University of Pavia

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University of Pavia
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Latin: Alma Ticinensis Universitas
Established	1361
Type	State-supported
Rector	Prof. Angiolino Stella
Staff	1,061
Students	22,390
Location	Pavia, Italy
Sports teams
Affiliations	Coimbra Group, EUA
Website	www.unipv.it/

The University of Pavia (Italian: Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV) is a university located in Pavia, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.

1 History
2 Organization
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] 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, 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.

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External link

(Italian) University of Pavia Website

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