University of Catania

University of Catania

Infobox_University
name =University of Catania
native_name =Università degli Studi di Catania
latin_name =Siciliae Studium Generale or "Siculorum Gymnasium"


motto =
established =1434
type =State-supported
endowment =
staff =1,623
rector =Prof. Antonino Recca
students =66,235
undergrad =
postgrad =
doctoral =
city =Catania
country =Italy
campus =
free_label =Sports teams
free =CUS Catania (http://www.cuscatania.it/)
affiliations =
website = [http://www.unict.it/ www.unict.it/]
logo =The University of Catania ( _it. Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Italy, and founded in 1434. With a population of over 60,000 students, it is the main university in Sicily.

Organization

Faculties

These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided into:

* Agriculture
* Architecture
* Economics
* Pharmacy
* Law
* Engineering
* Letters and Philosophy
* Foreign Languages and Literature
* Medicine and Surgery
* Education
* Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
* Political Science

Famous scholars

Humanities

* Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece

Points of interest

* Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania, the university's botanical garden

See also

* List of Italian universities
* Catania

External links

*it icon [http://www.unict.it/ University of Catania Website]


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