Established in the year 1969, Marche Polytechnic University is a public research institute in Ancona, Italy. Apart from the main campus at Ancona with the administrative offices, there are other campuses of the university which are located at Fermo, San Benedetto del Tronto, Fabriano Pesaro, Ascoli Piceno and Macerata. The university has a student population of more than 17,500 from different nationalities, more than 700 teaching staff and 560 administrative and technical staff. The university offers 21 undergraduate, 19 postgraduate, 3 single cycle university degrees,10 doctoral programs and 11 vocational courses in 29 fields of specialization. The diverse departments are organized into 5 academic faculties: 1. Faculty of Agriculture 2. Faculty of Engineering 3. Faculty of Sciences 4. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 5. Faculty of Economics The Science and Technology campus of the Marche Polytechnic University at Monte Dago, houses the Faculty of Engineering, Agriculture, Mathematics, Physics, and Natural Sciences. The Torrette campus houses the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery while the Caserma Villarey campus houses the Faculty of Economics. The Marche Polytechnic University has international partnerships with a number of world-class universities of America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand and offers numerous exchange programs to the students for better learning and research work. Since it is a research-intensive university, the research projects of the university are sponsored by numerous national agencies and the European Commission.