Salerno University
| University of Salerno | |
|---|---|
| Università degli Studi di Salerno | |
| Latin: Hippocratica Civitas Studium Salerni | |
| Established | 1968 |
| Type | State-supported |
| Rector | Prof. Raimondo Pasquino |
| Students | 40,000 |
| Location | Salerno, Italy |
| Sports teams | CUS Salerno |
| Website | www.unisa.it |
The University of Salerno is a university located in Salerno, Italy. It is organized in 10 Faculties. Its main campus is located in Fisciano, other faculties in Baronissi.
History
Salerno, a city in which, as Michelet said, “emperors, kings, popes, and the richest barons all had their own doctor”, developed during the Middle Ages around its prestigious School of Medicine. Previously, the town of Velia, a little south of Salerno, had a medical College with a school of medicine, which was established in Greek and Roman times. Many important men, such as Paulus Emilius, Cicero, Brutus, and perhaps even Horace and Augustus, had had villas built while staying in Velia for therapeutic reasons.
The barbarian invasions following the fall of the Roman Empire caused the last doctors from Velia to move to the neighbouring city of Salerno. The philosophical and scientific tradition of medical studies carried on there, in the form of a free and autonomous guild of erudite men, a College of masters, which became the first nucleus of the Salernitan Studium, later to be used as a model for other European universities.
The Salerno Medical School reached the height of its glory between the 10th and 13th centuries, especially due to the contribution of Alphanus of Salerno and Constantine the African, who deemed Salerno worthy of the name of “City of Hippocrates” (Hippocratica Civitas), after the well-known Greek physician and mathematician.
People from all over the world came to the Salerno School, sick people hoping to recover, or apprentices wishing to learn medical skills. Its fame became international, as proved by historiographical testimonies as well as the Salernitan manuscripts present in many libraries in Europe.
The School kept the Greek and Latin medical heritage alive, combining it harmoniously with the Arabic and Hebrew traditions. This combination of different cultures led to a wider medical knowledge and is illustrated by the legend which credits the foundation of the School to four masters: Helinus the Jew, Pontus the Greek, Adela the Arab, and Salernus the Roman.
In the School, besides medicine, which was studied and practised by women too, philosophy, theology and law were taught.
The “Giovanni Cuomo” University Institute of Education, founded in 1944 was therefore set up with this renowned and ancient tradition in mind.
In 1968 this institute became a State university, the University of Salerno, and it has since seen a great increase in student numbers.
Organization
The University of Salerno offers a wide range of degrees in 10 faculties:
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Education Science
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Natural Science, Mathematics, Physics
- Faculty of Pharmaceutics
- Faculty of Political Science
The University of Salerno is one of the most important universities in southern Italy. The Fisciano and Baronissi campuses, located in the picturesque environment of the Irno valley, are equipped with all the best services and infrastructure necessary for carrying out university activities to the highest standards.
The “Eduardo R. Caianello” Library offers students over 400.000 volumes and constitutes one of the major collections of books in Italy. The university of Salerno was a great advancement for europe.
The libraries, the Language Centre, the museum, the laboratories, the restaurants, the coffee bars, the sports facilities and other meeting places available to students and staff, complete the picture of the University, whose aim is to distinguish itself not only for the quality of its teaching and professional training, but also for the efficiency of its services and the pleasantness of its surroundings.
Today over 40.000 students study at the Fisciano and Baronissi Campuses in one of the University’s ten faculties: Science, Medicine and Surgery, Economy, Law, Engineering, Arts and Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Education Science, and Political Science.
During the academic year many cultural and artistic events take place involving both students and staff, adding life to the Campus.
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Sight from one of the Engineering lecture halls -
Sight from the refectory of Fisciano
Course organization
The University of Salerno is made up of then ten Faculties: Economics and Business, Pharmacy, Law, Engineering, Arts and Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Medicine, Education, Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences , Political science.The faculties are organised into different subject areas, each offering a number of degree courses. The different departments of the University have the role of promoting and developing research. The departments are also where lecturers are based and where they meet students. Courses are held on a semester basis, in the first or second semester, from October to December and from March to June. The classrooms are equipped with modern multimedia systems; a number of laboratories are also available for practical work. Erasmus students, whatever their chosen areas of study, may attend any course offered by the University of Salerno and sit the relative exams, which are marked under the ECTS scheme, in which students are given credits for exams taken.
Courses are held in two terms, from October to December and from March to June. Classrooms provide a highly technologi- cal system and many laboratories.
At the end of every course an oral test is organised in order to assess students' competences. Credits are attributed to the stu- dents after the overtaking of the exam and are independent from the grade. The ECTS is also used to evaluate activities that do not require an assessment ( internships, stages, etc.).
Exam sessions are usually held in January, February and March for the 1st semester and in June, July and September for the 2nd semester. The results of the exams passed by Erasmus students is represented by a mark based on the national system (in Italy marks are out of 30, with 18 as the pass mark).
Dates of courses and exams may be different from each faculty.
Departments
- Department of Public Law and Theory and History of the Institutions
Head - Prof. Luigi Kalb
email: lkalb@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/ddptsi/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/ddptsi/english/index - Department of Individual Rigths and Comparation
Head - Prof. Elvira Autorino
email: eautorino@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_diritti_della_persona_e_comparazione/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_diritti_della_persona_e_comparazione//english/index
- Department of Chemistry and Biology
Head - Claudio Pellecchia
email: cpellecchia@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_chimica_e_biologia/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_chimica_e_biologia/english/index - Department of Physics
Head - Prof. Mario Fusco Girard
email: mfuscogirard@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_fisica/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_fisica/english/index - Department of Computer Science
Head - Prof. Alberto Negro
email: alberto@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_informatica/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_informatica/english/index - Department of Civil Engineering
Head - Prof. Luigi Ascione
email: direzione_diciv@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.diciv.unisa.it/Web site (English): http://www.diciv.unisa.it/en/index - Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Head - Prof. Mario Vento
email: mvento@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.dieii.unisa.itWeb site (English): http://www.dieii.unisa.it/english/index - Department of Industrial Engineering
Head - Prof. Stefano Riemma
email: riemma@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.diin.unisa.it/Web site (English): http://www.diin.unisa.it/diin_en/index_en - Department of Mathematics
Head - Prof. Antonio Di Nola
email: adinola@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.dipmat.unisa.it/Web site (English):http://www.dipmat.unisa.it//english/index - Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences
Head - Prof. Mauro Menichetti
email: mmenichetti@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_del_patrimonio_culturale/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_del_patrimonio_culturale/english/index - Department of Economics and Statistics
Head - Prof. Cira Perna
email: perna@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.dises.unisa.it/Web site (English): http://www.dises.unisa.it/english/index - Department of BioMedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Head - Prof. Aldo Pinto
email: pintoal@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_farmaceutiche_e_biomediche/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_farmaceutiche_e_biomediche/english/index - Department of Political, Social and Media Sciences
Head - Prof. Annibale Elia
email: elia@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_politiche_sociali_e_della_comunicazione/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_politiche_sociali_e_della_comunicazione/english/index - Department of Humanities, Philosophy and Education
Head - Prof. Natale Ammaturo
email: ammaturo@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_umane_filosofiche_e_della_formazione/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_scienze_umane_filosofiche_e_della_formazione/english/index - Department of Business Studies and Research
Head - Prof. Aurelio Tommasetti
email: tommasetti@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_studi_e_ricerche_aziendali/indexWeb site (English): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_studi_e_ricerche_aziendali/english/index - Department of International Studies for Law and Market Ethic
Head - Prof. Giovanni Capo
email: gcapo@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_studi_internazionali_di_diritto_ed_etica_dei_mercati/indexWeb site (English):http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_studi_internazionali_di_diritto_ed_etica_dei_mercati/english/index - Department of the Humanities (Philology, Literature, Languages, History)
Head - Prof. Sebastiano Martelli
email: smartell@unisa.it
Web site (Italian): http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_studi_umanistici/indexWeb site (English):http://www.unisa.it/dipartimenti/dip_studi_umanistici/english/index
Libraries
"Edoardo R. Caianello" Library
library holds around 450.000 books and 5.000 journals, of which 3.000 are regularly subscribed to. The books are arranged in an open-stack system, giving readers free access to the collections and to the 18 reading rooms (divided by subject-area), in which students may either work alone or discuss in groups. The integrated catalogue, fully computerized using Aleph software, includes over 310,000 bibliographical items: it may be consulted online or at the self-service desks in the Catalogue room. Recently a new link has been set up (by clicking biblioteche on the university web site), which gives access to other resources, document delivery services and information about aids to bibliographical research both national andinternational (opac, metaopac, online collections, etc.). A multimedial room with twelve workstations is open to the public, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 1 pm.
Science Library
The library (situated at the Baronissi campus) holds books dealing with the Sciences. It holds 40.000 books and 370 current periodicals. This library also offers free online consultation of books and journals, both Italian and foreign, useful to students studying in this area. The library has two reading rooms.
Opening hours
Consultation rooms:
Monday-Friday 8.30/19.00
Loan:
Monday-Friday 9.00/12.30; 14.30/16.50
Journal consultation rooms:
Monday-Thursday 8.30/17.20;
Friday 8.30/13.30
Returning and certificates:
Monday-Friday 8.30/17.20
Centre of European documentation and online services:
Monday-Thursday 9.00/12.30; 15.00/17.20
Friday 9.00/12.30
References:
Monday-Friday ore 9.00/17.00
Language Centre
The language centre organises courses and practice sessions for the teaching of foreign languages in its multimedia and audiovisual rooms, either with a teacher or on a self-access basis.Computer rooms are available to international students here.
The language centre is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm.
Computers and Internet
All international students have free access to internet through the Campus WLAN.Computer rooms are situated in many laboratories and in the Language Centre.
Theatre
The theatre can seat 300 and it is fitted with the most up-to-date theatrical and acoustic equipment.Foreign students may also take part free of charge in the Drama School.
This takes place from October through March, twice a week from 2 pm to 6 pm.
"Auditions" for admission to the school will be held on October 15.
Sport
The university has a sports centre, run by the C.U.S. (Centro Universitario Sportivo) enabling students to exercise on campus.The Fisciano campus offers:
- a covered swimming pool
- two five-a-side astroturf football grounds
- a hard tennis court
- an astroturf ground for different sports complete with changing-rooms
- a cycling and running track
- two "Pilotis" gyms for such activities as Aerobics, Step aerobics, Body
- a sports hall with a 1200 square metre surface for Aerobics, Step aerobics,
- an open air basket ball ground
In Salerno there are also various public and private sports centres, some of which have agreements with the CUS as to prices. These offer activities such as athletics, football, volley ball, basket ball, swimming, roller skating, fencing, archery....
Photo of University
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