Rome's Università La Sapienza is the top university in Italy according to the 2022-23 ranking by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), a leading consulting organisation and publisher of the largest academic ranking of global universities.

The rankings, released on Friday, show that La Sapienza is in 37th place at a European level and 113th position in the world out of the approximately 20,000 higher education institutes surveyed. The "prestigious and significant" result is a "recognition of the excellence and work of our entire community", La Sapienza rector Antonella Polimeni said in a statement released by the university.