Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope"
Parthenope University of Naples, one of Italy's public universities.
Parthenope University of Naples is a public university in Naples, Campania, with roots in the Regio Istituto Superiore Navale, a naval institute founded in 1920. It later became the Istituto Universitario Navale before gaining full university status and its current name. Today it teaches about 14,000 students (THE 2026 data) in five departments: Economics, Engineering, Law, Exercise and Sports Science, and Science and Technology, with sites across the city including Via Acton, Via Parisi and the Centro Direzionale.
Yes, Parthenope University of Naples offers a short list of English-taught degrees through its international office. They include the bachelor's in Business Administration and master's degrees in Marketing and International Management, Applied Computer Science (Machine Learning and Big Data), Fashion, Art and Food Management, and Management Engineering. English-taught degrees ask for English at B2 level. Most other programmes are taught in Italian, so check the teaching language of each one before you apply.
Parthenope University of Naples asks non-EU applicants to apply through Universitaly, with no separate pre-evaluation or pre-admission letter needed first. An admissions committee screens each application and sends a pre-admission letter only after a positive outcome, which can take five to six weeks or more. You need your qualification with an official Italian translation, plus a CIMEA statement or a Declaration of Value, and English at B2 for English-taught degrees. Parthenope does not publish an acceptance rate.
Applying to Parthenope University of Naples means running admission, the ADISURC scholarship and your type D study visa side by side. In the 2025/26 cycle, the deadline to request a visa was 30 November 2025, and four programmes, including Business Administration and Marketing and International Management, were listed as closed to new Universitaly applications. Apply as soon as the portal opens. The international office at international.students@uniparthenope.it aims to reply within five working days.
Parthenope University of Naples sets tuition by family income, measured by ISEE, as Italian public universities do. Italian rules exempt students with a family ISEE up to at least €22,000 from the annual contribution, and each university can set a higher threshold. If your family's income and assets are abroad, you present an ISEE parificato, prepared from translated and legalised documents. Read Parthenope's current fee regulation for its exact bands and for what you pay if you present no ISEE.
You can study at Parthenope University of Naples with little or no tuition only if your family income qualifies and your paperwork is on time. Tuition is set by family income (ISEE); students from lower-income families can pay little or nothing beyond the regional tax, and a DSU scholarship winner also gets a tuition waiver. In your control: a valid ISEE parificato, your ADISURC application by its deadline and steady exam progress. Not in your control: your family's income and the regional ranking.
The main scholarship for Parthenope University of Naples students is the regional right-to-study grant from ADISURC, Campania's DSU agency. For 2026/27 it is worth €7,171.11 a year for off-site students, €4,190.71 for commuters and €2,890.16 plus a free daily meal for students living at home. Your family ISEE must not exceed €25,500 and your ISPE €54,000, with full amounts up to an ISEE of €17,000. The 2026/27 call closed at noon on 10 September 2026.
Parthenope University of Naples is in the 601 to 800 band of the THE World University Rankings 2026 and the 1001 to 1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027. In the Censis 2026/27 classification it is 15th among Italy's medium-sized public universities, with a score of 81.3. It is not listed in ShanghaiRanking's ARWU 2026. Global rankings measure research and reputation across a whole university, so judge the programme, its entry rules and the scholarship first.
Student life at Parthenope University of Naples is spread across city sites such as Via Acton on the seafront, Via Parisi and the Centro Direzionale business district, so you live in the city rather than on a closed campus. Naples is a large, busy southern city, and rents vary widely by neighbourhood. ADISURC off-site scholarship winners receive the highest cash amount, €7,171.11 in 2026/27, less the value of any residence place or meals used. See a room in person or by video call before paying a deposit.
Parthenope University of Naples is a mid-sized public university, smaller and more focused than Federico II, the city's largest. Federico II is 401st in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and in the 301 to 350 band of THE 2026, while Parthenope sits in the QS 1001 to 1200 and THE 601 to 800 bands. Parthenope's English-taught offer centres on business, management and computing. All Naples public universities use income-based tuition, while private universities charge fixed, often high, fees.
Parthenope University of Naples suits you if you want an English-taught degree in business, management, engineering or computing at a public university in a major southern Italian city. Its English-taught list is short, so it works best as one option on a wider shortlist. It suits you less if your subject is not on that list, or if you want a single self-contained campus, since its sites are spread across Naples. Apply early, because some English-taught programmes closed to new applications in 2025/26.
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