Among our country's migratory flows, interregional movements of university students are generally overlooked. In some locations, "emigrating" for study after graduation is nearly a norm, while in others, the phenomenon is far more restricted. According to a mapping research undertaken by Skuola.net using data from the Ministry of University and Research, in the 2023/24 academic year, 401,720 students enrolled in an area other than their home region, with 57,490 coming from abroad. Non-residents account for almost one-quarter of Italy's more than 1.6 million university students. Following the pandemic, with the reduction of remote learning at traditional universities, studying away from home has become almost unavoidable. The phenomena affects both the north and south of the country, though in distinct ways. In the North, mobility is frequently restricted to surrounding regions, whereas in the South, many students relocate hundreds of kilometers away. The regions with the biggest percentages of outbound students are Basilicata (73%), Valle d'Aosta (70%), Molise (56%), Trento (50%), and Bolzano (45%). Other regions with rates higher than the national average of 24% include Abruzzo (39%), Calabria (37%), Puglia and Marche (34%), Liguria and Veneto (29%), Umbria and Friuli Venezia Giulia (28%), and Sicily (24%). This trend demonstrates that, despite the availability of high-quality universities, small regions have the highest number of young people departing to study.