LUMSA University (Italian: Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta, lit.

[2] The university began its life as the "Istituto Superiore di Magistero Maria Ss.

Assunta", an educational institute for nuns founded in 1939 by Luigia Tincani (Royal Decree No.

[5] University teaching is distributed across three departments:[6] The educational structure of LUMSA is arranged around four divisions.

The university offers, through the divisions, undergraduate degrees (Italian laurea) in various social science fields.