University of Palermo
| University of Palermo | |
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| founding | 1806 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Palermo , Italy |
| Rector | Fabrizio Micari |
| Students | approx. 50,000 (2006) |
| Employee | approx. 2,000 (2006) |
| Website | www.unipa.it |
The University of Palermo ( Italian : Università degli Studi di Palermo ) is a university based in the Sicilian capital Palermo . With around 50,000 students and 2,000 academic employees, it is one of the largest universities in Italy . Fabrizio Micari is the rector of the university.
The research facilities of the University of Palermo go back to a medical and law school from 1498, from the end of the 16th century until the expulsion from the Kingdom of Sicily in 1767, the Jesuits dominated the higher education in Palermo. In 1779 the Reale accademia degli studi (Royal Academy of Studies) was established, which in 1806 was expanded to become the Università reale degli studi (Royal University of Studies).
The university's branches ( Polo didattico ) can be found in Agrigento , Caltanissetta and Trapani .
Faculties
The university is currently divided into 12 faculties:
- Agricultural Sciences ( Facoltà di Agraria )
- Architecture ( Facoltà di Architettura )
- Economics ( Facoltà di Economia )
- Pharmacy ( Facoltà di Farmacia )
- Law ( Facoltà di Giurisprudenza )
- Engineering Sciences ( Facoltà di Ingegneria )
- Literature and Philosophy ( Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia )
- Medicine and Surgery ( Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia )
- Educational Science ( Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione )
- Mathematics , Physics and Natural Sciences ( Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali )
- Sports Science ( Facoltà di Scienze Motorie )
- Political Science ( Facoltà di Scienze Politiche )
University professor
- Adolf Holm (1830–1900), associate professor for history
- Antonio Salinas (1841–1914), lecturer in archeology
- Antonino Borzì (1852–1921), lecturer in botany
- Felix Braun (1885–1973), lecturer in literature
- Pirro Marconi (1897–1938), lecturer in archeology
- Biagio Pace (1889–1955), lecturer in archeology
- Emilio Segrè (1905–1989), director of the physics laboratories
See also
literature
- Orazio Cancila, Capitale senza “Studium”. L'insegnungo universitario a Palermo nell'età moderna . Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell'Università di Palermo, Palermo 2004 (Studi e ricerche, 38).
Web links
- Brief history at the Direzione generale degli Archivi des Ministero dei beni culturali
- History of the medical faculty
