G. d'Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara: medicine, economics and psychology on the Adriatic coast of Abruzzo
The G. d'Annunzio University is the main university of coastal Abruzzo, with 26,000 students and 75 programmes distributed between Chieti (medicine, sciences) and Pescara (economics, architecture, languages). CENSIS 80.2/100, 73% employment rate, university hospital and campus on the Adriatic in one of Italy's most beautiful regions.
UniDa: medicine in Chieti, economics and architecture in Pescara, between the Abruzzo mountains and the Adriatic
The G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara is the main university of coastal Abruzzo, with campuses in the region's two main cities: Chieti — hosting medicine, biomedical sciences, pharmacy and humanities — and Pescara — home to economics, architecture, languages and communication sciences. With approximately 26,000 enrolled students and 75 degree programmes, the university named after celebrated Abruzzese poet and writer Gabriele d'Annunzio is a comprehensive academic hub.
The 'SS. Annunziata' Hospital in Chieti is Abruzzo's main university hospital, with recognised excellence in surgery, neurology and oncology. The Faculty of Economics in Pescara has strong ties to Abruzzo's productive fabric — tourism, agri-food and quality crafts — and the Faculty of Architecture is valued for its approach to urban design and Adriatic landscape valorisation.
The CENSIS 2025-2026 score is 80.2/100. The employment rate is 73% and 5% of students are international. Abruzzo is one of Italy's most beautifully balanced regions: mountains, sea and medieval villages coexist a few kilometres apart.
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From 1965 to the Abruzzese bard: the G. d'Annunzio and the university development of the Adriatic coast
The University of Chieti was born in 1965 as an autonomous university for Abruzzo, in response to growing demand for higher education in a region that historically depended on the universities of Rome and Naples. The name 'G. d'Annunzio' — officially adopted in the 1970s — honoured Abruzzo's most celebrated intellectual, born in Pescara in 1863.
With the opening of the Pescara campus in the 1980s, the university took on the bi-campus structure it maintains today, with Chieti focused on health sciences and humanities and Pescara on economics, architecture and creative disciplines. This dual specialisation reflects the two cities' different economic vocations.
Abruzzo — a region described by Gabriele d'Annunzio as 'strong and gentle' — is one of Italy's most beautiful: Gran Sasso, Majella, the Sagittario Gorges and the Adriatic coast offer an exceptional natural setting. Studying at the G. d'Annunzio means immersing oneself in this extraordinary landscape.
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