Founded in 1939, the LUMSA University (Italian: Università LUMSA) is the first private university in Rome, Italy. It is also present in Palermo and Taranto and is today a point of reference in the national and international academic panorama. The academic offer includes degree courses, post-graduate courses, masters, and doctorates in law, economics, ICT and social studies, in primary education, psychology and communication sciences. The University offers to its over 9.000 students a dynamic higher educational context that is always attentive to innovation and the stimuli of society; campuses and modern facilities in which to find large and well-equipped classrooms; specialized libraries; catering services and university residences; opportunities for professional, social and creative growth; sporting and cultural initiatives.