Italy: international students by region of destination

 

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it it Lombardy the Italian region that attracted more international student in the A.Y. 2020/2021, the Italian University ministry reports.

With 4.229 new international students, Lombardy, which is home of 14 universities, tops this peculiar chart. In other words, Lombrady attracted almost one fourth of the whole international cohort.

Lombardy is then followed by Lazio, the region or Rome. Rome itselfs hosts some 16 HEIs. Alone, La Sapienza welcomed 1.236 international students this year.

The third place in the chart goes to Emilia-Romagna, the region of Bologna (1.380 international students, i.e. the university # 1 in Italy last year).

Piedmont, the region of Turin comes fourth, with 1.868 international students.

Combined, these 4 regions account for nearly the two thirds of all international students that chose Italy.

 

Here’s the full chart:

 

Region	First year International students AY 2020-2021	%
Lombardy	4.229	23,88%
Lazio	3.009	16,99%
Emilia-Romagna	2.312	13,05%
Piedmont	1.868	10,55%
Tuscany	1.341	7,57%
Veneto	1.033	5,83%
Liguria	634	3,58%
Campania	596	3,36%
Sicily	578	3,26%
Umbria	402	2,27%
Marche	341	1,93%
Friuli Venezia-Giulia	286	1,61%
Calabria	265	1,50%
Puglia	258	1,46%
Trentino Alto Adige	193	1,09%
Abruzzo	190	1,07%
Sardinia	129	0,73%
Valle d’Aosta	20	0,11%
Molise	14	0,08%
Basilicata	14	0,08%
TOTAL	17.712	100,00%

 

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