Thursday, April 26, 2012

Sapienza University of Rome

Sapienza University of Rome

Sapienza
University of Rome
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Latin: Studium Urbis
Motto Il futuro è passato qui
Motto in English The future is past here or The future has passed here
Established 1303
Type State-supported
Rector Prof. Luigi Frati
Admin. staff 8,000
Students 140,000
Location Rome, Italy
Sports teams CUS Roma (http://www.cusroma.org/)
Website www.uniroma1.it/

The Sapienza University of Rome, officially Sapienza – Università di Roma, also called simply Sapienza formerly known as Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a coeducational, autonomous state university in Rome, Italy. It is the largest Italian university by enrollment and the oldest of Rome's three state-funded universities. In Italian, sapienza means "wisdom" or "knowledge".

In 2010 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 190th overall in the world.

History

Former logo of the University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome was founded in 1303 with the Papal bull In supremae praeminentia dignitatis issued on 20 April 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, as a Studium for ecclesiastical studies more under his control than the universities of Bologna and Padua.
In 1431 Pope Eugene IV completely reorganized the studium with the bull In supremae, in which he granted masters and students alike the broadest possible privileges and decreed that the university should include the four schools of Law, Medicine, Philosophy and Theology. He introduced a new tax on wine in order to raise funds for the university; the money was used to buy a palace which later housed the Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza church.
However, the University's days of splendour came to an end during the sack of Rome in 1527, when the studium was closed and the professors dispersed; some were killed. Pope Paul III restored the university shortly after his ascension to the pontificate in 1534.
In the 1650s the university became known as Sapienza, meaning wisdom, a title it retains. In 1703, Pope Clement XI purchased some land with his private funds on the Janiculum, where he made a botanical garden, which soon became the most celebrated in Europe through the labours of the Trionfetti brothers.
University students were newly animated during the 19th-century Italian revival. In 1870, La Sapienza stopped being the papal university and became the university of the capital of Italy. In 1935 the new university campus, planned by Marcello Piacentini, was completed.

Structures

Sapienza’s teaching and research facilities are organised into 11 faculties and divided into 66 departments located on multiple campuses in Rome and the Lazio region. The main campus covers 439,000 m2 and is situated near Rome Termini station. The University operates 59 libraries for students, researchers and professors. There are also 21 museums with important collections ranging from ancient sculpture to mineralogy and the history of medicine. Sapienza museums are open to the public, international visitors and researchers.

In order to cope with an ever-increasing number of applicants, the Rector recently approved a plan to expand the University, reallocate offices, enlarge faculties, and create new campuses and accommodations for Sapienza students.

Faculties

Departments

  •  English version
  • Ancient world studies
  • Architecture and Design english version
  • Art history and performing arts. (Visual, Digital Arts, theatre, cinema, dance, cultural heritage)
  • Astronautics, Electrical and Energetics Engineering
  • Basic and applied sciences for engineering
  • Biochemical sciences "Alessandro Rossi Fanelli" english version
  • Biology and biotechnology "Charles Darwin"
  • Cardiovascular, respiratory, nephrologic and geriatric sciences
  • Cellular biotechnology and hematology
  • Chemical materials, environmental engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil, building and environmental engineering english version
  • Classic and modern studies
  • Clinical and molecular medicine
  • Clinical medicine
  • Communication and Social Research
  • Computer, Control and Management engineering english version
  • Computer Science english version
  • Criminal, philosophical and canonical sciences
  • DATA - Design and architectural, territorial, environmental technologies
  • Developmental and social Psychology
  • Document studies, linguistics and geography
  • Drug chemistry and technologies
  • Dynamic and clinical psychology
  • Earth sciences
  • Economics and Law english version
  • Environmental Biology
  • European, american and intercultural studies
  • Experimental medicine
  • General surgery, surgical specialities and organ ransplantation "Paride Stefanini".
  • Gynecology-Obstetrics & Urology
  • History, cultures, religions
  • History, representation and restoration of architecture
  • Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications
  • Italian institute of oriental studies
  • Law and Economics of productive activities
  • Legal studies
  • Management
  • Mathematics english version
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Medico-surgical sciences and biotechnologies
  • Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance english version
  • Molecular medicine
  • Neurology e Psychiatry
  • Neurosciences, mental health and sensory organs
  • Oral and maxillo-facial sciences
  • Pediatrics and pediatric Neuropsychiatry
  • Philosophy
  • Physics english version
  • Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer"
  • Psychology english version
  • Public health and infectious diseases
  • Radiological sciences, Oncology and Anatomical Pathology
  • Radiological sciences, Oncology and anatomical Pathology
  • Sense Organs
  • Social sciences english version
  • Statistical Sciences english version
  • Structural and geotechnical engineering english version
  • Surgery " Pietro Valdoni"
  • Surgical and medical sciences and translational medicine
  • Surgical sciences 

Courses

  •     Master in Computer Engineering
  •     Aeronautical Engineering (B.Sc)
  •     Master in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
  •     Space Engineering (B.Sc)
  •     Master in Finance and Development
  •     Information Engineering (B.Sc)
  •     Actuarial Sciences (Ph.D)
  •     Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
  •     Aerospace Engineering (Ph.D)
  •     Sociology (B.A.)
  •     Biochemistry (Ph.D)
  •     Bachelor of Law (LL.B.)
  •     Business Management (Ph.D)
  •     Mathematics (B.Sc.)
  •     Electronic Engineering (Ph.D)
  •     Physics (B.Sc)
  •     P.D. In Surgery
  •     Natural Sciences (B.Sc)
  •     Ph.D. Course In Pharmacology

Campuses

Entrance to the university's main campus.
Sapienza University has many campuses in Rome but its main campus is the Città Universitaria (University city), which covers 439,000 m2 (4,730,000 sq ft) near Termini Station. The university has some satellite campuses outside Rome, the main of which is in Latina.
In 2011 a project was launched to build a campus with residence halls near Pietralata station, in collaboration with the Lazio region. In order to cope with the ever-increasing number of applicants, the Rector has also approved a new plan to expand the Città Universitaria, reallocate offices and enlarge faculties, as well as create new campuses for hosting local and foreign students.
The Alessandrina University Library (Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina), built in 1667 by Pope Alexander VII, is the main library housing 1.5 million volumes; it has some important collections including collezione ciceroniana, Fondo Festa, etc.

Points of interest

Church of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, by Borromini, originally a chapel of the Sapienza see.
  • Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", a botanical garden
  • Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
  • San Pietro in Vincoli: the cloister is part of the Faculty of Engineering

Academics

Since the 2011 reform, Sapienza University of Rome has eleven faculties and 65 departments. Today Sapienza, with 140,000 students and 8,000 among academic and technical and administrative staff, is the largest university in Italy.
The university has significant research programmes in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, biomedical sciences and humanities.

Admission

In order to cope with the large demand for admission to the university courses, some faculties hold a series of entrance examinations. The entrance test often decides which candidates will have access to the undergraduate course. For some faculties, the entrance test is only a means through which the administration acknowledges the students' level of preparation. Students that do not pass the test can still enroll in their chosen degree courses but have to pass an additional exam during their first year.

Controversies

In 1990, Pope John Paul II faced small protests in his only visit to La Sapienza.
On January 15th 2008 the Vatican cancelled a planned visit to La Sapienza University by Pope Benedict XVI who was to speak at the university ceremony launching the 2008 academic year
due to protests by some students and professors. The title of speech should have been 'The Truth Makes Us Good and Goodness is Truth'. Some students and professors protested in reaction to a 1990 speech that Pope Benedict XVI (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) gave in which he, in their opinion, endorsed the actions of the church against Galileo in 1633.
Other controversies include the "Parentopoli scandal" and the award given to Muammar Gaddafi on June 10th 2009 (Medaglia d'Oro dell'Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"). This award is an institutional gift given by Sapienza to foreign authorities visiting the University. During his visit, Gaddafi participated in a meeting with Sapienza's students, where he was asked about a number of controversial aspects regarding Libya's political choices, such as human rights of migrants, gender equality and free elections.

People

Law & Social Science

  • Carlo Costamagna
  • Roberto Forges Davanzati, political science
  • Cardinal Mazarin
  • Mario Oriani-Ambrosini
  • Antonio Salandra

Architecture

  • Ernesto Basile
  • Bruno Zevi

Sciences

  • Lucio Bini and Ugo Cerletti, psychiatrists
  • Corrado Böhm, computer scientist
  • Daniel Bovet, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner (1957)
  • Benedetto Castelli, mathematician
  • Andrea Cesalpino, physician and botanist
  • Federigo Enriques, mathematician
  • Clelia Giacobini, microbiologist
  • Maria Montessori, physician and paedagogist
  • Paola S. Timiras, biologist
  • Barnaba Tortolini, mathematician
  • Vito Volterra, mathematician

Physics

  • Via Panisperna boys:
    • Enrico Fermi, Nobel prize winner (1938)
    • Edoardo Amaldi
    • Oscar D'Agostino
    • Ettore Majorana
    • Bruno Pontecorvo
    • Franco Rasetti
    • Emilio G. Segrè, Nobel prize winner (1959)
  • Giovanni Battista Beccaria
  • Giovanni Ciccotti
  • Giovanni Jona-Lasinio
  • Luciano Maiani
  • Domenico Pacini
  • Giorgio Parisi
  • Antonio Signorini
  • Nicola Cabibbo, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Humanities

  • Daria Galateria, writer and translator
  • Luigi Ferri, philosopher
  • Piero Boitani, literary critic, writer and academic
  • Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, jurisconsult
  • Silvia Berti, historian
  • Lazarus Buonamici, renaissance humanist
  • Umberto Cassuto, Hebrew language and Bible scholar
  • Marcel Danesi, language scientist
  • Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, poet
  • Count Angelo de Gubernatis, orientalist
  • Predrag Matvejevic, writer and academic
  • Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece
  • Giuseppe Tucci, orientalist
  • Mario Liverani, orientalist
  • Paolo Matthiae, director of the archeological expedition of Ebla
  • Antonio Nibby, archaeologist
  • Giuliano Amato, law professor and twice Prime Minister of Italy
  • Diego Laynez, second general of the Society of Jesus;
  • Giulio Mazzarino, politician and cardinal
  • Giulio Salvadori, literary critic and poet
  • Giuseppe Scaraffia, literary critic
  • Ugo Spirito, philosopher
  • Giuseppe Ungaretti, poet
  • Bernardino Varisco, philosopher
  • Musine Kokalari, Albanian writer

Alumni

  • Marco Abbondanza, medical doctor and eye surgeon
  • Severino Antinori, embryologist
  • Sergio Balanzino, ambassador
  • Pietro Belluschi, architect
  • Bernardo Bertolucci, film director
  • Maurizio Cheli, astronaut
  • Domenico Comparetti, classic literature scholar
  • Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet
  • Mario Draghi, governor of the Bank of Europe
  • Cristina Ali Farah, writer
  • Carlo Fea, archaeologist
  • Massimiliano Fuksas, architect
  • Romaldo Giurgola, architect
  • Umberto Guidoni, astronaut
  • Antonio Monda, film director
  • Maria Montessori, educator
  • Luca di Montezemolo, CEO
  • Scott O'Dell, novelist
  • Charles Ponzi, con man
  • Gian Vittorio Rossi, poet and philologist
  • Crescenzio Sepe, cardinal
  • Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, president and prime minister of Somalia

Research

Sapienza University of Rome is dedicated to scientific research and has achieved important national and international results. There are over 60 departments and research centres focused on research activity. In addition, laboratories of the main national scientific research centres are located on the Sapienza campus.

All major fields of study participate in research including: biology, history, philosophy, economics, law, sociology, psychology, communication, medicine and more. Since 2005-06 research has become more efficient through managed coordination with local government, business and existing Italian research networks. Sapienza has greatly increased its external cooperation and created a number of innovative spin-off enterprises.
The Scientific Research Value and Innovation Office at Sapienza was initiated to enhance knowledge and expertise. It oversees technology transfer to business and applied industry, and encourages communication between university laboratories and the real world. The office promotes a variety of initiatives from traditional research agreements and collaborations to licensing of patented technologies and launching of independent high-tech companies.
In 2009 the first Sapienza Research Day was organised to disseminate important results discovered in different scientific fields. The President of Italy presided over the inaugural event which has become a highlight of the University calendar. A prize is awarded by an international committee for the best work and the most promising researchers under 40. Results from the last three years are available in English on this page.

Libraries

Sapienza University has the largest and richest library collection of all Italian universities. Its vast, antique and diversified collection is made up of more than 3,700,000 volumes including 35,700 periodicals, 25,000 texts divided between antique and rare books and numerous historical archives.
This vast collection is distributed across 59 library locations which offer reading/study halls, internet points and multimedia studying material.
For information on specific library services including the books and magazines available for consultation check the website: w3.uniroma1.it/biblioteche.
The University library catalogue is consultable online through the same website.
Bids –Sapienza inter-university digital library
Thousands of electronic resources available for students http://bids.citicord.uniroma1.it
Through BIDS students can gain free and unlimited access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals that cover a vast range of academic disciplines. There are 106 databases, more than 15,000 journals and thousands of other documents including literary, scientific or historical texts both from Italy and abroad as well as some 4,780 teaching manuals available for consultation by students. The BIDS proxy can be accessed through computer stations set up in every university library. Library staff are also available to assist students and can help with the compilation of specialised bibliographies.
The proxy can also be accessed through remote computers using your Infostud access username and password. You will first need to download the free BIXY software from the BIDS website which allows you to access BIDS from any PC in the world with an Internet connection.
Padis – Sapienza inter-university open digital publications
Doctorate theses available in electronic format
http://padis.uniroma1.it
PADIS is a project based on the principles of free and open access to intellectual research and information. It aims to contrast the commercial greed demonstrated by international publishing houses by freely publishing the fruits of intellectual research online.
Through PADIS you will find doctorate theses written by students of the university in various fields as well as articles, pre-prints and conventions resulting from research conducted within the university. PADIS also allows students access to the scientific journals written by Sapienza University researchers through a new project called Open Journals Sapienza (OJS).
Ask a Librarian
“Chiedi@lbibliotecario”, is an online bibliographic information service designed to help students locate research material and compile complex bibliographies. In order to use the online service, go to http://w3.uniroma1.it/vrd/chiedi.aspx A team of expert librarians will reply to your question as soon as possible.
Union Catalogue of Sapienza University libraries’ monographs and journals – National Library Service (SBN)
http://sbn.uniroma1.it
The Sapienza University union catalogue allows students to locate texts and journals necessary for research and study purposes. The catalogue is available online at the following website: http://opac.uniroma1.it and can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. The catalogue includes the collections of all of Sapienza’s libraries and around 200 local and specialised libraries operating in the Lazio region.
The catalogue contains almost 3 million volumes, not only modern books but some 80,000 antique books (printed between the 16th and 19th centuries), about 20,000 magazines plus CDROMs, DVDs and more. The catalogue is updated daily with new titles constantly being added to the collection and as the process of digitalising old paper-based catalogues continues.
Some of the library collection is actually available for consultation online. For example, if you are looking for an article from a particular magazine which is also available in electronic format, you can click on the “digital object” icon beside the title in the catalogue and this will connect you to the magazine’s online format. Some Sapienza libraries are also currently in the process of making digital copies of their paper-based material (valuable antique books, maps and doctorate theses) so as to make this material available to students and researchers online through the catalogue. The ultimate goal is to create a digital library available to all students that will facilitate advanced research and accessibility of texts and images from rare publications.
For information on each of the libraries that make up the union catalogue, including location and opening hours, visit: //http:sibiblioteche.caspur.it.
Soon, the computer stations in every Sapienza library will not only be connected to the Sapienza union catalogue described above, but also to the Italian nationwide union catalogue (http://www.internetculturale.it/) and to the nationwide journals and periodicals catalogue (http://www.cib.unibo.it/acnp/). In Sapienza libraries with a wireless connection, students can use their own laptops to browse the catalogues, databases and for other learning activities. In many of the libraries, students can also participate in free courses which teach students basic skills for using electronic resources and catalogues.
By becoming a member of one of the Sapienza University libraries, students can benefit from a vast array of services. For example, members can request a book loan via e-mail, book Internet stations, check due dates for their borrowed material online and check back on the search fields they entered in the recent past.
Borrowing procedures differ from one library to another, but a student card and photo ID are generally required. You should ask the library staff for information on how to borrow a book. Registering to borrow with one Sapienza University library often allows you to borrow from other Sapienza libraries through an information exchange system. Not all material available can be taken out of the library. Some books and material is only available for consultation within the library, others can only be removed from the library for brief periods, for example until the library closing time.
Students also have access to the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service and to Document Delivery(DD) in order to guarantee access to texts which are not available in the Sapienza university library network. ILL and DD is a document exchange service which involves libraries from all over the world. Many of the Sapienza University libraries can organise this kind of loan for students from either an Italian or overseas library. For more information on the ILL or DD services check the respective websites: http://prestito.iccu.sbn.it/ILLWeb and http://nilde.bo.cnr.it/

Museums

Polo Museale

Polo Museale della Sapienza is an integrated network of university museums created to coordinate activities and share resources. Sapienza has over 20 museums exhibiting collections that represent a vast cultural and scientific heritage. Exhibits include archaeological finds, scientific instruments, geological materials, specimens, ancient texts and unique artwork bequeathed to the University by some of its most illustrious scholars. The museums offer students a wealth of primary material that enriches the learning experience and provides research possibilities in many academic fields.
Sapienza museums also train curators and guides, and organise cultural events for the University and wider community. Recently, the network launched a self-guided tour system for the visually impaired in an effort to open the museums to an even wider public.

Director: Luigi Campanella, luigi.campanella@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 3725
Website: http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/
e-mail: polomusealesapienza@uniroma1.it
Webmaster
Vincenza Ferrara, e-mail: vincenza.ferrara@uniroma1.it
Structure
The museum network is divided into 5 areas. Each museum belongs to one of the areas according to its academic discipline.
  • Archaeology (Italian and Etruscan Antiquities, Classic Art Museum, Museum of the Origins of Man, Near East Archaeology Museum)
  • Contemporary Art (Contemporary Art Museum Laboratory)
  • Medicine (History of Medicine Museum, Anatomy Museum)
  • Science and Technology (Chemistry Museum, Physics Museum, Hydraulics Museum, Commodity Science Museum, Art and Mineral Deposits Museum)
  • Natural World (Mineralogy Museum, Geology Museum, Palaeontology Museum, Comparative Anatomy Museum, Anthropology Museum, Zoology Museum, Botanic Gardens, Herbarium Museum).
The integrated network model has allowed Sapienza to create a single information system for all museums. Each museum uses the same cataloguing system and participates in technological and cultural projects organised by the University. The network also works in conjunction with local organisations such as the Regional Schooling Office and the Ministry for Education and Research to create custom-made educational tours in specific fields of study. Museums also collaborate with tour operators and various tourism companies to increase visibility. The following services are available on sight and/or online:
  • reception
  • audio-guides
  • teaching spaces
  • demonstration areas
  • electronic newsletter
Museums are open to all staff and students of the University, as well as the general public. For opening hours and other information see individual museum websites.

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