Sapienza University of Rome
Coordinates: 41°54′12″N 12°30′57″E / 41.90333°N 12.51583°E
Sapienza – Università di Roma (Italian) | |
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Latin: Studium Urbis | |
Motto | Il futuro è passato qui |
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Motto in English | The Future Has Passed Here |
Type | Public |
Established | 1303 |
Rector | Dr. Antonella Polimeni |
Administrative staff | 8,000 |
Students | 112,564[1] |
Location | Rome , Italy |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | [2] Pompeian red and gold [3] |
Athletics | CUS Roma |
Affiliations | European Spatial Development Planning, Partnership of a European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universities, CINECA, Santander Network, Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe, Mediterranean Universities Union. |
Website | uniroma1.it |
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The Sapienza University of Rome (Italian: Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza[4][a] or the University of Rome, is a research university that is located in Rome, Italy. Formally known as Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", it is one of the largest European universities by enrollments[5] and one of the oldest in history, founded in 1303. The University is one of the most prestigious Italian universities and in the world, commonly ranking first in national rankings and in Southern Europe.[6] In 2018, 2019 and 2021 it ranked first in the world for classics and ancient history.[7][8]
Most of the Italian ruling class studied at Sapienza.[9] Sapienza educated numerous notable alumni, including many Nobel laureates, Presidents of the European Parliament and European Commissioners, heads of several nations, notable religious figures, scientists and astronauts.[10] In September 2018, it was included in the top 100 of the QS World University Rankings Graduate Employability Ranking.[11]
History[]
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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,[12] making it the first pontifical university.
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 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, and 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. The first complete history of the Sapienza University was written in 1803–1806 by Filippo Maria Renazzi.[13]
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.
On 15 January 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[14] due to protests by some students and professors.[15] The title of the speech would have been 'The Truth Makes Us Good and Goodness is Truth'.[16] 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.[14]
Campuses[]
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Sapienza University has many campuses in Rome, but its main campus is the Città Universitaria (University city), which covers 44 ha (110 acres) near the Roma Tiburtina Station. The university has satellite campuses outside Rome, the main one 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.[17] To cope with the ever-increasing number of applicants, the Rector 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[18] (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 and Fondo Festa.
Points of interest[]
- 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 Engineering School
- : a Neo-Renaissance palace built during the 19th century, some rooms are decorated with fine frescoes. The Department of Philosophy is located in this building.
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. It offers 10 Masters Programmes taught entirely in English.
Ranking[]
University rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
ARWU World[19] | 151-200 (2020) |
CWUR World[20] | 114 (2020-2021) |
CWTS World[21] | 81 (2020) |
QS World[22] | 171 (2021) |
THE World[23] | 201–250 (2021) |
USNWR Global[24] | =114 (2021) |
As of the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Sapienza is positioned within the 151–200 group of universities and among the top 3% of universities in the world.[25][26]
In 2018, the subject Classics and Ancient history of Sapienza is ranked the 1st in the world by QS World University Rankings by subject.[27] As the same ranking, the subject Archaeology ranks the 9th.[28]
In 2016, the Center for World University Rankings ranked the Sapienza University of Rome as the 90th in the world and the top in Italy in its World University Rankings.[29]
According to the QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2020, Sapienza places first amongst Italian universities for the indicator on Alumni Outcomes thanks to the number of university graduates employed in large companies and in managerial positions.[30]
Admission[]
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 mean 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.
Notable people[]
Some of the notable alumni and professors[]
Picture | Alumni and professors | Academic degree | Note | Awards |
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Maria Montessori | Natural sciences | Founder of the Montessori method of education, regarded to be one of the most influential female physicians | |
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Federico Fellini | Law | One of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century | Academy Honorary Award, European Film Awards |
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Evangelista Torricelli | Physics | Inventor of the barometer. He made significant contributions in optics and on the method of indivisibles. | |
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Enrico Fermi | Physics | Physicist, colleague and close friend of Ettore Majorana. A key figure in the creation of the atomic bomb, he discovered: new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, controlled nuclear chain reaction. He is also known for the Fermi–Dirac statistics and the theory of beta decay | Nobel Prize in Physics (1938)[31] |
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Emilio Gino Segrè | Physics | Physicist, colleague and close friend of Ettore Majorana. A key figure in the creation of the atomic bomb, he helped discover the antiproton and the elements astatine, and technetium | Nobel Prize in Physics (1959) |
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Daniel Bovet | Psychobiology | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1957) for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1957) |
Ennio de Giorgi | Mathematics | Mathematician, who worked on partial differential equations. He solved Bernstein's problem about minimal surfaces. He solved Hilbert's nineteenth problem on the regularity of solutions of elliptic partial differential equation. | Caccioppoli Prize (1960), Wolf Prize (1990) | |
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Umberto Guidoni | Astrophysics | European Space Agency and Italian Space Agency astronaut (ESA/ASI) and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions | |
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Mario Draghi | Economics | Prime Minister of Italy (2021–present). President of the European Central Bank. Governor for Italy on the Boards of Governors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank. Ex governor of the Bank of Italy. Ex Italian Executive Director at the World Bank. Ex director general of the . Ex vice chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs International | |
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Sergio Balanzino | Law | Deputy Secretary General of NATO. Two times NATO General Secretary | |
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Antonio Tajani | Law | President of the European Parliament. Former European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship | |
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Federica Mogherini | Political Science | High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy | |
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Sergio Mattarella | Law | 12th President of Italy | |
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Vito Volterra | Mathematical physics | Mathematician and physicist, known for the theory of integral equations and the Lotka–Volterra equations | |
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Gabriele d'Annunzio | Literature | Poet, journalist, playwright, soldier, politician. He was part of the literary movement called the Decadent movement. | |
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Bernardo Bertolucci | Modern literature | Film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky and The Dreamers | 2 Nastro d'Argento Best Director, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, David di Donatello for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best Script, Golden Lion for his career at the Venice Film Festival, Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival |
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Charles Ponzi | Business (not completed) | Known for the fraudulent business scheme named after him, the Ponzi scheme | |
Enrico Giovannini | Economics, Statistics | Italian Minister of Labor and Social Policies, President of the Italian Statistical Institute (Istat). Chief Statistician and Director of the Statistics Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Professor of Economic Statistics. | ||
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke | Political Science | 1st Prime Minister of Somalia and 2nd President of Somalia | ||
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Luca Cordero di Montezemolo | Accounting | Chairman of Ferrari, president of Confindustria, president of Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV). He was also the Chairman of Fiat S.p.A. from 2004 to 2010. | |
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Ignazio Visco | Economics | Governor of the Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy) | |
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Massimiliano Fuksas | Architecture | Architect | Grand Prix d'Architecture Française (1999), Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française (2000), Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects (2002), Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2006) |
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Carlo Verdone | Modern literature | Prominent actor, screenwriter and film director. | |
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Paolo Gentiloni | Political Science | Italian Prime Minister from December 2016 to June 2018 | and European Commissioner in the Von der Leyen Commission since September 2019 |
Giorgio Gaja | Law | Elected in 2011 as a judge of the International Court of Justice | ||
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Pier Carlo Padoan | Economics | Deputy Secretary General at the OECD in Paris, and their chief economist. OECD 's G20 Finance Deputy, leads the initiatives 'Strategic Response', 'Green Growth' and 'Innovation'. Italy's finance minister | |
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Giuseppe Conte | Politics | Former Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the |
Faculty and staff[]
Among the prominent scholars who have taught at the Sapienza University of Rome are architects Ernesto Basile and Bruno Zevi; chemist Emanuele Paternò; jurists Antonio Salandra, Sabino Cassese and Giuliano Amato; mathematician Vito Volterra; pharmacologist and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Daniel Bovet; chemist and Nobel Laureate Giulio Natta; philosophers Luigi Ferri and Augusto Del Noce; physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics Enrico Fermi; political scientist Roberto Forges Davanzati
- Carlo Costamagna
- Cardinal Mazarin
- Mario Oriani-Ambrosini
- Corrado Gini, statistician
- Lucio Bini and Ugo Cerletti, psychiatrists
- Corrado Böhm, computer scientist
- Benedetto Castelli, mathematician
- Andrea Cesalpino, physician and botanist
- Federigo Enriques, mathematician
- Maria Montessori, physician and paedagogist
- Paola S. Timiras, biologist
- Barnaba Tortolini, mathematician
- Andrea Zitolo, physical-chemist
- Edoardo Amaldi
- Oscar D'Agostino
- Ettore Majorana
- Bruno Pontecorvo
- Franco Rasetti
- Giovanni Battista Beccaria
- Giovanni Jona-Lasinio
- Luciano Maiani
- Domenico Pacini
- Antonio Signorini
- Nicola Cabibbo, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Cora Sternberg
- Carlo Franzinetti, physicist
- Alessandro Piccolo (agricultural scientist), Professor at University of Naples Federico II, Humboldt Prize in Chemistry
- Bruno Luiselli, professor emeritus of Latin literature, studied the Barbarian.[32]
Humanities[]
- , Author, journalist
- Anna Maria Bisi, archaeologist
- Cesare Borgia, Cardinal, condottiero and politician of the 15th century
- 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 Matvejević, 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
- Diego Laynez, second general of the Society of Jesus;
- Giulio Mazzarino, politician and cardinal
- Alessandro Roncaglia, economist
- Giulio Salvadori, literary critic and poet
- Giuseppe Scaraffia, literary critic
- Ugo Spirito, philosopher
- Giuseppe Ungaretti, poet
- Bernardino Varisco, philosopher
- Musine Kokalari, Albanian writer
Collaboration[]
The University entered into a collaboration with the Bahraini government and established the King Hamad Chair in Interfaith Dialogue and Peaceful co-existence in November 2018. The chair was established for entailing direct funding from the Bahraini government to La Sapienza.[33] In July 2021 Italian MP Laura Boldrini and chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights wrote a letter criticizing the collaboration. In her letter, Boldrini stressed the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The letter was a follow-up to a hearing that took place on 14 June 2021, addressing the systematic violation of human rights, the death penalty, and the condition of detention of the prisoners of conscience in the country. Boldrini drew a contrast between the values of Bahrain and that of a democracy, like Italy.[34][35]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Pronounced [saˈpjɛntsa]; Italian for 'knowledge' or 'wisdom'.
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External links[]
- (in Italian) Sapienza University of Rome Italian Website
- Sapienza University of Rome English Website
- Sapienza University of Rome
- 1303 establishments in Europe
- 14th-century establishments in the Papal States
- Educational institutions established in the 14th century
- Universities and colleges in Rome
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