The Almo Collegio Borromeo, founded in 1561 by Saint Carlo Borromeo, is located in Pavia and is the oldest merit college in Italy still in operation as a high cultural qualification institution. It is also one of the founding institutions of the University Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS) in Pavia.
The Almo Collegio Borromeo is the oldest merit college in Italy, founded in 1561 by Saint Carlo Borromeo, with the aim, which it has always pursued since then, of offering particularly deserving students without financial means the opportunity to study at the University of Pavia.
