The University of Bergamo was first established in Piazza Vecchia, the heart of Upper City. Over the years the university has become a widespread campus, a "cultural backbone" that extends between the city and the wider province of Bergamo.
the historical centre of Upper Town hosts the humanities campus and its seats (Pignolo, Rosate, Salvecchio, Sant'Agostino)
San Tomaso de' Calvi neighbourhood, in Lower Town, hosts the economics and law campus, together with the Public library "Antonio Tiraboschi"
Dalmine, a nearby town, is the university centre for technological innovation and home of the engineering campus
in Via Stezzano, Kilometro Rosso innovation district