University of Catania
| University of Catania | |
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| founding | 1434 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Catania , Italy |
| Rector | Francesco Basile |
| Students | 41,986 (2017) |
| Employee | 2 609 (2013) |
| Website | www.unict.it |
The University of Catania (Università degli studi di Catania) is a university in Italy . Founded in 1434, it is the oldest and largest university in Sicily .
Areas
The University of Catania is divided into five areas and further into departments and special didactic structures:
- Area medica - Scuola di medicina ( Medical area - School of Medicine)
- Area scientifica ( mathematical - natural science area)
- Area tecnico-scientifica (area of technical sciences)
- Area economica, politico-sociale e giuridica (area of economics , political science / sociology and jurisprudence )
- Area umanistica ( humanistic area)
Scuola Superiore
In 1998 the university founded the Scuola Superiore di Catania to promote particularly talented students .
additional
Former Benedictine monastery .
The main building of the university is the Palazzo dell'Università on Via Etnea . The seven sections of the Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche (Department of Humanistic Sciences) are housed in the former Benedictine monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena .
Personalities
- Donatella della Porta (* 1956), political scientist
- Angelo Maffucci (1847-1903), pathologist
- Giuseppe Mercalli (1850-1914), volcanologist
- Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), writer
See also
- Category: University Teachers (Catania)
- Consorzio ICoN , University Consortium for Italian Philology
Web links
Commons : University of Catania - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
