Education
According to the ISTAT census 2001 the literacy rate in Sardinia among people below 64 years old is 99,5%. Total literacy rate (including people over 65) is 98,2%. Illiteracy rate among males below 65 years old is 0,24%, while among women is 0,25%, the number of women that annually graduate at secondary high schools and universities is higher of about 10-20% than men.
Sardinia has two Universities: the University of Sassari and the University of Cagliari, founded between 16th and 17th century; 48,979 students were enrolled at universities in 2007-08.
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