The University of Florence is an important and influential center for research and higher education in Italy, with approximately 1,900 lecturers and internal research staff, 1,650 technical and administrative personnel, and over 1,700 research assistants and doctoral students. It offers a wide range of study programmes across all areas of knowledge. The University provides 126 degree courses (First and Second Cycle, corresponding to Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees) organized within 10 Schools, with a total student population of about 51,000, roughly one-fourth of whom come from outside Tuscany. The list of European and international projects in which the University of Florence is involved is available on the official international and research pages of the University.