LUISS Guido Carli Rome: #1 among private universities CENSIS, 93% employment, Italy's management elite
LUISS is Italy's most prestigious private university: 1st place CENSIS 2025-2026 among large private universities (94.2/100), 93% employment rate, #23 worldwide QS for Politics & International Studies and 18% international students. The most ambitious choice for management, finance, law and international institutions.
LUISS: Italy's most selective business school, #1 CENSIS, #23 worldwide for political science
LUISS Guido Carli is Italy's most prestigious private university and one of Europe's most selective and recognised business schools. With approximately 12,000 enrolled students and 35 degree programmes in economics, management, finance, law, political science, international relations and data science, LUISS is the reference school for the training of Italian and international managerial and professional elites.
In the CENSIS 2025-2026 ranking, LUISS confirms its position as absolute 1st among large Italian private universities (94.2/100) for the second consecutive year, with the maximum score for scholarships — over 1,700 grants and fee waivers awarded annually. The master's graduate employment rate is 93% — among the highest in the Italian university system. In the QS by Subject 2026, LUISS ranks 23rd worldwide in Politics & International Studies.
18% of students are international, from over 80 countries. Many programmes are delivered entirely in English. LUISS boasts one of Italy's most powerful alumni networks: chief executives, government ministers, senior civil servants, diplomats and leading professionals from Italy's and the world's most important institutions.
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From 1974 to Italy's management elite: LUISS and the training of the ruling class
LUISS Guido Carli was founded in 1974 on the initiative of Confindustria (Italy's employers' federation), with the aim of creating a school of management and political training for Italy's ruling class. The name 'Guido Carli' was added in honour of the Governor of the Bank of Italy and Confindustria president, one of the most influential figures in the post-war Italian economy.
From the outset, LUISS positioned itself as a more selective and professional alternative to the large state universities: limited enrolment, high fees and a merit scholarship system rapidly built a reputation for excellence that attracted Italy's most ambitious students.
In the 2000s, LUISS opened to the international public through the introduction of English-language programmes and double degree programmes with the leading European and American business schools. Its distinguished alumni include government ministers, prime ministers, bankers and senior executives of Italy's leading financial institutions.
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