University of Bergamo

During the rectorship of Giorgio Szëgo, characterized by the new Faculty of Economics, the university continued to expand, but it was the Rector Pietro Enrico Ferri in 1990 who opened the Faculty of Engineering in Dalmine and accompanied the transfer of the private institute to the State under the new name "University of the studies of Bergamo".

Over the years the university has played an important role in restoring some of the historic buildings in the Upper City of Bergamo: the Faculty of Foreign Languages started off in the former palace of the Venetian Governor in Piazza Vecchia; Economics was in the former Capuchin monastery in Piazza Rosate; Human Sciences, Arts and Philosophy are in the former Augustinian monastery in front of the Fara park, and in the nearby former Collegio Baroni; while the Rector's seat is still in the former Terzi Palace of Saint Agatha in Via Salvecchio.

With the recent additions of Arts and Philosophy and Law, the departments are now six; there are seventeen degree courses – three in Languages, three in Arts and Philosophy, four in Economics, one in Law, five in Engineering and one in the Science of Economic and Financial Security in collaboration with the "Academy of the Guardia di Finanza" (a higher education college for the training of Italian Economic/Financial Police ― the Guardia di Finanza is an Italian police force directly under the authority of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is an integral part of the Italian armed forces as well as of the law enforcement agencies).

[1] The University of Bergamo is the administrative seat for six research doctorates and can boast important initiatives such as the International Seminar of the Russian Language, the Course on Italian Language and Literature for Foreigners, the Centre of Anthropology, the Observatory on Bank Mergers, the Centre for Territorial Studies.

This ranking takes into account the teaching offer of Italian bachelor's and master's degree in specific subjects and is based on the career progression and institutional relations for the 2018/2019 academic year, placing the University of Bergamo among the top performers in five teaching groups.

Great Hall of the University of Bergamo, in the former Saint Augustine's Church of the homonymous former monastery where, according to Luigi Tadini , a young Martin Luther (then an Augustinian friar) celebrated his first mass when he was hosted at the monastic complex during his journey to Rome in 1510.