University of Pavia

The University of Pavia is a university in Pavia, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Teaching is recorded there as early as 1361, which makes it one of the oldest universities in the world, and until the end of the nineteenth century it was the only university in the greater Lombardy region. It has no single main campus: its buildings are scattered through the city, which is sometimes described as a city campus. The university educates more than 20,000 students and runs cultural and scientific museums, including a university history museum, a botanical garden, research centers, libraries and a press.