The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2022 are based on the world's largest invitation-only opinion survey of senior, published academics. It asks scholars to name no more than 15 universities that they believe are the best for research and teaching in their field.
Italian universities classified for OVERALL, RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE follow:

First 12 classified 2023 for OVERALL
(Il n.ro indica la posizione nel rank globale)

• 161 University of Bologna
• 183 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
• 201–250 Humanitas University
• 201–250 University of Padua
• 201–250 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa
• 201–250 Sapienza University of Rome
• 201–250 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
• 251–300 University of Pavia
• 301–350 University of Milan
• 301–350 University of Milan-Bicocca
• 301–350 Politecnico di Milano
• 351–400 University of Brescia

First 12 classified 2023 for RESEARCH
(Il n.ro indica la posizione nel rank globale)

• 301-350 Politecnico di Milano
• 201-250 Sapienza University of Rome
• 161 University of Bologna
• 201-250 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa
• 201-250 University of Padua
• 183 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
• 251-300 University of Pavia
• 401-500 University of Florence
• 601-800 Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• 401-500 University of Trento
• 301-350 University of Milan
• 401-500 University of Pisa

Best university for ENGINEERING
(Il n.ro indica la posizione nel rank globale)

• 101-125 Politecnico di Milano
• 101-125 Sapienza University of Rome
• 126-150 University of Bologna
• 176-200 University of Padua

Best universities for MEDICINE
(Il n.ro indica la posizione nel rank globale)

• 101-125 Sapienza University of Rome
• 126-150 University of Bologna
• 176-200 University of Padua