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Motto in English
  
Urbino: a city campus

Established
  
1506

Phone
  
+39 800 462 446

Founded
  
1506

Type
  
Public

Students
  
13,876

Total enrollment
  
13,876 (2014)

Undergraduates
  
11,646

University of Urbino

Former name
  
Collegio dei Dottori di Urbino (1506) Pubblico Studio di Urbino (1576) Studio generale di Urbino (1671) Università di Urbino (1671) Libera Università Provinciale di Urbino (1862) Università Libera di Urbino (1923)

Rector
  
Professor Vilberto Stocchi

Address
  
Via Aurelio Saffi, 2, 61029 Urbino PU, Italy

Province
  
Province of Pesaro and Urbino

Motto
  
Urbino città campus (a city campus, lat)

Notable alumni
  
Alessandra Moretti, Majlinda Bregu, Giuseppe Novelli, Valeria Ciavatta, Marco Pannella

Similar
  
University of Bologna, University of Macerata, Marche Polytechnic University, University of Perugia, Sapienza University of Rome

Profiles

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The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" (Italian: Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", UNIURB) is an Italian university located in Urbino, a walled hill-town in the region of Marche, located in the north-eastern part of central Italy. The university was founded in 1506 and, in the 1920s, gained recognition as an "Independent University" with a charter which made state aid possible though not mandatory. Once fully recognized as an Independent University, student numbers gradually increased as more facilities were opened.

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During the 1960s/70s, the University succeeded in buying up quite a number of derelict palaces in the old center which have since been restored and used as faculty and department buildings. While the student body and faculties gradually increased and developed over time it was under the long and presidency of Senator for Life Carlo Bo that the University enjoyed unprecedented growth in size and prestige, prompting the former president of the European Community Commission, Roy Jenkins, to state that "the University of Urbino is an incisive presence in contemporary thought, contributing in original ways to the cultural and intellectual life of Europe". This was also the period where architect Giancarlo De Carlo designed and built the University Halls of Residence, which can accommodate 1500 students.

Today, the University of Urbino is a state University. It numbers 8 departments and one centre of excellence and currently has about 20,000 students, many of whom are from overseas. The university has no central campus as such, and instead occupies numerous buildings throughout the town and in the surrounding countryside. The main accommodation blocks are situated a short distance from the town.

Traditionally a centre of studies in law since its foundation in 1506, nowadays the University of Urbino is renowned mostly for teaching and research in humanities, in particular literature and language studies, and sociology, and for the good reputation of its Italian language courses.

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Departments

Until 2013 the university used to be divided into 11 faculties:

Following the approval of the so-called Gelmini reform in 2009 and starting from the 2013/2014 academic year the faculty-based organization has been discontinued. The University of Urbino has then adopted a department-based structure and is currently composed of 8 departments and 1 centre of excellence:

  • Department of Basic Sciences and Foundations
  • Department of Communication Sciences and Humanities
  • Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Department of Economics, Society and Politics
  • Department of Human Sciences
  • Department of International Studies, History, Languages and Cultures
  • Department of Law
  • Department of Biomolecular Sciences
  • Superior Institute of Religious Sciences 'Italo Mancini'
  • Libraries

    As for library and study facilities, the University offers to students and staff a number of libraries making up the University Library System, along with the Foundation 'Carlo and Marise Bo' for Modern and Contemporary European Literature library.

    Colleges

    The University does not have own residence halls. However, a number of colleges and dormitories for University of Urbino students are owned and managed by the regional office for the right to academic education. They include 4 colleges (Vela, Tridente, Aquilone and Serpentine) and 1 female dormitory (Casa Studentessa) in Urbino, 1 college located in the scientific campus between Urbino and Fermignano, plus a number of rented private accommodation in Pesaro and Fano paid by the regional government.

    Alumni

  • Majlinda Bregu, politician, minister of European Integration of Albania (2009–2013)
  • Duccia Camiciotti, poet and writer
  • Lorella Cedroni, political philosopher
  • Valeria Ciavatta, politician, captain regent of San Marino in 2003–2004 and in 2014
  • Ivo Mattozzi, historian
  • Alessia Morani, politician, MP since 2013
  • Alessandra Moretti, politician, MP (2013–2014) and MEP (2014–2015)
  • Giuseppe Novelli, biologist
  • Mario Pappagallo, journalist
  • Giovanna Trillini, foil fencer, multiple medalist at Olympics and World Championships
  • XIX century

  • Giovanni de' Brignoli di Brünnhoff, botanist, founder of the Orto Botanico "Pierina Scaramella"
  • Alessandro Serpieri, astronomer and seismologist
  • XX century

  • Carlo Bo, literary critic, senator for life (1984–2001), rector of the university (1947–2001)
  • Sabino Cassese, constitutional lawyer, minister of Public Administration (1993–1994), member of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2005–2014)
  • Umberto Piersanti, poet and sociologist of literature
  • Paolo Virno, philosopher and semiologist
  • Bruno Visentini, politician and business lawyer, minister of Finance (1974–1976 and 1983–1987), minister for Budget (1979) and several times MP
  • XXI century

  • Khaled Fouad Allam, sociologist and MP (2006–2008)
  • Stefano Arduini, linguist
  • Ilvo Diamanti, political scientist and sociologist
  • Alessandro Jacchia, television producer
  • Domenico Losurdo, political theorist and philosopher
  • Massimo Negrotti, AI sociologist
  • Mario Vella, philosopher and social theorist
  • Points of interest

  • Orto Botanico "Pierina Scaramella", the university's botanical garden.
  • References

    University of Urbino Wikipedia


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