University of Pavia

University of Pavia

Infobox_University
name =University of Pavia
native_name =Università degli Studi di Pavia
latin_name =Alma Ticinensis Universitas


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established =1361
type =State-supported
endowment =
staff =1,061
rector =Prof. Angiolino Stella
students =22,390
undergrad =
postgrad =
doctoral =
city =Pavia
state =
country =Italy
campus =
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affiliations =Coimbra Group
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website = [http://www.unipv.it/ www.unipv.it/]
logo =The University of Pavia (Italian: "Università degli Studi di Pavia", UNIPV) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.

History

The University of Pavia is one of the oldest universities in Europe. An edict issued by King Lotarius quotes a higher education institution in Pavia as already established 825 A.D. This institution, mainly devoted to ecclesiastical and civil law as well as to divinity studies, was then elected as the prime educational centre for northern Italy. Enlarged and renovated by the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, it became the University of the Duchy, having been officially established as a studium generale by Emperor Charles IV in 1361.

During the following centuries, even though passing through periods of both adversity and prosperity, the fame of the University of Pavia grew and not just in Italy.

The continuous presence of learned men and scientists who wrote celebrated works and made important discoveries, such as Girolamo Cardano, Alessandro Volta, Camillo Golgi, Ugo Foscolo together with the distinguished educational record of the University, added to the good name of the institution.

Private and public school residences contributed to increase and keep this fame alive during the centuries. The oldest residences, named Collegio Borromeo and Collegio Ghislieri, were built in the 16th century, and in more recent times others were founded through both public and private initiatives: the Nuovo College, the Santa Caterina College and the EDiSU. In 1997, were established the IUSS, which is an Higher Learning Istitution (in Italian, "Scuola Superiore Universitaria"). The IUSS reunites and links the five colleges of Pavia, constituing the Pavia University System.

Nowadays, the University keeps on offering a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching. Research is carried out in departments, institutes, clinics, centres and laboratories, in close association with public and private institutions, enterprises, and factories.

Organization

These are the 9 faculties in which the university is divided into:

* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Humanities
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Physical, Natural and Mathematical Sciences
* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Musicology
* Faculty of Pharmacy
* Faculty of Politics

Points of interest

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

See also

* Coimbra Group (a network of leading European universities)
* List of Italian universities
* Pavia

External links

*it icon en icon [http://www.unipv.it/ University of Pavia Website]
*CathEncy|wstitle=University of Pavia


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