University of Trieste begins 103rd academic year with rising enrollment

The University of Trieste has officially commenced its 103rd academic year, reporting significant growth in student numbers. Rector Donata Vianelli announced that the institution closed the 2025/2026 academic year with nearly 19,000 students, a figure that exceeds 20,800 when including doctoral candidates and master's students.

New enrollments for the current year have seen a 22.6% increase compared to the same period last year. This growth follows a trend where the university's student population has increased by 20% between 2020 and 2026. The university currently represents approximately 10% of the city's total population.

In addition to the academic opening, the university has reopened applications for seven specific master's programs for the 2026/2027 academic year. These include five first-level programs in fields such as labor law, social care, neonatal nursing, bioethics, and physiotherapy, as well as two second-level programs focusing on orofacial chronic pain and clinical nutrition.