16 Notable alumni of University of Trento

Sara Ferrari is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2022. From 2008 to 2022, she served in the Provincial Council of Trentino.

Roberto Battiti is an Italian computer scientist, Professor of computer science at the University of Trento, director of the LIONlab (Learning and Intelligent Optimization), and deputy director of the DISI Department (Information Engineering and Computer Science) and delegate for technology transfer.

Alberto Gasparini is an Italian professor of sociology. He is a founder and president of the International University Institute of the European Studies (IUIES) and director of the journals Futuribili (New Edition), ISIG Journal and IUIES Journal.

Marco Boato is an Italian politician.

Davide Ghiotto is an Italian speed skater. He is a three-time Olympian, and won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Franco Ianeselli is an Italian politician and former trade unionist, mayor of Trento since 2020.

Silvia Marchionini is an Italian politician.

Darko Bratina was an Italian sociologist, film theorist and politician of Slovene ethnicity. Between 1992 and 1997, he served as member of the Italian Senate.

Nadia Battocletti is an Italian female middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 5000 m and 10000 m races at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Battocletti won a silver medal in the 10,000 m and placed fourth in the 5000 m race. At the 2025 World Athletics Championships she...

Riccardo Fraccaro is an Italian politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister for Parliamentary Relations and Direct Democracy in Giuseppe Conte's first cabinet.

Alexander Langer was an Italian journalist, peace activist, politician, translator, and teacher. After taking part in the Protests of 1968 and garnering regional attention during the 1970s as a peace and environmental activist, in 1978 he became the first New Left candidate to be elected in South Tyrol. During the 1980s, Langer became a national figure as a member of...

Federico Sboarina is an Italian politician and lawyer. Sboarina was mayor of Verona from 2017 to 2022. He is married and has one child.

Federico D'Incà is an Italian politician, who was member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Five Star Movement from 2013 to 2022 and Minister for Parliamentary Relations from 2019 to 2022.

Kirmen Uribe is a Basque-born New York-based award-winning writer whose work transcends borders, weaving together personal and collective histories. Through poetry and fiction, he explores themes of identity, migration, and memory, and reinvents the form. His debut novel, Bilbao–New York–Bilbao (Coffee House Press, 2022), won National Prize for Literature in Spain. His works have been translated into over twenty languages....

Maria Rosaria "Rosy" Bindi is an Italian politician and former president of the Antimafia Commission. She began her political career in Christian Democracy (DC), becoming a member of the European Parliament in 1989. After the dissolution of the DC, she joined the centre-left-leaning Italian People's Party (PPI) in 1994 and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) in 2002.