University of Parma

The University of Parma (Italian: Università degli Studi di Parma, UNIPR) is one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in the 12th century. It is organised in eighteen departments. As of November 2013 the University of Parma has about 32,000 students.

History

The school was founded in 1117 A.D ^[2] as a center for study of the general liberal arts curriculum of the medieval period. The faculties of law and medicine were added in the 13th century. Pope John XXII closed the school in 1322, and during the next hundred years it was often reopened and closed. It became a university in 1502, and after 1545 under the patronage of the ducal House of Farnese. The Farnese Duke Ranuccio I founded and endowed the university College of Nobles with a distinguished faculty, but between 1731 and 1748 the university was again neglected. Things improved in 1762 under Duke Ferdinand I de Bourbon, when he founded a great state university at Parma and endowed it with possessions confiscated from the Jesuits. Future Jesuit Father General Luigi Fortis was invited to head the College of Nobles. New studies were added. The university experienced a rapid growth phase and established an astronomical observatory, a botanical garden and laboratories of anatomy, chemistry and experimental physics. In 1811 the French government deemed the university an Academy of the Empire, but it lost this status a mere three years later. The university was closed to foreign students in 1831 and fell into decay. It was revived in 1854 by the duchess regent and is now a state administration with administrative autonomy.

Notable students, alumni and faculty

• Francesco Accarigi (c. 1557—1622), professor of civil law
• Flavio Delbono (born 1959), economist and politician
• Macedonio Melloni (c. 1798—1854), physicist
• Bernardino Ramazzini (c. 1633—1724), professor of medicine and father of Occupational Medicine
• Cesare Beccaria (c. 1738—1794), economist and criminologist

Organization

Department of Mathematics at the University of Parma

The university is now divided into 18 departments.

The university was formerly divided into 12 faculties:

See also

• European College of Parma
• List of Italian universities
• List of medieval universities
• ICoN Interuniversity Consortium for Italian Studies
• Library assessment

References

External links

• University of Parma Website (Italian) (English)
• Itinerari medievali: risorse per lo studio del Medioevo (Italian)

Universities in Italy
Aosta Valley Bari Bari Polytechnic Basilicata Bergamo Bologna Collegio Superiore di Bologna Bozen-Bolzano Brescia Cagliari Calabria Camerino Carlo Cattaneo Cassino Catania Catanzaro Chieti-Pescara Enna Ferrara Florence Foggia Genoa Insubria L'Aquila Macerata Marche Polytechnic Messina Milan Milan Bicocca Milan Polytechnic Milan Bocconi Milan Cattolica Milan Humanitas Milan IULM Milan San Raffaele Modena and Reggio Emilia Molise Naples Federico II Naples II Naples Parthenope Naples Eastern University Naples Benincasa Padua Palermo Parma Pavia Perugia Perugia Foreigners Eastern Piedmont Pisa Ragusa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Reggio Calabria Rome La Sapienza Rome Tor Vergata Rome III Rome "Foro Italico" Rome LUISS Rome Niccolò Cusano Rome S. Pio V Rome Maria SS. Assunta Rome Biomedical Salento Link Campus Salerno Sannio Sassari Siena Siena Foreigners Teramo Trento Trieste Trieste SISSA Turin Turin Polytechnic Tuscia Udine Urbino Venice Venice IUAV Verona

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