Parma University

University of Parma
Università degli Studi di Parma
Logo of the University of Parma
Latin: Alma Universitas Studiorum Parmensis
Established	eleventh century
Type	Public
Rector	Prof. Gino Ferretti
Admin. staff	1,100
Students	30,000
Location	Parma, Italy
Sports teams	CUS Parma (http://www.cusparma.it/)
Affiliations	www.unipr.it/

The University of Parma 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 in 1117A.D as a center for study of the general liberal arts curriculum of the medieval period. The faculties of law and medicine were added in 13th 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
Flavio Delbono (born 1959), economist and politician
Macedonio Melloni (c. 1798—1854), physicist
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

Student facilities

Libraries

e-mail: bibliot@ipruniv.cce.unipr.it
The literary resources of the University of Parma are kept in the Faculty and Department Libraries. The implementation of web information services, including bibliographic data and electronic magazines, has significantly increased the range and quality of the services offered by the University Libraries, that enjoy literary resources up to around 1,000,000 books and 8,000 magazine subscriptions.
All these resources are available to visitors, who are especially students, researchers, professors and lecturers, and the University staff, as well as many more people with particular research and study needs. The University Librarians will help all visitors, providing specialized bibliographic information and help with specific research in various disciplines.
All the libraries and structures coordinating the library activities and dealing with buying books and magazines are part of our University library system. The library department is responsible for all activities pertaining to libraries and the related services, and it coordinates the general aspects of library financing and assures the structure management.

Appost@perte (Students’ individual e-mail)

e-mail: appostaperte@unipr.it
The 'Appost@perte' e-mail service was established by the University of Parma to be used by any registered student: each of them is supplied with an e-mail address which, except coincidence of names among the students, will be written as follows: name.surname@studenti.unipr.it.
Each mailbox is free and has a 10 MB capacity. This service can be used to communicate directly with the University in order to ask for information on a student’s career, the attended courses, etc. The University also uses e-mail to send various notifications in real time.

Registering for exams via the Internet

Simply access the University’s website, click "registering for exams via the Internet" and select the relevant Course.
This allows students to view all lectures and the related attendance registers, so that they can apply through the Internet. To register, complete the form for the exam you want to sit, indicating the same username and password as for Appost@perte.

Computer laboratories and WI-FI

Each Faculty has laboratories equipped with computers the students can use.
The Wi-Fi service allows the connection to the University net in almost all areas and it's accessible to staff and students with e-mail and password given by the institution.

Internet access

The University provides several internet stations, which are available to all students for study purposes.
Other internet access points:
at the Informagiovani Centre, in the municipal libraries and the Biblioteca Palatina, where you can consult on-line catalogues or carry out scientific research.
Further information are available in each Faculty computer laboratory.

Sport facilities

University Sports Centre - C. U. S.

e-mail: segreteria@cusparma.it

Secretary’s Office Hours:

from Monday to Friday: 10.30 a. m. - 6.30 p. m. (no lunchtime closure)

Physical activity is an integral part of education. The University of Parma thus provides opportunities to combine sport with study through its CUS.
The University CUS manages the sport facilities, amateur and competitive sports activities, and provides sports services to the students of the University of Parma.
Each year, the University of Parma CUS organises preparatory training sessions for various sports - horse-riding, aerobics, gymnastics, golf, swimming, volleyball, basketball, pre-skiing exercises, body building, tennis, martial arts, modern and Latin American dancing, athletics, fencing, archery, rugby, table tennis, and triathlon, as well as a number of tournaments reserved to students - five-a-side football, volleyball, basketball, tennis, seven-a-side rugby, fencing, golf, beach volleyball, athletics, and table tennis.
The University of Parma CUS organises its own amateur and competitive sports events. Several inter-faculty tournaments are organised for both individual and team sports during each academic year. Competition-wise, the University of Parma CUS competes in National University Championships (organised by CUSI - Centro Universitario Sportivo Italiano, Italian University Sports Centre), obtaining excellent results each year, as well as in championships organised by the various sports leagues. The events it organises are of local and national importance, both in the university field and for the promotion of sport in general. A large number of activities are organised for the disabled - not limited to those attending the university - and for events other than sport.
Last but not least, the University of Parma CUS plans sports activities in collaboration with Italian and Foreign Universities, with a view to promoting sports & cultural exchanges between its students and those from other universities.

Students associations

The University promotes cultural, sports and recreation activities among students, and also includes some students’ associations.
Each year, the Board of Directors approves the financing of cultural and social events involving the students.
The following categories may apply for financing:

associations that have Representatives in Faculty or Course Councils;
student Associations officially established in the University (with at least 50 members);
freely-established Groups able to collect the signatures of at least 50 students.

The associations below are independently directed.
The University updates this list using data provided by the associations, and does not have any responsibility for the content and completeness of the information indicated.

A.C.P.P. - Associazione dei Camerunensi a Parma e Provincia
- Nsoga Nicolas Yannick J - email: bureau@acpparma.net
- Via Don Ramiro Tonani, 9 - 43124 Parma
- Phone 0039 0521 1802100
A.I.S.A. - Associazione Italiana Scienze Ambientali
- email: aisaparma@yahoo.it
- Parco Area delle Scienze, 31/A - c/o Dip. Scienze Ambientali
- Phone 0039 0521 905694
ARSE - Associaz. Per la ricerca e lo sviluppo nell'enogastronomia
- Benenati Vincenzo - email: vincenzo.benenati@studenti.unipr.it
- V.le G. P. Usberti - c/o Faculty of Agriculture
E.S.N. ASSI Parma - Erasmus Student Network
- email: assi@unipr.it
- Via Università, 12 - c/o International Student Exchanges Services
- Phone 0039 0521 034679 - Fax 0039 0521 034353
Camerunensi
- Aversa Gianfranco - email: curiosando2006@hotmail.it
- Borgo Piccinnini, 7 - Parma
Economisti Senza Frontiere
- Baroni Cinzia - email: c.baro@tin.it
- Via Kennedy, 6 - 43124 Parma
F.U.C.I.
- Nebbi Claudia - email: fuci.parma@gmail.com
- V.lo Vescovado, 1/A - 43121 Parma
- Phone 0039 0521 282869
La Galleria dei Pensieri
- Losito Esmeralda - email: ipensieri@libero.it
- Via I due Foscari, 1 - 43031 Baganzola (PR)
Il Mattone
- email: coordstud.ilmattone@libero.it
- Via del taglio, 8 - c/o Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Phone 0039 0521 902802
Segni di Segni
- Gattara Alessandro - email: gattara.a@gmail.com - segnidegni@gmail.com
- Strada Grande, 1 - Fontanelle di Roccabianca (PR)
Segretariato Italiano Studenti Medicina
- Consuelo De Biase - email: sismparma@gmail.com - lorplocale@sism.org
- Via Gramsci, 14 - c/o Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Sinistra Studentesca Universitaria
- Piera Rovito - email: unileft@gmail.com
- Via Costituente, 39 - c/o Sinistra Giovanile - Parma
- Phone 0039 0521 234139
Student Office
- email: info@studentofficeparma.it - webmaster@studentofficeparma.it
- Parco Area delle Scienze, 33/A - c/o Faculty of Engineering
- Via Gramsci, 14 - c/o Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
UDU Parma
- email: uduparma@gmail.com
- Parco Area delle Scienze, 69/a - c/o Faculty of Engineering
Ultimo Appello
- email: ultimoappello@edicta.net
- Strada Mulattiera Inferiore, 86 - 43010 - Fontana
- Phone 0039 0521 674142
Vita Indipendente Parma
- Tavella Ivan - email: vitaindipendentepr@libero.it
- V.lo Dei Mulini, 5 - c/o Servizio Disabili e Fasce Deboli - Parma

Health Services

The National Health Service provides a number of free or payment (ticket) services to both Italian and foreign citizens, through public structures or agreements with private structures.
Parma is served by a public hospital and private clinics.
All the students citizens of the European Union in order to be entitled to National Health Assistance should have the new European Health Insurance Card.

How to be entitled to health assistance - Health Service registration

Those registered with the National Health Service (SSN = Servizio Sanitario Nazionale) will receive a health card. This document is personal and entitles its holder to health assistance (e.g. medical examinations, laboratory tests, hospital admissions). On registering, the applicant chooses a general practitioner or pediatrician, the name of whom will appear on the health card. Registering with the National Health Service (SSN) is free of charge.
For foreign citizens, the health card has the same duration as the residence permit.
To register with the National Health Service, the citizen must apply to the Health Services District (USL) of the area in which he/she is resident, presenting a personal identity document, residence permit and self-certification of residence.
For foreign citizens from outside the European Union currently regularizing their position, thanks to the introduction of legislation covering the emergence of undeclared work, the Emilia-Romagna Regional Authorities guarantee the same health assistance as that to which foreign citizens already engaged in registered employment activities are entitled. The Health Services of the area of residence issue a temporary (6 months), renewable, health card attesting to registration, valid until the procedure for issuing the residence permit has been completed. Special legislation governs health assistance to foreign citizens staying in Italy on a temporary basis for reasons linked to tourism, study or work, and to Italian citizens resident abroad returning to Italy on a temporary basis, again for reasons linked to tourism, study or work. The legislation governing health assistance for foreign citizens residing temporarily in Italy differ depending on whether they concern:

foreign citizens from the EU resident or domiciled in Italy since at least 3 months;
citizens resident in countries outside of the EU that have signed bilateral agreements with Italy and holders of health insurance policies stipulated in the Countries of residence;
foreign citizens residing in Italy on a temporary basis for study or for au pair employment;
foreign citizens with residence permit;
foreign citizens from countries outside of the European Union with tourist visa;
foreign citizens coming to Italy for medical treatment.

Foreign citizens from the EU, resident or domiciled in Italy

All European Union citizens whose permanent residence is in Italy have the same rights as Italian citizens. These benefits are extended to family members from outside the European Union who have the right to stay in the country (Legislative Decree 2/2007, implementing Community Directive 38/2004). Three months after their entry into Italy, foreign European Union citizens must enrol onto the records of the Municipality of residence. They will then be compulsorily registered for the National Health Service, and consequently they will be able choose their family doctor and / or paediatrician for their children (for citizens domiciled in Italy but not yet with permanent residence, registration with the National health service lasts for one year). Registration is performed direct at the offices of the local health authority for the place of residence.

Foreign citizens temporarily resident in Italy for reasons connected with study or au pair employment

There are special regulations regarding services provided for foreign citizens present in Italy on a temporary basis, for tourism, study or work, and likewise for Italian citizens resident abroad who return temporarily to Italy, again for tourism, study or work.
The regulations concerning services for foreign citizens present in Italy on a temporary basis vary according to the categories of citizens to whom they apply:

European Union citizens staying in Italy for less than three months (they are guaranteed health services as necessary);
citizens from countries outside the European Union with which there are bilateral agreements with Italy, and citizens holding health insurance in their countries of residence (they are guaranteed health services as specified in the agreements);
citizens from countries outside the European Union for study or for au pair employment (voluntary registration with the Regional health service, on paying a fee, and receiving the health card whose duration covers the respective calendar year);
foreign citizens holding a permit of stay (registration to the Regional health service, issue of health card);
foreign citizens from countries outside the European Union holding a tourist visa (all health services are guaranteed, on payment, according to prices);
foreign citizens entering Italy for medical treatment (treatment is guaranteed, as long as the entry visa has been issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate in the country of origin, and a permit of stay for medical treatment has been issued by the Questura – Police headquarters).