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University of Milan

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 123–606 of 2,287 · score 51.5
Research Index =243

How it scores

Research
90
Alumni outcomes
74
Admissions & earnings
est.

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 2,287 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country.

No official admissions or earnings data is used for this university yet. Its in-country score is estimated from its standing among its own country’s universities on the global measures.

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
24 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
3 src
Founders, billionaires and $30M+ alumni
not on the published top lists; estimated
Students (undergraduate / total)
– / 65,234 src (low confidence: Wikipedia)

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
70.8
B · Strength
89.6

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =361. On strength alone: =136. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
11.7% (11.3%–12.2%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
1.1% (1.0%–1.3%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
1,249
All papers (fractional count)
10,640
International co-authored
48.3%
Open access
78.0%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
11 (0.33 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=94range 67–147 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences=399range 276–535 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science825range 642–956 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering=784range 627–1003 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities=548range 388–707 of 1,262

Position over time

top 30%2006–2009: 287 of 5712020–2023: 243 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=243Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

Alumni laureates
2
Staff laureates
1

Alumni: 1 Fields Medal, 1 Nobel. Most recent: Riccardo Giacconi (Nobel Physics, 2002), Enrico Bombieri (Fields Medal, 1974). Counted from Wikidata (CC0). Alumni laureates count toward the overall ranking per student (10 of 65 global weight points); staff laureates are shown for context only.