University of Messina

University of Messina

Università degli Studi di Messina
Seal of UNIME
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Messanae
Motto	Tradition and change, at the centre of the Mediterranean
Type	Public
Established	1548; 476 years ago (1548)
Rector	Giovanna Spatari
Students	23,779 (2018/2019)
Location	Messina , Italy
Campus	Polo Centrale Policlinico G. Martino Polo Annunziata Polo Papardo
Sport Centre	CUS Messina
Affiliations	UNIMED
Website	international.unime.it

The University of Messina (Italian: Università degli Studi di Messina; Latin: Studiorum Universitas Messanae), known colloquially as UniME, is a state university located in Messina, Sicily, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Pope Paul III, it was the world's first Jesuit college,^[1] and today it is counted among the oldest universities in Italy.

It is organized in 12 departments offering more than 80 Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees, over 20 Master's Degrees and 13 PhD Programmes. Among them, 7 are English-taught. The University counts more than 23.000 students distributed in the 4 campus facilities spread across the city.^[2]

Over the centuries the University of Messina has been a centre of attraction for esteemed scholars and historical figures, such as Giovanni Pascoli, Marcello Malpighi, Gaetano Salvemini and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.