Ferrara University
| University of Ferrara | |
|---|---|
| Università degli Studi di Ferrara | |
 | |
| Motto | In labore fructum |
| Established | 1391 |
| Type | State-supported |
| Rector | Prof. Pasquale Nappi |
| Admin. staff | 600 |
| Students | 20,823 (2006) |
| Location | Ferrara, Italy |
| Sports teams | CUS Ferrara |
| Website | www.unife.it |
The University of Ferrara is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy. Today there are approximately 12,000 students enrolled at the University of Ferrara with nearly 400 degrees granted each year. The teaching staff number 600, including 223 researchers. It is organized into 8 Faculties.
History
The University of Ferrara was founded on March 4, 1391 by Marquis Alberto V D'Este with the permission of Pope Boniface IX. The Studium Generale was inaugurated on St. Luke's Day (October 18) of that year with courses in law, arts and theology. After the unification of Italy, Ferrara University became a free university with faculties of Law and Mathematics, a three-year course in Medicine (reduced to two years in 1863-64), as well as Schools of Veterinary Medicine (abolished in 1876), Pharmacy, and for public Notaries.
After World War II, it started to be state-supported and this allowed the opening of many faculties and research departments. The most remarkable growth took place between the '70s and the '80s, when Prof. Antonio Rossi was in charge of it as Rector.
Some notable instructors include:
- Giovanni Bianchini, professor of astronomy
- Cesare Cremonini, professor of natural philosophy between 1573 and 1590
A brief history of Ferrara University
The foundation
The University of Ferrara is one of the oldest in Italy. It was founded in 1391 by Alberto V, Marquis of Este, and granted by Pope Boniface IX.
The University of Ferrara is one of the oldest in Italy. It was founded in 1391 by Alberto V, Marquis of Este, and granted by Pope Boniface IX.
The origins
The earliest courses were in the arts, theology and law and from the very beginning it attracted well-known teachers. These included Bartolomeo of Saliceto, "Prince of the jurists", and Guarino of Verona, who had Enea Silvio Piccolomini (the future Pope Pious II) among his pupils.
The earliest courses were in the arts, theology and law and from the very beginning it attracted well-known teachers. These included Bartolomeo of Saliceto, "Prince of the jurists", and Guarino of Verona, who had Enea Silvio Piccolomini (the future Pope Pious II) among his pupils.
The 15th and 16th centuries
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the University witnessed the splendour of the city, as it developed into one of the most important cultural centres of the Italian Renaissance. In this period, the fame of the Este University was enriched by the presence of many great intellectuals. Among them were the Portuguese botanist Amato Lusitano; Copernicus’ teacher, Domenico Maria Novara; and Celio Calcagnini, the mathematician, man of letters, poet, philosopher and jurist.
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the University witnessed the splendour of the city, as it developed into one of the most important cultural centres of the Italian Renaissance. In this period, the fame of the Este University was enriched by the presence of many great intellectuals. Among them were the Portuguese botanist Amato Lusitano; Copernicus’ teacher, Domenico Maria Novara; and Celio Calcagnini, the mathematician, man of letters, poet, philosopher and jurist.
In 1598, Ferrara came under the control of the Papal States and the University underwent the reforms and changes required by the Papacy. Alternating periods of crisis and difficulty followed, due to a gradual decline in student numbers. It was only in 1771 that reformatory measures established a financial endowment and a permanent administrative structure for the University.
After the French Revolution
When the French Revolution occurred, the University gained importance and the professors were called up by the city authorities. The University of Ferrara took an active part in the Cispadana Republic and in 1797 it became the fi rst European university with a course in constitutional law. In 1803, the University was changed into a secondary school due to the extremely low number of students. It had to wait until after the Restoration to resume its university status. At this time there were three faculties: Law, Mathematics and Medicine, and three schools: Notary, Pharmacy and Obstetrics.
When the French Revolution occurred, the University gained importance and the professors were called up by the city authorities. The University of Ferrara took an active part in the Cispadana Republic and in 1797 it became the fi rst European university with a course in constitutional law. In 1803, the University was changed into a secondary school due to the extremely low number of students. It had to wait until after the Restoration to resume its university status. At this time there were three faculties: Law, Mathematics and Medicine, and three schools: Notary, Pharmacy and Obstetrics.
The 20th century
At the beginning of the 20th century, the University of Ferrara had over 500 students, marking it as the most popular of the independent Italian universities. During the Fascist period, in 1934, the school of Pharmacy was upgraded to a Faculty.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the University of Ferrara had over 500 students, marking it as the most popular of the independent Italian universities. During the Fascist period, in 1934, the school of Pharmacy was upgraded to a Faculty.
This added to the three existing faculties of Law, Medicine and Surgery, and Science.
After the Second World War, all Italian universities underwent major changes, linked to the gradual increase in students and the creation of new Faculties.
Between 1968 and 1969, the Faculty of Education was opened. This was subsequently renamed Literature and Philosophy. Thus we reach a total of five Faculties with thirteen degree courses, to which we must add the two-year engineering course.
The most recent expansion took place during the ‘90s, with the opening of three new Faculties: Architecture, Engineering and Economics.
Organization
These are the 8 faculties which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Pharmacy
As of 2008, there are 16 PhD courses, organized around a special Institute for Advanced Studies, IUSS-Ferrara 1391.
Generally speaking, research departments do not coincide with faculties (as is usual in Italy). Specifically, literature, history, philosophy are independent of one another. Furthermore, biologists, physicists, and geologists work in different institutions. Medical research is carried out in cooperation with the city hospital, which offers some of its buildings for use as a teaching hospital.
Famous alumni
- Theodorus Gaza
- Amato Lusitano
- William Latimer
- Massimo Pigliucci
- Nicolaus Copernicus Received Diploma as Doctor of Canon Law
- Paracelsus
- Girolamo Savonarola, OP
- Ludovico Ariosto
Courses
- Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch)
- Physics (B.Sc)
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
- Mathematics (B.Sc.)
- Bachelor of Industrial Pharmacy
- Biological Sciences (B.Sc)
- Bachelor of Operator in Legal Services
- Computer Science (B.Sc)
- Bachelor of Civil and Enviromental Engineering
- Master of Computer Science
- Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
- Physics (M.Sc.)
- Bachelor of Information Engineering (Automation, Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications)
- Mathematics (M.Sc.)
- Master of Civil Engineering
- Biomolecular and Cellular Science (M.Sc)
- Master of Engineering and Technologies for the Telecommunications and Electronics
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
- Master of Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy
- Master of Computer Science and Automatic Engineering
- Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
- Master of Engineering for the Environment and Territory
- Master of Nursing Sciences and Midwifery
- Master of Material Engineering
- Master of Sciences for Technical-Diagnostic Health
- Chemistry (B.Sc.)
Faculties
- Presentation of the Faculties
- Faculties and degree programmes: websites (only available in Italian)
- First and second cycle degree programmes
- Some pictures
Departments
Most sites are in Italian only
Architecture
Via Quartieri 8
Tel: +39 0532 293600
Fax:+39 0532 293611
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Via L. Borsari 46
Tel: +39 0532 455420
Fax:+39 0532 202723
Biology and evolution
Via L. Borsari 46
Tel: +39 0532 455333/455314
Fax: +39 0532 249761
Chemistry
Via L. Borsari 46
Tel: +39 0532 455120
Fax:+39 0532 240709
Medico-Surgical Disciplines of Communication and Behaviour
Corso Giovecca 203
Tel: +39 0532 205525/236304
Fax:+39 0532 205525
Economics, Institutions, Territory
Via Voltapaletto 11
Tel: +39 0532 455006
Fax:+39 0532 455005
Physics
Via Paradiso 12
Tel: +39 0532 974211
Fax:+39 0532 974210
Engineering
Via Saragat 1
Tel: +39 0532 974800
Fax:+39 0532 974850
Mathematics
Via Machiavelli 35
Tel: +39 0532 974002
Fax:+39 0532 974003
Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19
Tel: +39 0532 455203
Fax:+39 0532 455205
Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine
Via Fossato di Mortara 64/b
Tel: +39 0532 455750
Fax:+39 0532 202723
Morphology and Embriology
Via Fossato di Mortara 64/b
Tel: +39 0532 455533
Fax:+39 0532 291533
Biomedical Scienze and Advanced Therapies
Corso Giovecca 203
Tel: +39 0532 236984
Fax:+39 0532 212142
Surgical, Anaesthetic and Radiological Sciences
Corso Giovecca 203
Tel: +39 0532 205780
Fax:+39 0532 207653
Earth Sciences
Via Saragat 1
Tel: +39 0532 974717
Fax:+39 0532 974767
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Via Fossato di Mortara 17/19
Tel: +39 0532 455200
Fax:+39 0532 455953
Legal Sciences
Corso Ercole I d’Este 37
Tel: +39 0532 455651
Fax:+39 0532 200188
Historical Sciences
Via Savonarola 38
Tel: +39 0532 455229
Fax:+39 0532 455234
Human Sciences
Via Savonarola 38
Tel: +39 0532 293416
Fax:+39 0532 293508
We also recommend to check notices about different opening times in the News and events webpage of every library.
Administration:
President: Prof.ssa Paola Zanardi
Vice President: Prof. Massimo Coltorti
Management Council
Council of Macro-areas
Minutes
Architecture
Via Quartieri 8
Tel: +39 0532 293600
Fax:+39 0532 293611
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Via L. Borsari 46
Tel: +39 0532 455420
Fax:+39 0532 202723
Biology and evolution
Via L. Borsari 46
Tel: +39 0532 455333/455314
Fax: +39 0532 249761
Chemistry
Via L. Borsari 46
Tel: +39 0532 455120
Fax:+39 0532 240709
Medico-Surgical Disciplines of Communication and Behaviour
Corso Giovecca 203
Tel: +39 0532 205525/236304
Fax:+39 0532 205525
Economics, Institutions, Territory
Via Voltapaletto 11
Tel: +39 0532 455006
Fax:+39 0532 455005
Physics
Via Paradiso 12
Tel: +39 0532 974211
Fax:+39 0532 974210
Engineering
Via Saragat 1
Tel: +39 0532 974800
Fax:+39 0532 974850
Mathematics
Via Machiavelli 35
Tel: +39 0532 974002
Fax:+39 0532 974003
Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19
Tel: +39 0532 455203
Fax:+39 0532 455205
Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine
Via Fossato di Mortara 64/b
Tel: +39 0532 455750
Fax:+39 0532 202723
Morphology and Embriology
Via Fossato di Mortara 64/b
Tel: +39 0532 455533
Fax:+39 0532 291533
Biomedical Scienze and Advanced Therapies
Corso Giovecca 203
Tel: +39 0532 236984
Fax:+39 0532 212142
Surgical, Anaesthetic and Radiological Sciences
Corso Giovecca 203
Tel: +39 0532 205780
Fax:+39 0532 207653
Earth Sciences
Via Saragat 1
Tel: +39 0532 974717
Fax:+39 0532 974767
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Via Fossato di Mortara 17/19
Tel: +39 0532 455200
Fax:+39 0532 455953
Legal Sciences
Corso Ercole I d’Este 37
Tel: +39 0532 455651
Fax:+39 0532 200188
Historical Sciences
Via Savonarola 38
Tel: +39 0532 455229
Fax:+39 0532 455234
Human Sciences
Via Savonarola 38
Tel: +39 0532 293416
Fax:+39 0532 293508
Library
Academic library location ad opening times
University libraries are organized in three Groups and are open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday, to all students, teaching staff and university employees for loans and reference services.
Please, see the Holiday Schedule & Closing 2012 for the Unife libraries.We also recommend to check notices about different opening times in the News and events webpage of every library.
Social Sciences and Humanities Libraries
Economics Library, via Voltapaletto 11, tel: +39 0532455014/5
Law Library, corso Ercole I d'Este 37, tel: +39 0532455621
Humanities Library, via G. Savonarola 27, tel: +39 0532293417/123
Due to severe damages caused by the earthquake of May 20th, the Humanities Library is CLOSED.
European Communities Studies and Documentation Centre, corso Ercole I d'Este 44, tel: +39 0532455960
Science and Technology Libraries
Architecture Library, via Quartieri 8, tel: +39 0532293628
Science and Technology Library, via G. Saragat 1, tel: +39 0532974897
Due to severe damages caused by the earthquake of May 20th, the Humanities Library is CLOSED.
Mathematics Department Library, via N. Machiavelli 35,, tel: +39 0532974007
Due to severe damages caused by the earthquake of May 20th, the Humanities Library is CLOSED.
Bio-Medicine Libraries
Bio-chemical Library “Santa Maria delle Grazie”, via Fossato di Mortara 15/19, tel: +39 0532455301
Paediatrics Library, Corso della Giovecca 203, tel: +39 0532236768
University Library System (ULS)
The University Library System (ULS) was reorganized by a resolution of the Academic Senate on July 13th 2005 and by the Administrative Council of October 5th 2005.
The new organization is the result of the natural evolution undergone by the preceding structure that had developed a number of unresolved flaws and problems.
The governance of the ULS is today presided over by the delegate of the Rector’s Library representative. It is subdivided into three Councils, each responsible for a macro-area, designated by the Faculties and a Managerial Counsel composed of the President of Councils of the macro-area and a student representative.
The organizational plan of the ULS is however, organized by a general managerial structure and a library organizational structure, or service points, of macro-areas that compose the Departments of Libraries and Museums. Since January 1st 2009, the Departments are part of the Administrative Area. A greater attention to users, in particular students, the “clients” of the university system, and a rationalization of the resources and processes distinguish the new ULS of the University of Ferrara.
ULS RegulationsAdministration:
President: Prof.ssa Paola Zanardi
Vice President: Prof. Massimo Coltorti
Management Council
Council of Macro-areas
Minutes
Services
According to the Statutes on Library Activities and Services, set out in compliance with the principles listed in Ferrara Library Node Services Charter, the Libraries offer the following services:
. Reference assistance
. Books reading and borrowing
. Print journals reading
. Interlibrary loan and Document delivery
. Interlibro (interlibrary loan and document delivery of items located in the Province of Ferrara libraries)
. University Wi-Fi connection
. E-resources access
. Photocopying facilities
For specific services we suggest you check the webpages of each library.
Any infringement of the Statutes can be reported to the Library Head.
Users can also fill in the specific Form to make complaints or express opinions and suggestions in order to improve library services. Users are asked to hand in the completed Form to library staff or email it. The Library Head will contact the user within 30 days after receiving the complaint.
Department of Morphology and Embryology
Via Fossato di Mortara 66
Tel: +39 0532 291571
Fax: +39 0532 207351
Palaeontology and Prehistory Museum“Piero Leonardi”
Corso Ercole I d’Este 32
Tel: +39 0532 293731
Old Physical Science Apparatus
Department of Physics
Polo scientifico-tecnologico
Via Saragat 1
Tel: +39 0532 974211
Fax: +39 0532 974210
Botanical Garden
Department of Biology and Evolution
Corso Porta Mare 2
Tel: +39 0532 293782
Fax: +39 0532 208561
With its range of buildings, it constitutes an established part of the city’s sporting life. Every day it plays host to thousands of university students and other residents.Within the 40 hectares of Parco Urbano, students can take part in a wide variety of sporting activities, many of which are free. These include: gymnastics and general warm-up, circuit training, canoeing, tennis, golf, volleyball, basketball, rugby, track-and-field events, body building, body circuit training, assault course, triathlon and cycling.Every year, interfaculty tournaments are organised and teams also take part in national university championships in track-and-field events, basketball, soccer, 5-a-side soccer, volleyball, canoeing, rugby 7’s, golf and tennis.There is also the possibility of of having a holiday at privileged prices organised through CUS.
CUS FACILITIES (via Gramicia 41):• 4 gymnasia• 2 soccer pitches• 2 rugby pitches• a seven-a-side soccer pitch• a 5-a-side soccer pitch• an 18-hole golf course• a public swimming pool• a boating centre (via Darsena)• an assault course• beach volleyball and beach tennis courtsporting
. Reference assistance
. Books reading and borrowing
. Print journals reading
. Interlibrary loan and Document delivery
. Interlibro (interlibrary loan and document delivery of items located in the Province of Ferrara libraries)
. University Wi-Fi connection
. E-resources access
. Photocopying facilities
For specific services we suggest you check the webpages of each library.
Any infringement of the Statutes can be reported to the Library Head.
Users can also fill in the specific Form to make complaints or express opinions and suggestions in order to improve library services. Users are asked to hand in the completed Form to library staff or email it. The Library Head will contact the user within 30 days after receiving the complaint.
Museums
Anatomy Museum “G. Tumiati”Department of Morphology and Embryology
Via Fossato di Mortara 66
Tel: +39 0532 291571
Fax: +39 0532 207351
Palaeontology and Prehistory Museum“Piero Leonardi”
Corso Ercole I d’Este 32
Tel: +39 0532 293731
Old Physical Science Apparatus
Department of Physics
Polo scientifico-tecnologico
Via Saragat 1
Tel: +39 0532 974211
Fax: +39 0532 974210
Botanical Garden
Department of Biology and Evolution
Corso Porta Mare 2
Tel: +39 0532 293782
Fax: +39 0532 208561
Sports and Leisure
The University Sports Centre is situated in the delightful surroundings of Parco Urbano (Bassani Park) overlooking the city walls. It is just 500 metres from the historic centre of Ferrara, on the north side of the city.With its range of buildings, it constitutes an established part of the city’s sporting life. Every day it plays host to thousands of university students and other residents.Within the 40 hectares of Parco Urbano, students can take part in a wide variety of sporting activities, many of which are free. These include: gymnastics and general warm-up, circuit training, canoeing, tennis, golf, volleyball, basketball, rugby, track-and-field events, body building, body circuit training, assault course, triathlon and cycling.Every year, interfaculty tournaments are organised and teams also take part in national university championships in track-and-field events, basketball, soccer, 5-a-side soccer, volleyball, canoeing, rugby 7’s, golf and tennis.There is also the possibility of of having a holiday at privileged prices organised through CUS.
CUS FACILITIES (via Gramicia 41):• 4 gymnasia• 2 soccer pitches• 2 rugby pitches• a seven-a-side soccer pitch• a 5-a-side soccer pitch• an 18-hole golf course• a public swimming pool• a boating centre (via Darsena)• an assault course• beach volleyball and beach tennis courtsporting
Research
Research programmes and projects
- Economics, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Economics, Institutions, Territory (only available in Italian)
- Legal Sciences (only available in Italian)
- Historical Sciences (only available in Italian)
- Human Sciences (only available in Italian)
- Medicine and Biology
- Biology and evolution (only in Italian)
- Chemistry (only in Italian)
- Medico-Surgical Disciplines of Communication and Behaviour (only in Italian)
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine (only in Italian)
- Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine (only in Italian)
- Morphology and Embriology (only in Italian)
- Biomedical Science and Advanced Therapies (only in Italian)
- Surgical, Anaesthetic and Radiological Sciences (only in Italian)
- Pharmaceutical Sciences (only in Italian)
- Science and Technology
- Architecture (only in Italian)
- Physics (only in Italian)
- Engineering
- Mathematics (only in Italian)
- Earth Sciences (only in Italian)
Research and international collaboration
The CIVR (Comitato di Indirizzo per la Valutazione della Ricerca, or Directory Committee for the Evaluation of Research), according to a public report of 2007, has rated the University of Ferrara as the best Italian university for the applied exploitation of research. In order to produce these results, the CIVR has taken into consideration numerous data such as patents registered in Italy and abroad, the research collaborations between the university business and academic spin-offs.Starting in 2000, the University of Ferrara has collaborated across the faculties of economics, architecture, medicine, jurisprudence and engineering in the main industrial areas of China, that is, Guangdong, in research and experimentation with the Chinese universities and important local businesses. Collaborations have begun between the Faculty of Economics of Ferrara and the South China University of Technology, an agreement that has permitted the faculty in Ferrara to undertake a research project about the industry of Guangdong and has allowed the Faculty of Medicine to open in 2006 a permanent office near the Capital University of Medical Sciences of Beijing. This has allowed the implementation of a master’s degree of the second level in clinical Neurophysiology, with consent to the young Chinese neurologists, to expand the applied techniques and their studies of neuroscience. Institutions participating in the master’s program include the department of neurophysiology of the University of Ferraro, the Neurological institute of Milan and to Beijing.
Another active master’s program with its seat in Ferrara is that of the aesthetics and cosmetology signed to Canton through the Ferrara Center of Cosmetology and the Chinese academy Ginzza International Beauty and Hair Academy.
Photo of University
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