University of Perugia

Short description: Italian public university

University of Perugia

Università degli Studi di Perugia

Latin: Studium Generale Civitatis Perusii
Type| Public
Established| 1308; 718 years ago (1308)
Rector| Prof. Maurizio Oliviero[1]

Academic staff

| 1,088 (2017)[2]

Administrative staff

| 1,200
Students| 26,732 (2017/18)[3]
Undergraduates| 12,868
Postgraduates| 8,670

Doctoral students

| 470 (2015)[3]
Address|

Piazza dell'Università, 1 - 06121 Perugia

Perugia

Italy

Campus| Both urban and rural
Sports teams| CUS Perugia [1]
blue and red|u}}rs| blue and red
Affiliations| AlmaLaurea, Compostela Group of Universities
Website| www.unipg.it/

The University of Perugia (Italian Università degli Studi di Perugia) is a public university in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale.

The official seal of the university depicts Saint Herculan, one of the patron saints, and the rampant crowned griffin, which is the city symbol; they represent the ecclesiastical and civil powers, respectively, which gave rise to the university in the Middle Ages.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Organization
* 3 Academic authorities
* 4 Eminent faculty and alumni
* 5 Points of interest
* 6 In Popular Culture
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## History

One of the "free" universities of Italy, it was elevated into a studium generale on September 8, 1308, by the Bull "Super specula" of Clement V. A school of arts existed by about 1200, in which medicine and law were soon taught, with a strong commitment expressed by official documents of the City Council of Perugia. Before 1300 there were several universitates scholiarum. Jacobus de Belviso, a famous civil jurist, taught here from 1316 to 1321. By Bull on August 1, 1318, John XXII granted the privilege of conferring degrees in civil and canon law, and on February 18, 1321, in medicine and arts.

On May 19, 1355, the Emperor Charles IV issued a Bull confirming the papal elevation and raising it to the rank of an imperial university. This unusual mark of favour was given to assist Perugia after the terrible plague years of 1348–49. In 1362 the Collegium Gregorianum (later called the Sapienza vecchia) was founded by Cardinal Nicolò Capocci for the maintenance of forty youths. Gregory XI, by Brief of October 11, 1371, gave the privileges of a studium generale to the new faculty of theology. This faculty was suppressed and its property merged into the university in 1811. The Collegio di S. Girolamo was founded by Benedetto Guidalotti, Bishop of Recanatias a free hostel for impecunious strangers who wished to study law and medicine in 1426, with Martin V's approval, and transferred (as the Sapienza nuova) to the University. Suppressed by the French in 1798, it was reopened in 1807 by Pius VII as the Collegio Pio. In the Constitution of August 27, 1824, Leo XII made this the chief college of the university.

With the unification of Italy in 1860 the University of Perugia was established under the jurisdiction of the Rector and the Town Council, who issued statutes subject to approval by the Government. From 1944 to the present, the University of Perugia has achieved an outstanding reputation as one of the leading universities in Italy.

Since the time of Napoleon I, the university has occupied the old Olivetan convent of Monte Morcino. There was a faculty of mathematics down to 1884. The statutes are modelled upon those of Bologna. The number of students at different dates was 142 in 1339, 79 in 1881, 350 in 1911.

## Organization

With its 16 faculties and a vast selection of first and second-level and single-cycle degree programs, the University of Perugia offers its main courses in Perugia and Terni, and specialized programs throughout the Umbria region in the cities of Assisi, Foligno, and Narni.

The faculties into which the university is divided are:

* Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science
* Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology
* Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
* Department of Economics
* Department of Engineering
* Department of Humanities, Ancient and Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures
* Department of Law
* Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
* Department of Medicine and Surgery
* Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education
* Department of Physics and Geology
* Department of Political Science
* Department of Veterinary Medicine

Its research programs are conducted by 14 departments with a total of 1,200 full-time staff.

The University's activities also include 25 service organizations and research centers as well as 11 libraries with rich collections and equipment. It had a total enrolment of over 27,000 students for the 2021–2022 academic year.

## Academic authorities

* Rector Prof. Maurizio Oliviero Università degli Studi di Perugia
* Prorector Prof. Fausto Elisei Università degli Studi di Perugia
* Deputy Rectors Università degli Studi di Perugia
* Prof. Luca Bartocci[4]
* Prof. Paolo Belardi[5]
* Prof. Stefano Brancorsini[6]
* Prof. Gabriele Cruciani[7]
* Prof. Fausto Elisei[8]
* Prof.ssa Carla Emiliani[9]
* Prof. Daniele Parbuono[10]
* Prof. Daniele Porena[11]
* Prof. Roberto Rettori[12]
* Prof.ssa Stefania Stefanelli[13]
* Prof. Mario Tosti[14]
* Prof. Helios Vocca[15]

## Eminent faculty and alumni

Among its eminent teachers were:

* Luca Pacioli (c. 1447 - 1517), father of accounting
* Jacobus de Belviso (c. 1270-1335), jurist
* Johannes Andreas, canonist
* Cino da Pistoia, (1270-1336), poet and jurist
* Bartolus de Saxoferrato, (1314–1357), famous civil jurist
* Baldus de Ubaldis (1327-1400), jurist, (its figure is represented on all diploma certificates)
* Gentile da Foligno (d. 1348), physician
* Albericus Gentilis, founder of the science of international law
* Francesco della Rovere Pope (Sixtus IV)
* Annibale Mariotti, physician
* Annibale Vecchi, pharmacist
* Domenico Bruschi, botanist
* Bernardo Dessau, physicist
* Giuseppe Antinori, arcadian and classicist
* Francesco Coppola, politician

Among its students have been:

* Nicholas IV
* Gregory XI (c. 1329 - 1378, r. 1370-1378)
* Innocent VII
* Martin V
* Pius III
* Julius II
* Julius III
* Urban VII
* Gregory XIV
* Clement VIII
* Paul V
* Ruggero Oddi, physician
* Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada and current Secretary-General of La Francophonie
* Monica Bellucci, actress
* Suze Rotolo
* Pier Paolo Pandolfi

## Points of interest

* Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia, the university's botanical garden

## In Popular Culture

The 1973 film Torso, a giallo directed by Sergio Martino, retrospectively recognized as one of the first "proto-slasher films", is set at the University of Perugia and surrounding locales.

## See also

* List of Italian universities
* List of medieval universities
* Perugia

## References

1. ↑ "Rettore - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/ateneo/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/rettore.
2. ↑ "Ricerca avanzata per docenti - Cerca Università". https://cercauniversita.cineca.it/php5/docenti/cerca.php.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Home". http://ustat.mur.gov.it/.
4. ↑ "Luca Bartocci - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/luca.bartocci.
5. ↑ "Paolo Belardi - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/paolo.belardi.
6. ↑ "Stefano Brancorsini - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/stefano.brancorsini.
7. ↑ "Gabriele Cruciani - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/gabriele.cruciani.
8. ↑ "Fausto Elisei - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/fausto.elisei.
9. ↑ "Carla Emiliani - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/carla.emiliani.
10. ↑ "Daniele Parbuono - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/daniele.parbuono.
11. ↑ "Daniele Porena - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/daniele.porena.
12. ↑ "Roberto Rettori - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/roberto.rettori.
13. ↑ "Stefania Stefanelli - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/stefania.stefanelli.
14. ↑ "Mario Tosti - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/mario.tosti.
15. ↑ "Helios Vocca - Università degli Studi di Perugia". https://www.unipg.it/personale/helios.vocca.

## External links

* Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "University of Perugia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

* v
* t
* e

Universities in Italy

Major|

* Bari
* Bologna
* Catania
* Florence
* Milan
* Milan Polytechnic
* Naples Federico II
* Padua
* Palermo
* Pisa
* Rome La Sapienza
* Turin

Large|

* Cagliari
* Calabria
* Chieti–Pescara D'Annunzio
* Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
* Genoa
* L'Aquila
* Messina
* Milan Bicocca
* Milan Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
* Parma
* Pavia
* Perugia
* Rome III
* Rome Tor Vergata
* Salento
* Salerno
* Turin Polytechnic
* Verona

Medium|

* Bari Polytechnic
* Bergamo
* Brescia
* Ferrara
* Marche Polytechnic
* Milan Bocconi
* Modena and Reggio Emilia
* Naples Eastern
* Naples Parthenope
* Rome Marconi
* Rome Niccolò Cusano
* Sassari
* Siena
* Trento
* Trieste
* Udine
* Urbino
* Venice Ca' Foscari

Small|

* Aosta Valley
* Basilicata
* Bozen-Bolzano
* Bra Gastronomic Sciences
* Camerino
* Carlo Cattaneo
* Cassino
* Catanzaro
* Enna
* Florence SUM
* Foggia
* Insubria
* Leonardo da Vinci
* Lucca IMT
* ISIA
* Macerata
* Milan Humanitas
* Milan IULM
* Milan San Raffaele
* Molise
* Naples II
* Naples Benincasa
* Naples Pegaso
* Pavia IUSS
* Perugia Foreigners
* Pisa Normale
* Pisa Sant'Anna
* Ragusa
* Reggio Calabria
* Reggio Calabria Dante Alighieri
* Rome Biomedical
* Rome Foro Italico
* Rome Link Campus
* Rome LUISS
* Rome Maria SS. Assunta
* Sannio
* Siena Foreigners
* Teramo
* Trieste SISSA
* Turin ESCP
* Turin International College
* Tuscia
* Venice IUAV
* Vercelli Eastern Piedmont
* LUM
* Giustino Fortunato
* Rome International Studies

* v
* t
* e

Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)

Africa

Algeria|

* Abou Bekr Belkaïd
* Algiers
* Annaba
* Béjaia
* Blida
* Constantine
* ENP Oran
* ENSSP
* EPAU
* Mostaganem
* Oran
* Tizi Ouzou

Egypt|

* AAST
* Alexandria
* Cairo

Libya|

* Al-Arab Medical
* Al Fateh
* Libya

Morocco|

* Cadi Ayyad
* University of Hassan II Casablanca
* Ibnou Zohr
* Mohammed V

Tunisia|

* Carthage
* Gafsa
* Jendouba
* Kairouan
* Monastir
* Sfax
* Sousse
* Tunis
* Tunis El Manar

Europe

Albania|

* Tirana

Cyprus|

* CUT
* University of Cyprus

Finland|

* Tampere

France|

* Montpellier 2
* Paris 8
* Paul Cézanne

Greece|

* Athens
* Panteion

Italy|

* Bari
* Bologna
* Camerino
* Catania
* Messina
* Modena
* Molise
* Naples 2nd
* Naples Federico II
* Padua
* Palermo
* Perugia
* Perugia Foreigners
* Reggio Calabria
* Rome III
* Rome la Sapienza
* Rome S. Pio V
* Salento
* Sassari
* Teramo
* Turin
* Urbino

Malta|

* University of Malta

Montenegro|

* University of Montenegro

Portugal|

* Aveiro
* Évora

Slovenia|

* Primorska

Spain|

* Barcelona
* University of Córdoba (Spain)
* Granada
* UCM
* Valencia

Western Asia

Israel|

* Ben-Gurion
* Jerusalem
* Tel Aviv

Jordan|

* Al al-Bayt
* Hashemite
* JUST
* University of Jordan

Lebanon|

* Lebanese University
* Saint-Esprit de Kaslik

Palestinian territories|

* Al-Azhar
* An-Najah
* Bethlehem
* Birzeit

Syria|

* Al-Baath
* Aleppo
* Damascus
* Tishreen

[ ⚑ ]  43°06′58″N 12°23′10″E﻿ / ﻿43.116°N 12.386°E﻿ / 43.116; 12.386

0.00

(0 votes)

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Organization:University_of_Perugia&oldid=3865067"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template