75 Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies schools in Italy

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Below is a list of best universities in Italy ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 512K citations received by 40.8K academic papers made by 75 universities in Italy was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Bologna

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#63 in Europe
#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

2. Sapienza University of Rome

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#86 in Europe
#228 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

3. University of Padua

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#104 in Europe
#273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

4. University of Turin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#131 in Europe
#337 in the World
Founded
1404

5. University of Milan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#135 in Europe
#344 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

6. University of Florence

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#149 in Europe
#385 in the World
Founded
1321

7. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#171 in Europe
#436 in the World
Founded
1990

8. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#172 in Europe
#440 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

9. University of Cagliari

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#188 in Europe
#466 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
26,069
Founded
1620

10. University of Pisa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#212 in Europe
#510 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

11. University of Catania

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#213 in Europe
#516 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1434

12. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#226 in Europe
#547 in the World
Founded
1921

13. University of Trento

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#236 in Europe
#571 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
16,239
Founded
1962

14. Federico II University of Naples

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#238 in Europe
#580 in the World
Enrollment
73,553
Founded
1224

15. University of Genoa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#244 in Europe
#597 in the World
Enrollment
36,728
Founded
1481

16. University of Parma

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#250 in Europe
#612 in the World
Founded
1117

17. University of Siena

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#265 in Europe
#649 in the World
Founded
1240

18. Bocconi University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#266 in Europe
#653 in the World
Founded
1902

19. Roma Tre University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#285 in Europe
#702 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1992

20. University of Bari

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#293 in Europe
#728 in the World
Founded
1924

21. University of Milano-Bicocca

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#302 in Europe
#742 in the World
Enrollment
33,741
Founded
1998

22. University of Pavia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#307 in Europe
#758 in the World
Enrollment
23,849
Founded
1361

23. Ca' Foscari University of Venice

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#315 in Europe
#775 in the World
Founded
1868

24. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#319 in Europe
#789 in the World
Founded
1982

25. University of Verona

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#320 in Europe
#790 in the World
Enrollment
23,000
Founded
1959

26. Polytechnic University of Turin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#334 in Europe
#824 in the World
Founded
1859

27. University of Palermo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#367 in Europe
#910 in the World
Founded
1806

28. Normal School of Pisa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#370 in Europe
#918 in the World
Founded
1810

29. University of Udine

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#377 in Europe
#938 in the World
Founded
1978

30. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#378 in Europe
#941 in the World
Founded
1175

31. University of Salerno

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#382 in Europe
#948 in the World
Enrollment
33,332
Founded
1944

32. University of Trieste

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#394 in Europe
#985 in the World
Founded
1877

33. University of Perugia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#398 in Europe
#993 in the World
Enrollment
26,732
Founded
1308

34. University of Calabria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#404 in Europe
#1007 in the World
Founded
1972

35. Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#426 in Europe
#1087 in the World
Enrollment
8,950
Founded
1982

36. University of Messina

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#435 in Europe
#1105 in the World
Enrollment
24,780
Founded
1548

37. University of Brescia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#449 in Europe
#1167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
16,800
Founded
1982

38. University of Ferrara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#452 in Europe
#1180 in the World
Enrollment
22,800
Founded
1391

39. G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#477 in Europe
#1251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
24,716
Founded
1965

40. University of Salento

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#478 in Europe
#1261 in the World
Enrollment
19,401
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1966

41. University of Bergamo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#483 in Europe
#1287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1968

42. Polytechnical University of Marche

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#495 in Europe
#1355 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1969

43. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#497 in Europe
#1362 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1987

44. University of Eastern Piedmont

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#499 in Europe
#1375 in the World
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
1998

45. Basilicata University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#503 in Europe
#1398 in the World
Enrollment
6,631
Founded
1982

46. Carlo Bo University of Urbino

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#509 in Europe
#1418 in the World
Enrollment
22,000
Founded
1506

47. LUISS University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#527 in Europe
#1472 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
9,080
Founded
1974

48. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#537 in Europe
#1507 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1996

49. Free University of Bozen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#539 in Europe
#1519 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
3,886
Founded
1997

50. University of Macerata

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#552 in Europe
#1564 in the World
Enrollment
10,526
Founded
1290

51. University of Aquila

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#557 in Europe
#1596 in the World
Founded
1596

52. Pontifical Gregorian University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#563 in Europe
#1625 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
2,754
Founded
1551

53. University of Sassari

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#574 in Europe
#1664 in the World
Founded
1558

54. University of Tuscia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#579 in Europe
#1687 in the World
Founded
1979

55. University of Naples "L'Orientale"

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#612 in Europe
#1855 in the World
Founded
1732

56. University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#619 in Europe
#1892 in the World
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1991

57. University of Insubria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#622 in Europe
#1899 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1998

58. University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#634 in Europe
#1970 in the World
Founded
1979

59. University of Foggia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#665 in Europe
#2143 in the World
Founded
1999

60. University of Camerino

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#667 in Europe
#2155 in the World
Founded
1727

61. University of Sannio

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#672 in Europe
#2179 in the World
Founded
1998

62. Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#675 in Europe
#2187 in the World
Founded
1984

63. Maria Santissima Assunta Free University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#693 in Europe
#2252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1939

64. IULM University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#746 in Europe
#2505 in the World
Enrollment
5,741
Founded
1968

65. Kore University of Enna

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#758 in Europe
#2583 in the World
Founded
2005

66. Pontifical University Antonianum

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#762 in Europe
#2620 in the World
Enrollment
1,873
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1933

67. Parthenope University of Naples

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#767 in Europe
#2654 in the World
Founded
1895

68. Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#774 in Europe
#2700 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1993

70. University of Molise

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#804 in Europe
#2873 in the World
Founded
1982

71. IUAV University of Venice

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#813 in Europe
#2922 in the World
Founded
1926

72. Salesian Pontifical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#817 in Europe
#2931 in the World
Enrollment
1,738
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1940

73. International School for Advanced Studies

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#823 in Europe
#2962 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1978

74. University of Catanzaro

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#843 in Europe
#3101 in the World
Founded
1998

75. University of Teramo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#929 in Europe
#3706 in the World
Enrollment
5,057
Founded
1993

The best cities to study Theology / Divinity / Religious studies in Italy based on the number of universities and their ranks are Bologna, Rome, Padua, and Turin.