The University of Teramo was established in 1993, detached from the University of Chieti in a moment of strong tension between supporters of “autonomy” and those wanting to maintain the traditional structure.
In the past 10 years, the University of Teramo has reached important goals and obtained recognition, proving that the difficult decisions made in the beginning have given way to excellent results.
Today, our University boasts a very prestigious position: over 10.000 students are enrolled, with a 30% growth rate since 1995.

Two new Faculties have been added to the three set up in 1993 with 18 first and second-level degree courses, together with a variety of specialization, post-graduate courses and Master’s.
There are 10 departments and a staff of 198 professors and researches, together with 178 members of technical, administrative and library employees.
Three of our faculties evaluated by Censis, in its traditional place-list of Universities, were placed among the first ten in Italy:

Fifth place for the Law Faculty, Political Science fourth and Veterinarian Medicine seventh.
The Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Communication Sciences were not taken into consideration by the evaluation because only recently established.
The development strategy of our University focuses on our two major study areas: Law-Politics-Communication on one hand, and Agricultural-Biological-Veterinarian studies on the other.

These two core-areas have been strengthened through our degree, post-graduate, Master’s and PhD study system.
This system has also strengthened our university profile, in line with Campus One, which aims at conforming University studies, linking them directly to the job market.
The Law-Politics-Communication sector of the University of Teramo, characterized by the Faculties of Law, Political Science and Communication Science was ranked among the top 7 of the country according to a national survey conducted by the Public Administration Department and Formez, thanks to the quality of the degree and specialization courses offered which privilege subjects in the field of Public Administration.

As regards Biotechnology, we would like to stress that our research group has, for years, been carrying out studies in “new frontiers” Science, offering a Master’s in Reproductive Biotechnology, the only one in Europe after Nottingham.
The University of Teramo has been autonomously investing great sums in research areas not as yet consolidated on national or international levels, which can lead to discoveries in and innovation of scientific research.
Our University also boasts advanced communication technology such as a multimedia lab for television and radio production and a linguistic center which places the University of Teramo at the heart of the international scene, with a wide array of exchange programs and collaboration projects with countries all over the world.