Nov. 1 – Bologna, Padua and Macerata are the three preferred Italian universities by international students, according to the International Student Satisfaction Awards, an online ranking by StudyPortals, realized by analyzing interviews and comments of 40.000 European students. Each student was asked to relate his or her study abroad experience, and then evaluate it with a 1-10 vote. The result of this process was the “Key influencers of international student satisfaction in Europe,” which collects data on European student mobility. The document also reveals the students’ personal university rankings in each country, and Macerata ranks third in Italy, after Bologna and Padua, thus obtaining the Certificate for Good International Student Satisfaction 2013.