In the Marche you can study well at four prestigious universities that are open to foreign students:

• Ancona, among the first in Italy 
• Camerino and Urbino, university cities
• Macerata, among the oldest universities in Europe

The Marche present a percentage of graduates higher than the Italian average and an important Region- University pilot project which aims at transferring research within the enterprises.

The offer is rich of postgraduate courses, financed by EU funds, which set out to answer the needs of the SMEs.

They manage to satisfy and bring together the different cultural and socio-environmental needs with innovation, whilst still paying attention to the market needs and ensuring their ability to sustain the challenges of the global scenario.