The 'University of Parma' (
Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Parma'', UNIPR) is one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in the 11th century. It is organised in twelve faculties. The University of Parma has currently about 30,000 students.
History
The school was founded during XI century
[1]as a center for study of the general
liberal arts curriculum of the
medieval period. The faculties of law and medicine were added in thirteenth 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 again 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
★
Bernardino Ramazzini (c. 1633—1724), professor of medicine and father of Occupational Medicine
Organization
The university is divided into 12 faculties:
★ Faculty of
Agriculture
★ Faculty of
Architecture
★ Faculty of
Arts and
Philosophy
★ Faculty of
Economics
★ Faculty of
Engineering
★ Faculty of
Law
★ Faculty of
Mathematics,
Physics and
Natural Science.
★ Faculty of
Medicine and
Surgery
★ Faculty of
Pharmacy
★ Faculty of
Political Sciences
★ Faculty of
Psychology
★ Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine
See also
★
European College of Parma
★
List of Italian universities
★
Parma
References
External links
★
University of Parma Website
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