University of Padua (Padova), Italy

The University of Padua (Padova) was established in 1222 and has most famously been host to the lectures of Galileo Galilei. During Mussolini’s rule in Italy, the university was a centre of resistance. Today it is considered Italy’s best large university.

Padua has a population of 220,000 people and claims to be the oldest city in northern Italy. It used to be a medieval city-state and hosts Italy’s second oldest university. Under an hour away from both Venice and Verona, Padua is distinct in style with many medieval marketplaces, Fascist-era facades and a hip student population. It features a dense network of arcaded streets and many bridges crossing the Bacchiglione river.

Mobility partner

>> Information for incoming students

  • Estimated number of mobility places for each subject: 1-3 full-year or 2-6 semester places

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

  • Accounting & Finance
  • Economics

Key facts

  • Language of teaching is Italian and English. Courses available in English. UofG students should ensure that all required courses are taught in a language in which they are at least proficient at B2 level. 
  • Teaching runs from October until December and January until June, with exams in December/January, March/April, and June/July.
  • Grading Scale: 30 – 1; fail below 18.
  • Entry requirements

Travel and costs

Useful weblinks


Universita degli studi di Padova, Via 8 febbraio 2 35122 Padova, Italy

EU/EEA code
I PADOVA01

Partner web
https://www.unipd.it/en/

Partner mobility web
http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1482

Disability support
http://www.unipd.it/en/students-special-needs