UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA

The 'University of Ferrara' (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Ferrara'') is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy. Today there are approximately 12,000 students enrolled at the University of Ferrara with nearly 400 degrees granted each year. The teaching staff number 600, including 223 researchers. It is organized into 8 Faculties.

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History

Organization

Alumni

See also

External links

History

The University of Ferrara was founded on March 4, 1391 by Marquis Alberto V D'Este with the permission of Pope Boniface IX. The Studium Generale was inaugurated on St. Luke's Day (October 18), that same year with courses in law, arts and theology.
After the unification of Italy, the University of Ferrara became a free university having Faculties in Law and Mathematics, a three-year course in Medicine (reduced to two years in 1863-64) as well as Schools of Veterinary Medicine (abolished in 1876), Pharmacy and for public Notaries.
Some notable instructors include:

★ Giovanni Bianchini, professor of astronomy

★ Cesare Cremonini, professor of natural philosophy between 1573 and 1590

Organization

These are the 8 faculties in which the university is divided into:

★ Faculty of Architecture Biagio Rossetti

★ Faculty of Economics

★ Faculty of Engineering

★ Faculty of Humanities

★ Faculty of Law

★ Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences

★ Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

★ Faculty of Pharmacy

Alumni

★ William Latimer

★ Massimo Pigliucci

★ Nicolaus Copernicus (did not graduate)

★ Paracelsus

★ Girolamo Savonarola, OP

See also

★ ESDP-Network

★ List of Italian universities

★ Ferrara

External links

★ University of Ferrara Website