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The '''University of Bologna''' ({{lang-it|Università di Bologna}}, '''UNIBO'''), founded in 1088, was the first university and is the oldest in the world.<ref>Nuria Sanz, Sjur Bergan: "The heritage of European universities", 2nd edition, Higher Education Series No. 7, Council of Europe, 2006, ISBN, p.136</ref> The '''University of Bologna''' ({{lang-it|Università di Bologna}}, '''UNIBO'''), founded in 1088, is sometimes claimed to be the oldest university in Europe.


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University of Bologna
Università di Bologna
Latin: Universitas Bononiensis
MottoAlma mater studiorum (Latin)
Motto in EnglishNourishing mother of the studies
TypePublic
Established1088, 927 years ago
Rector]
Academic staff2,850
Students82,363
Undergraduates52,787
Postgraduates29,576
LocationBologna, Italy
CampusUrban
Sports teamsCUSB
AffiliationsCoimbra Group, Utrecht Network, UNIMED
Websitewww.unibo.it

The University of Bologna (Template:Lang-it, UNIBO), founded in 1088, is sometimes claimed to be the oldest university in Europe.

It was the first place of study to use the term universitas for the corporations of students and masters which came to define the institution, located in Bologna, Italy. As of 2013, the University's crest carries the motto Alma mater studiorum and the date A.D. 1088. The University has about 85,500 students in its 23 schools. It has branch centres in Imola, Ravenna, Forlì, Sicily, Cesena and Rimini and a branch center abroad in Buenos Aires. It also has a school of excellence named Collegio Superiore di Bologna. The publisher of the University of Bologna is Bononia University Press S.p.A (BUP).

History

The entry of some students in the Natio Germanica Bononiae, the nation of German students at Bologna; miniature of 1497.

The date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088. The university received a charter from Frederick I Barbarossa in 1158, but in the 19th century, a committee of historians led by Giosuè Carducci traced the founding of the University back to 1088, which would make it the oldest continuously-operating university in the world.

The University arose around mutual aid societies of foreign students called "nations" (as they were grouped by nationality) for protection against city laws which imposed collective punishment on foreigners for the crimes and debts of their countrymen. These students then hired scholars from the city to teach them. In time the various "nations" decided to form a larger association, or universitas—thus, the university. The university grew to have a strong position of collective bargaining with the city, since by then it derived significant revenue through visiting foreign students, who would depart if they were not well treated. The foreign students in Bologna received greater rights, and collective punishment was ended. There was also collective bargaining with the scholars who served as professors at the university. By the initiation or threat of a student strike, the students could enforce their demands as to the content of courses and the pay professors would receive. University professors were hired, fired, and had their pay determined by an elected council of two representatives from every student "nation" which governed the institution, with the most important decisions requiring a majority vote from all the students to ratify. The professors could also be fined if they failed to finish classes on time, or complete course material by the end of the semester. A student committee, the "Denouncers of Professors", kept tabs on them and reported any misbehavior. Professors themselves were not powerless, however, forming a College of Teachers, and securing the rights to set examination fees and degree requirements. Eventually, the city ended this arrangement, paying professors from tax revenues and making it a chartered public university.

The university is historically notable for its teaching of canon and civil law; indeed, it was set up in large part with the aim of studying the Digest, a central text in Roman law, which had been rediscovered in Italy in 1070, and the university was central in the development of medieval Roman law. Until modern times, the only degree granted at that university was the doctorate.

Organization

Area above Bologna's old city centre.
Interior view of the Porticum and Loggia of its oldest College, the Royal Spanish College.

Higher education processes are being harmonised across the European Community. Nowadays the University offers 101 different "Laurea" or "Laurea breve" first-level degrees (three years of courses), followed by 108 "Laurea specialistica" or "Laurea magistrale" second-level degrees (two years). However, other 11 courses have maintained preceding rules of "Laurea specialistica a ciclo unico" or "Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico", with only one cycle of study of five years, except for medicine and dentistry which requires six years of courses. After the "Laurea" one may attain 1st level Master (one-year diploma, similar to a Postgraduate diploma). After second-level degrees are attained, one may proceed to 2nd level Master, specialisation schools (residency), or doctorates of research (PhD).

The 11 Schools (which replace the preexisting 23 faculties) are:

The University is structured in 33 departments (there were 66 until 2012), organized by homogeneous research domains that integrate activities related to one or more Faculty. A new department of Latin History was added in 2015.

The 33 departments are:

Affiliates and other institutions

In the early 1950s, some students of the University of Bologna were among the founders of the review "il Mulino". On April 25, 1951, the first issue of the review was published in Bologna. In a short time, "il Mulino" became one of the most interesting reference points in Italy for the political and cultural debate, and established important editorial relationships in Italy and abroad. Editorial activities evolved along with the review. In 1954, the il Mulino publishing house (Società editrice il Mulino) was founded, which today represents one of the most relevant Italian publishers. In addition to this were initiated research projects (focusing mostly on the educational institutions and the political system in Italy), that eventually led, in 1964, to the establishment of the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo.

Notable people

Pope Alexander VI
Dante Alighieri
Petrarch
Yuriy Drohobych
Carlo Goldoni
Guglielmo Marconi

Alumni

Faculty and staff

See: Serafino Mazzetti, Repertorio di tutti I professori antichi e moderni della famosa Università...di Bologna (Bologna 1848).  

World rankings

Rankings
ARWU
(2015, national)		6-8
ARWU
(2015, world)		201-300
QS
(2014/15, national)		1
QS
(2014/15, world)		182
THE
(2014/15, national)		8-9
THE
(2014/15, world)		276-300
CENSIS-La Repubblica (state mega-universities)
(2014, national)		1
Il Sole 24 Ore (state universities)
(2015, national)		4

In 2010 QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Bologna 176th in the world, and 32nd in the world for Law. On the 2009 THE–QS World University Rankings list (in 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate rankings), the University of Bologna was ranked inside the top 200 for the third consecutive year. In 2014, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, in collaboration with CENSIS, has awarded the University of Bologna the first place in its academic ranking of Italian universities for the fifth time in a row. An overview of the THE-QS Rankings up to 2013:

Year Rank (Change)
2005 159
2006 207 (Decrease 48)
2007 173 (Increase 34)
2008 192 (Decrease 19)
2009 174 (Increase 18)
2010 176 (Decrease 2)
2011 183 (Decrease 7)
2012 194 (Decrease 11)
2013 188 (Increase 6)
2014 182 (Increase 6)

Points of interest

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Nove secoli di storia - Università di Bologna
  2. Top Universities World University Rankings Retrieved 2010-1-6
  3. Our History - Università di Bologna
  4. Paul L. Gaston (2010). The Challenge of Bologna. p. 18. ISBN 1-57922-366-4. {{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. A University Built by the Invisible Hand, by Roderick T. Long. This article was published in the Spring 1994 issue of Formulations, by the Free Nation Foundation.
  6. Berman, Law and Revolution, ch. 3; Stein, Roman Law in European History, part 3.
  7. See Corpus Juris Civilis: Recovery in the West
  8. List of the Departments of the University of Bologna
  9. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2014/15". Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  11. "Top European Universities 2014-15". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  12. "THE Top 400 Universities 2014-15". THE. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  13. "Classifica completa Censis delle Università italiane 2014/2015". Classifica completa Censis delle Università italiane 2014/2015 (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  14. "La classifica delle migliori università italiane - Edizione 2015". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  15. "QS World University Rankings 2010 Results".
  16. Alma Mater superstar: stacca le concorrenti tra le mega università, by Ilaria Venturi.

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