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Highlights
Waiting for Researchers’ Night: University of Bologna science comes to the city
Talks, sporting events, meetings and science over drinks: throughout September, the University opens its doors to sharing and exchange, showing how research impacts our everyday lives.
University of Bologna doubles its solar power capacity: a decisive step towards energy self-sufficiency
With four new installations in Bologna and Forlì, self-generated electricity rises from 3% to 7% of the University’s total electricity consumption, delivering annual savings of €850,000 and cutting CO₂ emissions by 700 tonnes a year.
Una Europa: EU funding for Una.Via to shape the alliance’s future
The alliance has secured funding under the Erasmus+ European Universities 2026 call, enabling the eleven partner universities to strengthen their collaboration and prepare for the next phase of European funding from 2028.
Voices, stories, ideas
Dreaming of University of Bologna?
Learn everything you need to know about exemptions and scholarships as an international student!
Which degree programme suits you best?
Connect to our University’s virtual help desk to clear up any doubts!
"I always knew that I wanted to study in Europe."
Evrim, an international student from Cyprus, explains why she chose to come and study in Bologna.
From research to society
The problems with the new European proposal on plant protection product risk assessment
UniboMagazine spoke to Fabio Sgolastra, Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences and one of the authors of a commentary on the issue published in Science.
Fighting cancer with “living robots”, engineered bacteria designed to reach tumours and deliver personalised therapies
Funded with €1.2 million, the European MagBIO project will develop “magnetobots”, engineered microorganisms capable of moving within the human body, supporting diagnostic monitoring and delivering anticancer drugs. The University of Bologna is among the 18 partners in the international consortium.
From tropical Africa to icy Siberia: how Homo sapiens adapted to colder climates
A series of analyses conducted on the genome of Yakutia’s inhabitants, where low temperatures can reach -70°C, has highlighted certain combinations of genetic variants that can positively regulate physiological functions associated with exposure to cold. And the hybridisation of their ancestors with Neanderthal populations also plays a part.