Brussels. It is a great ranking for the University of Milan in the Reuters Ranking of the 100 most innovative universities in Europe. This refers to universities which are more involved in technology transfer and with greater number of patented ideas. The University of Milan is in 52nd place in Europe and 2nd in all of Italy after the Politecnico di Milano ranking first among generalist universities thanks to the 22,000 scientific publications in the last three years, 1,000 research projects currently underway, 61 patents, between 2008 and 2013, and 16 active spin-offs. (9Colonne)