Università della Svizzera italiana

The Università della Svizzera italiana (USI, literally University of Italian Switzerland), sometimes referred to as the University of Lugano, in English-speaking contexts, is a public Swiss university established in 1995, with campuses in Lugano, Mendrisio and Bellinzona (Canton Ticino, Switzerland). USI is the only university in Switzerland where the official language is Italian, but many of its programs are in English. It counts four Faculties at the Lugano campus (Communication, Culture and Society, Economics, Informatics, and Biomedical Sciences), and the Academy of Architecture at the Mendrisio campus. Affiliated to USI, since 2010, are the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) and, from 2017, the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), both located in the Bellinzona. As of 2020 is ranked 273° in the 2020–2021 QS World University Rankings.