University of Udine: CENSIS 3rd small state, 80% employment at the crossroads of Italy, Austria and Slovenia
With CENSIS 89.5/100 (3rd among small state universities) and an 80% employment rate, the University of Udine is a high-quality institution in Italy's most international region. 16,000 students, 50 programmes in engineering, medicine, agriculture, economics and languages. On the border with Austria and Slovenia, at the heart of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
UniUD: quality engineering, agriculture and medicine at the border between Italy, Austria and Slovenia
The University of Udine ranks 3rd in the CENSIS 2025-2026 small state university ranking (89.5/100) with an 80% employment rate — one of the highest among small universities. With approximately 16,000 enrolled students and 50 degree programmes in engineering, medicine, agriculture and veterinary medicine, languages, economics, law and education sciences, it is the main university of western Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
The university's geographical position is an extraordinary strength: Udine is 60 km from Slovenia, 80 km from Austria and 100 km from Venice. This three-border location creates unique collaboration opportunities with universities in three countries and access to the labour market of three advanced economies. The Faculty of Agriculture — in a Friuli renowned for wines (Friulano, Ribolla Gialla), San Daniele ham and Montasio cheese — and engineering are the most recognised strengths.
The CENSIS score is 89.5/100 with 7% international students. Udine is a medium-sized city, elegant and safe, with a beautiful medieval historic centre, excellent gastronomy and a high quality of life. The Carnic and Julian Alps and the Adriatic sea are less than an hour away.
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From 1978 to the European crossroads: the University of Udine and the development of autonomous Friuli
The University of Udine was born in 1978, a few years after the devastating 1976 Friuli earthquake — one of the most tragic in modern Italian history — as an instrument of cultural and economic renaissance for the region. The university's founding was seen as an act of hope and investment in the future of autonomous Friuli.
In subsequent decades the Udine university built a comprehensive offering, specialising in agriculture — connected to the Friulian wine and cheese district — and engineering — connected to the manufacturing district of the Pontebbana corridor and companies in the Trieste area. Proximity to Slovenia and Austria stimulated double degree programmes and cross-border cooperation.
Today the University of Udine is recognised for teaching quality and the privileged student-faculty relationship that its small size guarantees. The CENSIS score of 89.5/100 places it consistently among Italy's best small state universities.
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