopharmacology.其博士与专科培养项目涵盖细胞与分子生物学、分子医学、哲学与认知科学、临床心理学，并开设临床精神药理学硕士课程。

• A substantial part of its biomedical research is carried out at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, a joint venture between the university's hospital and the Telethon Foundation.该校很大一部分生物医学研究在圣拉斐尔 Telethon 基因治疗研究所进行，该所由其附属医院与 Telethon 基金会合办。

• Its research spans basic and clinical neuroscience, diabetology, cardiovascular medicine and immunology, supported by the laboratories of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute.其研究涵盖基础与临床神经科学、糖尿病学、心血管医学与免疫学，由圣拉斐尔科学研究所的实验室提供支撑。

• Chiara Bonini, a full professor of haematology, is a pioneer in cellular and gene therapy who has led clinical trials on engineered T cells.血液学正教授基娅拉·博尼尼是细胞与基因治疗的开拓者，主持了经改造 T 细胞的临床试验。

• The university's academic profile is closely tied to the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, one of Italy's principal biomedical research centres.该校的学术形象与圣拉斐尔科学研究所紧密相连，后者是意大利主要的生物医学研究中心之一。

• Its teaching model follows both the general-cognitive and the experimental-clinical traditions in psychology, reflecting its roots in cognitive science.其教学模型兼循心理学的普通认知传统与实验临床传统，体现了其认知科学的渊源。

Campus

• The university is based on Via Olgettina in Milan, inside the campus of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute and hospital, in the north-eastern part of the city.该校坐落于米兰奥尔杰蒂纳街，位于圣拉斐尔科学研究所与医院的园区内，处于城市东北部。

• The campus is integrated with a working research hospital, so students move between lecture rooms, laboratories and clinical wards within a single site.校园与运作中的研究医院融为一体，学生在同一片区域内往返于教室、实验室与病房之间。

• The university has two dedicated student residences, Cascina Melghera and Cassinella, both restored Lombardy farmhouses offering single rooms with private facilities.该校设有两处学生宿舍——梅尔盖拉农舍与卡西内拉，均为修缮后的伦巴第传统农舍，提供带独立卫浴的单人间。

• The two residences provide common rooms for study and social life and accept applications for the whole academic year.两处宿舍设有供学习与社交的公共空间，并只受理整学年的住宿申请。

• The 80,000 square metres of the DiBit2 complex form the university's main research and teaching building.建筑面积 8 万平方米的迪比特二期大楼是该校主要的科研与教学楼。

• Its lecture rooms, laboratories and the DiBit2 research complex stand within walking distance of the hospital's wards, which is central to the university's teaching model.该校的教室、实验室与迪比特二期研究大楼均与医院病房近在咫尺，这是其教学模式的核心。

• San Raffaele Turro, in another part of Milan, houses part of the university's teaching and clinical activity.位于米兰另一区域的圣拉斐尔图罗院区承担该校部分教学与临床活动。

• Located in Milan, Italy's largest industrial and cosmopolitan city, the campus is within reach of museums, foundations and the city's cultural life, and is served by the city's public transport network.校区位于意大利最大的工业与国际化都市米兰，周边的博物馆、基金会与城市文化生活近在咫尺，并有城市公共交通网络相连。

• The campus community includes sports groups and student associations of many kinds, which the university presents as part of its student experience.校区社群包含各类体育团体与学生社团，校方将其视为学生体验的一部分。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Vita-Salute San Raffaele University is placed 465th.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，圣拉斐尔生命健康大学位列第 465。

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it is tied 247th, and in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 237th.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校并列第 247；在 2026 至 2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 237。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it stands in the 501-600 band.在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 501 至 600 区间。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 32,623 research works attracting 3,324,295 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 32,623 项研究成果，累计被引 3,324,295 次。

• In the 2025 QS World University Rankings the university ranked first in Italy for citations per faculty and for faculty-student ratio.在 2025 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校的师均引用数与师生比均居意大利第一。

• It was placed in the 201-250 bracket globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, and in the 126-150 range for clinical and health sciences.该校在 2025 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列全球 201 至 250 名区间，在临床与健康学科领域位列 126 至 150 名区间。

• In the Censis ranking of Italian universities the university has often been placed first for the degree course in medicine and surgery.在意大利 CENSIS 大学排名中，该校的医学与外科学位课程常常位列第一。

• On 18 July 2011 the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore published its first general ranking of Italian universities and placed the university top among private universities.2011 年 7 月 18 日，《二十四小时太阳报》首次发布意大利大学综合排名，将该校列为私立大学之首。

• Its close affiliation with a leading research and clinical hospital strengthens its medical education and translational research, and it describes itself as one of Italy's most research-intensive institutions.与一家领先的研究与临床医院的紧密结合强化了其医学教育与转化研究，校方自称是意大利研究强度最高的院校之一。

• Its research performance in haematology, immunology and gene therapy has attracted international attention, and its scientists run clinical trials on engineered immune cells for cancer and immune disorders.其在血液学、免疫学与基因治疗方面的研究表现受到国际关注，其科学家开展针对癌症与免疫疾病的工程化免疫细胞临床试验。

• In September 2026 the university announced that a therapy developed by its researchers had corrected the genetic defect at the root of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.2026 年 9 月，该校宣布其研究人员开发的一种疗法纠正了维斯科特-奥尔德里奇综合征致病基因的缺陷。

Student life

• The university has no traditional motto, but its mission is framed by the Latin question Quid est homo, meaning what is man, which shapes its view of the human person.该校没有传统意义上的校训，但其使命以拉丁文问句「Quid est homo?」（人是何物）为框架，塑造了其对人的理解。

• Students live in the Cascina Melghera and Cassinella residences, restored Lombardy farmhouses that the university presents as a close-knit community.学生居住在梅尔盖拉农舍与卡西内拉两处宿舍，这两座修缮后的伦巴第农舍被校方描述为紧密的社区。

• Campus life includes sports groups, student associations and cultural proposals that the university describes as going beyond classroom study.校园生活包含体育团体、学生社团与文化活动，校方认为这些已超出课堂学习的范畴。

• The university runs a student ambassador and buddy service that connects prospective and current students with staff.该校设有学生大使与伙伴服务，帮助意向学生与在读学生和教职员取得联系。

• Since 2016 the university has published a blog, UniScienza and Ricerca, to share its research with the public.自 2016 年起，该校开设「UniScienza and Ricerca」博客，向公众分享其研究。

• Its public engagement programme includes the Rotelli Lectures, an annual series for which the philosopher Amia Srinivasan of Oxford University gave the tenth edition in November 2026.其公众参与项目包括「罗泰利讲座」年度系列，第十届于 2026 年 11 月由牛津大学哲学家阿米亚·斯里尼瓦桑主讲。

• Because the campus sits inside a working hospital and research institute, student life revolves around a scientific community rather than a traditional quadrangle.由于校区位于运作中的医院与研究所之内，学生生活围绕科研社群展开，而非传统的方庭式校园。

• Students also benefit from Milan's cultural life, with museums, foundations, bars and restaurants close to the campus, and the city's many other universities and research institutes lie within a short commute.学生也能享受米兰的文化生活，博物馆、基金会与餐饮场所都离校区不远，城中众多其它大学与研究所也在短途通勤范围内。

Notable people

• Don Luigi Maria Verzé, who founded the university in 1996 and served as its rector until his death in 2011, was also the founder of the San Raffaele Hospital in 1969.于 1996 年创办该校并任校长至 2011 年去世的韦尔泽神父，也是 1969 年圣拉斐尔医院的创办者。

• Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, a cognitive scientist, founded the Department of Cognitive Science in 1993 with Andrea Moro, laying the ground for the university's psychology faculty.认知科学家马西莫·皮亚泰利-帕尔马里尼于 1993 年与安德烈亚·莫罗共同创建认知科学系，为该校心理学院奠定基础。

• Andrea Moro, a linguist known for his work on generative grammar and the neuroscience of language, co-founded the university's cognitive science department.以生成语法与语言神经科学研究闻名的语言学家安德烈亚·莫罗共同创建了该校的认知科学系。

• Felice Enrico Gherlone, a professor of dentistry, has served as rector of the university since 8 November 2018.口腔医学教授费利切·恩里科·格尔洛内自 2018 年 11 月 8 日起担任该校校长。

• Luciana Lamorgese, a former Italian Minister of the Interior, serves as president of the university's board of directors.前任意大利内政部长卢恰娜·拉莫尔杰塞担任该校校董会主席。

• Pierpaolo Sileri, a surgeon and former Italian Deputy Minister of Health, serves as a vice rector of the university.外科医生、前任意大利卫生部副部长皮耶尔保罗·西莱里担任该校副校长。

• Chiara Bonini, a full professor of haematology, is a leading researcher in cellular and gene therapy for cancer and immune disorders.血液学正教授基娅拉·博尼尼是癌症与免疫疾病细胞及基因治疗领域的领军研究者。

• Francesco De Cobelli, a professor of radiology, teaches imaging of endocrine, hepatic and gastrointestinal disease at the university's school of medicine.放射学教授弗朗切斯科·德·科贝利在该校医学院讲授内分泌、肝胆与胃肠疾病的影像诊断。

• Raffaele Vinci, an associate professor, heads the specialisation school in oral surgery and the oral surgery unit at the San Raffaele hospital.副教授拉法埃莱·芬奇主持口腔外科专科医师培训学校，并领导圣拉斐尔医院的口腔外科部门。

• Beyond its founder and rector, the university's clinical professors hold appointments at the San Raffaele hospital, among them specialists in radiology, haematology and oral surgery.除创始人及校长外，该校的临床教授均在圣拉斐尔医院任职，其中包括放射学、血液学与口腔外科的专家。

• The university's clinical and academic staff work within the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, one of Italy's largest biomedical research communities.该校的临床与学术人员工作于圣拉斐尔科学研究所之内，这是意大利规模最大的生物医学研究社群之一。