Milano, un ecosistema universitario / Milan, a university ecosystem

If the European university was born as an urban educational and institutional model in the Middle Ages, the city represents historically the workshop and location designated for the education and production of culture. In particular, universities, natural catalysts for populations of young people, take the form of places in which knowledge, passion and talent come together with an innate international vocation, capable of generating innovation and at the same time the exchange and cross-fertilisation of ideas. This article is divided into four parts: the relatively recent history of universities in Milan; universities, from enclosed areas to permeable urban places; the universities and accommodation; universities shape cities.