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July 13, 2020 Among the mega state universities (those with over 40,000 enrolled) in the first four positions, the University of Bologna remains stable, first with an overall score of 91.5, chased by the University of Padua (88, 5), from the University of Florence (86.2) and from La Sapienza in Rome (85.7). The University of Pisa rises by one position, ranking fifth with a score of 84.7, with an increase of 9 points for employability and 13 for communication and digital services. The University of Turin (81.8 points) loses two positions and retreats to seventh place, after the Statale di Milano (83.3). Last is the University of Naples Federico II, preceded by the University of Catania. The University of Bari is confirmed in third last position.

The ranking is drawn up after an articulated analysis of the university system based on the evaluation of universities (state and non-state, divided into homogeneous categories by size) in relation to: available structures, services provided, scholarships and other interventions in favor of students, level of internationalization, communication and digital services and employability.


Large state universities
The University of Perugia maintains the top position in the ranking of large state universities (from 20,000 to 40,000 enrolled) with an overall score of 92.7. The University of Pavia rose by two positions (90.3), from fourth to second, increasing the indicator relating to facilities by 9 points, the communication and digital services indicator by 6 and the employability indicator by 7, compensating the lowest score for scholarships and other services for students (-7 points). The University of Calabria moves back by two positions (89.5), which drops to fourth position, preceded by the University of Parma (90.0). The University of Cagliari gains four positions, from the ninth to the fifth. The University of Milan Bicocca (87.7) follows in sixth place, advancing by two positions, preceding the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (87.5) and the University of Salerno (87.3). The University of Ferrara (82.2), in thirteenth position, is included in the ranking of large state universities. Penultimate is the University of Campania (78.0), last the University of Messina (75.5).

The medium-sized state universities
Once again this year the University of Trento is first in the ranking of the medium-sized state universities (from 10,000 to 20,000 students enrolled), with 98.7 points. The increases of 10 and 7 points respectively in the employability and communication indicators which, compensating for the contraction of 12 points in the internationalization indicator, guarantee the university the top position. With 96.0 points, the University of Sassari climbs two positions, placing itself in second place, before the University of Siena, which recedes to third (94.8). The University of Trieste (93.3) loses a position and falls back to fourth, the University of Udine (90.8) ranks sixth, losing three. The Polytechnic University of the Marche is stable fifth in the ranking. The ranking ends with the University of Naples L'Orientale, the University of Naples Parthenope and the University of Magna Graecia of Catanzaro.

Small state universities
In the ranking of small state universities (up to 10,000 members) the University of Camerino defends its first position, with an overall score of 93.5. The Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria climbs the ranking of four positions and, thanks to an increase of 20 points in the indicator relating to structures, achieves an overall score of 83.8, thus surpassing the University of Foggia, third in the ranking with 83 , 7 points. The University of Teramo rises by one position (82.3), the University of Insubria (81.0) is stable in fifth position, followed by the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (80.8), which, however, loses three positions. The penultimate and last positions are occupied respectively by the University of Sannio and the University of Molise.

Polytechnics
The Polytechnics ranking, led again this year by the Polytechnic of Milan (94.3 points), sees the Iuav of Venice (91.2) in second place, which makes the Polytechnic of Turin move back to third position (89, 5), followed by the Polytechnic of Bari (83.0).

Non-state universities 
Among the large non-state universities (over 10,000 students), Bocconi University is also in first place this year (98.2 points), followed by the Catholic University (81.8). Among the mediums (from 5,000 to 10,000 members), this year Luiss ranks first (94.6), followed by Lumsa (89.2), with Iulm (82.0) in third place. Among the young (up to 5,000 students), the Free University of Bozen / Bolzano continues to occupy the top of the ranking (101.4), followed by the Università Roma Europea (90.6), which climbs a position, surpassing the Liuc-University Cattaneo (90.0). Lum Jean Monnet University (70.6) closes, preceded by the University of Rome Link Campus (80.6).

The management of the lockdown
From the Censis survey addressed to the rectors, carried out in May 2020, the image of a reactive university system emerges, capable of optimizing human and technical resources, despite the structural deficiencies that have plagued it for years, for give continuity to its mission. Of the 61 respondent universities, 42 completed the transition to distance learning within one week of the start of the lockdown, the remainder mostly in two weeks. But the resources made available by the Fund for the emergency needs of the university system were unanimously deemed insufficient.

The fear of a collapse of registrations is growing
The risk of a decrease in new enrollments is very concrete, due to the impact of the pandemic on income and prospects for families and students, as well as on the mobility of international students. The effect on registrations of the crisis that broke out in 2008 was very significant: it caused an overall reduction of almost 25,000 registrations in six years (-8.4%), with a thump in the first year of the crisis of 4.1% only. Furthermore, stopping the flows of students residing abroad would deprive our universities of an important component (1.7% of students enrolled in the last academic year: 5,155 students) and growing rapidly over time. In the five-year period 2015-2019 the average annual rate of increase was + 10.7%.