A large, public, multidisciplinary university at the heart of the Mediterranean since 1806. We educate, we research and we give knowledge back to our region and to Europe: education, research and third mission in a single identity.
We are a university that looks at the world from an island at the centre of the Mediterranean. Here the challenges of environment, health, technology and coexistence between peoples are not abstractions: they are our everyday laboratory.
165 degree programmes, 35 PhD programmes and 26 tracks taught entirely in English. Learning that opens up the world.
Explore 02 / ResearchTwelve major areas, from quantum physics to marine biodiversity, from AI to the humanities.
Explore 03 / Third MissionEuropean projects, technology transfer, living labs and social impact: knowledge flows back to society.
ExploreEducation, research and third mission summed up in their key figures.
Medieval palaces, baroque cloisters, an 18th‑century botanical garden and a modern campus overlooking the sea: the university lives inside the history of Palermo.
One of Italy’s 11 mega‑universities: a broad range of programmes covering every major field of knowledge, rooted in Sicily and open to international experience.
From life sciences to engineering, from medicine to architecture, from law to economics, all the way to the humanities and cultural heritage.
Mobility as a natural part of every study path.
The main campus in Palermo and the regional campuses of Agrigento, Caltanissetta and Trapani bring higher education to the whole of western Sicily.
Entry guidance, tutoring and support throughout the student journey.
Research on teaching, neurodidactics, educational technologies and teacher education.
A Doctoral School training researchers in the same fields in which the university competes in Europe.
Internships, placement and graduate‑pathway studies to build employable skills.
Fundamental and applied research, technological development and knowledge transfer. Our position at the centre of the Mediterranean focuses our attention on the environmental, health, technological and socio‑economic challenges shared by Europe and its neighbouring countries.
All 16 departments of the university. Choose a department to discover what its research groups work on.
European projects, international networks, technology transfer, living labs and citizen engagement. We work with universities, research centres, public authorities, healthcare institutions, civil society and companies, including SMEs.
projects mapped into 8 competence clusters: from quantum technologies to protecting democracy.
A few initiatives that tell the story of who we are.
Patents, spin‑offs, business incubation and acceleration, innovation relays and economic development for emerging technologies.
17 projects across national centres, extended partnerships and research infrastructures under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan. UniPa leads HEAL ITALIA, the national precision‑medicine partnership.
UniPa NRRP projects (in Italian) ↗The University Museum System, the Botanical Garden, living labs and civic participation campaigns take science beyond the classroom.
The institution from which the university would grow is founded in Palermo.
The Academy is raised to the rank of University.
In Palermo’s physics laboratories, Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perrier identify the first artificially produced element.
From the 14th‑century Palazzo Chiaramonte‑Steri, seat of the Rector’s office, a university reaching out to Europe and the Mediterranean.