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The University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze, UNIFI) is one of the largest and oldest universities in Italy. It consists of 12 faculties and has currently about 60,000 students enrolled.
History
The University of Florence evolved from the Studium Generale, which was established by the Florentine Republic in 1321. The Studium was recognized by Pope Clement VI in 1349, and authorised to grant regular degrees. The Pope also estabilished that the first Italian faculty of Theology would be in Florence. The Studium became an imperial university in 1364, but was moved to Pisa in 1473 when Lorenzo the Magnificent gained control of Florence. Charles VIII moved it back from 1497-1515, but it was moved to Pisa again when the Medici family returned to power.
In 1859 it became the Istituto di Studi Pratici e di Perfezionamento, a year later it was recognized as a full fledged university by the government of the unified Italy. In 1923 the Istituto was officially denominated a University by the Italian Parliament.
Organization
These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Pharmacology
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Psychology
Faculties are located in strategic areas, depending on the their subjects: the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Sciences are in the Polo delle Scienze Sociali (campus of social sciences), in Novoli district. The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, the Faculty of Pharmacology, some scientific and engineering departments are in Careggi district. The Faculty of Engineering is located in the S.Marta Institute, while the Faculty of Agriculture is in front of the Parco delle Cascine. The Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences is located in Sesto Fiorentino district. The Faculty of Architecture is in the Accademia di Belle Arti, where the David by Michelangelo is as well. Psychology, Literatures and Philosophy, Pedagogy faculties are in the centre of Florence, but the first two are going to be moved in the next years into the Polo delle Scienze Sociali in Novoli district.
Noted Professors
- Giovanni Sartori, political scientist, professor of "Political Science", born in 1920 in Florence.
- Giovanni Spadolini, historician and important Italian politician, professor of "Contemporary History", born in 1925 in Florence.
- Sandro Pertini, politician, seventh President of the Italian Republic, received his Political Science degree from the University of Florence.
- Mario Luzi, poet, professor of "French language and Literature".
- Piero Calamandrei, jurist, professor in the faculty of Law, born in 1889.
- Luigi Biggeri, president of ISTAT. Graduated in 1963.
- Mario Draghi, Governor of the Banca d'Italia, has been a professor in the faculty of Economics from 1981 to 1991.
See also
External links
Florence | Universities and colleges in Italy | 1321 establishments
Universität Florenz | Université de Florence | Università degli Studi di Firenze | Universitetet i Florens
"University of Florence"