Università LUMSA

LUMSA (Libera Università degli Studi Maria Ss. Assunta di Roma) is a public non-state Italian university formed on Catholic principles. It is the second oldest university in Rome after Sapienza, and was founded by Luigia Tincani in 1939. LUMSA is accountable to the state university system and awards qualifications equivalent to those issued by state universities.

Professionalism, growth and development are the University’s fundamental principles, along with teaching, employment, research and the student experience.

Founded in 1939, the LUMSA University (Italian: Università LUMSA) is the first private university in Rome, Italy. It is also present in Palermo and Taranto and is today a point of reference in the national and international academic panorama. The academic offer includes degree courses, post-graduate courses, masters, and doctorates in law, economics, ICT and social studies, in primary education, psychology and communication sciences. The University offers to its over 9.000 students a dynamic higher educational context that is always attentive to innovation and the stimuli of society; campuses and modern facilities in which to find large and well-equipped classrooms; specialized libraries; catering services and university residences; opportunities for professional, social and creative growth; sporting and cultural initiatives.