A Visit to Luiss University in Rome
- Suzie Castello
- Oct 3
- 3 min read
In September, I had the great fortune to visit Luiss University in Rome for the NextGenEd Forum, week-long event focused on AI-driven innovation in learning and careers. The event was also occasion to get to know the Luiss campus on Viale Romania, and many of their programs and faculty.
Luiss is a private university founded in 1974 by a group of entrepreneurs led by Umberto Agnelli with the mission "to be a focal point for nurturing a new generation of leaders of change and citizens of the future". The university is spread across four renovated historic sites in Rome.
Luiss today offers undergraduate, and post-graduate degree programs to more than 12,000 students. The student body has increasingly become international for the English-taught undergraduate programs in Business Administration, Economics and Business, Global Law, Management and Artificial Intelligence, and Politics: Philosophy and Economics. Undergraduate degrees are 3 years, and include a mandatory language requirement.
Unique undergraduate programs are the four-year double degree in Social Science with SciencesPo in France, and the ACE triple degree in Business, a four-year program in which students spend the first two years at Luiss University in Rome, year three at Renmin University in Beijing, China, and their final year at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Twelve graduate level programs are taught in English. Luiss is also a popular destination for study abroad and has 250 Erasmus and bilateral student exchange agreements with 51 countries.
Luiss also offers a one-year Foundation Program for students interested in preparing for undergraduate level study in Italy, and a variety of Summer Programs for high school students.
Luiss is located in a part of Rome that is very easy to get around on foot, and by bike or scooter. The area is very safe and away from the tourist crush of the more ancient parts of the city. In addition to the four campus locations, Luiss has hubs for specific purposes, such as the start-up accelerator at the Termini Station in central Rome, and research hubs in Milan, the Dolomiti and Amsterdam.
Luiss University has special agreements with private student residences near its campuses to offer its students a variety of different housing options. Luiss students are very active, participating in several sports, including soccer, basketball, rowing, tennis and volleyball.
The Luiss campuses eateries, as well as spaces for quiet study, or creative collaboration including the Luiss Language Café that hosts multicultural events, and the Laboratory of Fabulous Things (LOFT) that provides spaces for coding, video production and editing, and 3D printing.
Admission to Luiss varies depending on the applicant's citizenship, and includes a review of the high school academic record. International applicants may be asked to sit the Luiss admission test offered in February. Luiss offers a limited number of merit scholarships for high achieving EU and non-EU students each year.
While Italian is not required for English-taught programs, English proficiency is required. Luiss encourages students to learn Italian and offer free courses as part of their degree and study abroad programs.
The impression I formed after a couple of days on campus is that Luiss is growing very quickly. It has an attractive and innovative educational model that focuses on combining traditional study with innovative applications and skills acquisition to prepare graduates for today's job market. It is also a school that receives students well in a variety of programs for high school students interested in Italy, whether it is a summer program, foundation program, or undergraduate degree.
If you'd like to learn more about my visit to Luiss University or how to apply, please get in contact.
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