University of Padua
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Template:Infobox University Image:GymnasivmPatavinvm.jpg The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) located in Padua, Italy was founded in 1222. It is among the earliest of the European universities and the second oldest in Italy. As of 2003 the university had approximately 65,000 students.
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History
The university was founded in 1222 when a large group of students and professors left the University of Bologna in search of more academic freedom.
The first subjects to be taught were jurisprudence and theology. The curriculum expanded rapidly, however and by 1399 the institution had divided in two: a Universitas Iuristarum for civil law, canon law, and theology, and a Universitas Artistarum which taught astronomy, dialectic, philosophy, grammar, medicine, and rhetoric. (The two were only reunited into one university in 1813.)
The student body was divided into groups known as ‘nations’ which reflected their places of origin. The nations themselves fell into two groups: the cismontanes for the Italian students and the ultramontanes for those who came from beyond the Alps.
From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, the university was renowned for its research, particularly in the areas of medicine, astronomy, philosophy and law. This was thanks in part to the protection of the Republic of Venice that enabled the university to maintain some freedom and independence from the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. During this time, the University adopted the motto: Universa universis patavina libertas (The Freedom of Padova is complete for everybody).
On June 25, 1678 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia was awarded a degree in Philosophy and became the first woman graduate in history of the world.
The Botanical Garden of Padova, established by the university in 1545, was the second such garden in the world, and is the oldest which remains to this day on its original site. In addition to the garden, best visited in the spring and summer, the university also manages nine museums, including the renowned Museum of History of Physics.
Eminent Faculty and Alumni
- Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente
- Galileo Galilei held the chair of physics between 1592 and 1610
- Giovanbattista Morgagni
- Antonio Vallisneri held the chairs of Practical Medicine and Theoretical Medicine between 1700 and 1730
- Anatomist Andreas Vesalius
- Francesco Zantedeschi
- Pietro Bembo
- Sperone Speroni
- Gabriele Fallopius
- Pietro Pomponazzi
- Reginald, later Cardinal Pole
- Torquato Tasso
List of Faculties
The University of Padova offers a wide range of degrees in 13 faculties:
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Science
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Psychology
- Faculty of Statistical Science
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
See also
External links
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