Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia

UNIVERSITY OF GENOA FACULTY OF MEDICINE

The XVII-century building

of the Rectorate, originally

a Jesuits’ college is now a UNESCO world site

Genoa (population 650,000), the capital city of the Italian Riviera and one of the largest ports in Europe, is located in the north western part of the Country. It has always been an important cultural and artistic center, with a history dating  from Roman times. Until the Napoleonic wars, the Republic of Genoa was a major political player in Southern Europe, rivalling with the Republic of Venice for trade and economic control of the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean.

The University of Genoa is the sole institution of higher learning of our Region. With a student population of over 35,000 and a Faculty of 1,600, it is one of the largest academic institutions in Italy.  The Medical Faculty was founded in the XV century as a College including four medical chairs attached to the Pammatone hospital, which was located in the medieval area of town. In the thirties, the hospital services were transferred to the San Martino district, 2 km east of central Genoa.

The Medical Faculty now covers over 90,000 sqm of hospital space, laboratories, teaching and sports facilities, libraries and offices. It is affiliated with the San Martino Regional Hospital, the largest in Europe, the Gaslini Pediatric Hospital, and the National Cancer Institute of Genoa. Clinical training is also offered in Savona, a town 50 km from Genoa, for the benefit of the students living on the Western Riviera.  Some of the Medical Faculty laboratories are part of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology, a separate research institution also located in the San Martino area. The recently created Italian Institute of Technology is 1 km from our main campus. Our strong point, in addition to state-of-the-art clinical practice, is our remarkable research activity in basic sciences such as immunology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and neurosciences, which makes the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Genoa one of the most productive in Italy in terms of publications and research grants.