Front view of the Humboldt University main building in Berlin, with a column-fronted facade, rooftop statues, and people walking across the paved Bebelplatz under a blue sky with clouds.

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Verified higher education developments involving Italy, with links to every original source. Part of Europe.

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Students and visitors walk across a cobbled courtyard beside historic brick buildings with arcaded porticoes and a medieval church in Bologna, Italy.

Institutional development · Europe · Italy

Alma Mater Studiorum opens SkillGameLab fourth edition; registration closes 19 November

Those wanting to join the University of Bologna's game-based programme on transversal skills for entering the job market must register by 19 November.

Read the story Rachel Smith · 27 Oct 2026

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Pedestrian footbridge on a clear day, with colorful lettering reading "Puente de la Ciencia" and a UNLP sign, above a grassy path, with university buildings in the background.

Cross-border · Latin America and the Caribbean · Argentina

UNLP UNESCO Chair director joins Lucca's Planet Earth Festival during October tour of Italy

The National University of La Plata's UNESCO Chair took its academic debates to international events in Italy, including the Planet Earth Festival in Lucca.

Read the story Rachel Smith · 26 Oct 2026

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Facade of the white neoclassical main building of the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, with steps leading to the entrance under a blue sky with clouds.

Institutional development · Europe · Switzerland

USI immunologist Federica Sallusto elected foreign member of the Accademia dei Lincei

The election is an academic honour for USI's Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and the USI-affiliated Institute for Research in Biomedicine, where Sallusto leads a cellular immunology laboratory.

Read the story Scott James · 25 Oct 2026

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Alma Mater Studiorum opens SkillGameLab fourth edition; registration closes 19 November

The University of Bologna is taking registrations for the fourth edition of SkillGameLab, an experiential programme that uses games to build transversal skills for the job market, until 19 November.

Those wanting to join the University of Bologna's game-based programme on transversal skills for entering the job market must register by 19 November.

EuropeRachel Smith27 Oct 2026

UNLP UNESCO Chair director joins Lucca's Planet Earth Festival during October tour of Italy

Latin America and the CaribbeanRachel Smith26 Oct 2026

USI immunologist Federica Sallusto elected foreign member of the Accademia dei Lincei

EuropeScott James25 Oct 2026