University of Trieste
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Università degli Studi di Trieste | |
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Tergestum | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1924 |
Rector | Prof. Roberto Di Lenarda |
Administrative staff | 1,000 |
Students | 15177[1] |
Location | , Italy |
Campus | Urban |
Sports teams | CUS Trieste |
Affiliations | Almalaurea, CEI University Network, Nettuno (accessed 26 February 2014) |
Website | www.units.it |
The University of Trieste (
The historical international vocation of the University of Trieste is witnessed by its intense and high-level activity: Trieste is the centre of many research facilities, with which the university is connected by cooperation agreements. Among them, there are the
Moreover, the number of international inter-university co-operation agreements rapidly increased these last years. These agreements involve staff and student mobility, both within EU Programmes like the Socrates programme and agreements exclusively concerned with research activities.
History
Before
In 1954 Trieste was given back to Italy thanks to an agreement between the
Organization
These are the 10 departments into which the university is divided on the basis of the major reorganisation of the university's academic structure which took place in 2010:
- Clinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Department of Engineering and Architecture
- Department of Geosciences
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- Department of Economic, Business, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- Department of Interpreting and TranslationStudies
- Department of Social Sciences
- Department of Humanities
A Language Centre was established as an independent service on 1 January 2003. The centre provides fundamental support in the following areas: organisation and running of taught language courses in all the Faculties of Trieste University; organisation of Italian courses (beginner, intermediate and advanced level) for Erasmus students both going abroad and coming to Trieste.
Structures
The main campus is centered on the building in Piazzale Europa, on the Scoglietto hill, housing the Rector's office, the Administration offices, the Main Library and the faculties of Law and
. Within the premises are also sited the university canteen and three university dorms, run by the ARDISS - Agenzia Regionale per il Diritto agli Studi Superiori (Regional Agency for the Right to Higher Education).Other departments are located in different parts of the town. The Department of
In the heart of the city near the seafront, the old buildings of Via dell'Università and Via del Lazzaretto vecchio house the Department of Humanities, while the Narodni Dom* houses the Section of Studies in Modern Languages for Interpreting and Translation, the first advanced school of for interpreters and translators in Italy. *Restitution to the Slovenian community of Trieste in 2020.
The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery is located in several university compounds, particularly in structures annexed to the three town hospitals: Cattinara, Trieste General Hospital[2] (Ospedale Maggiore), and Burlo Garofolo.
Far from the city centre, near the ICTP (
A few faculties are not in Trieste, but in other cities of the
Trieste System
In 2020, Trieste was declared as the European City of Science and hosted the EuroScience Open Forum, the most important European event dedicated to science, technology, society and policy.[3] Trieste International Foundation (TIF) is the promoter of Trieste System which is worldwide known as the 'United Nations System of Sciences'.[4] Following international institutes located or headquartered in Trieste maintains collaborations, research and academic affiliations with the University of Trieste and offers programmes at different level from undergraduate to doctorate.[4][5]
- Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste
- International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste
- AREA Science Park, Trieste
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste
- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy
- Science Center Scientific Imaginary Trieste
- International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS) of UNIDO in Trieste
- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, specialized in generating high quality synchrotron and free-electron laser light
- InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), transferred from the Royal Society of London, UK to TWAS in Trieste
- InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP), transferred from Washington, U.S. to TWAS in Trieste
- G77 Consortium on Science, Technology and Innovation for the South (COSTIS) in Trieste
- Astronomical Observatory of Trieste (INAF)
- National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Trieste
- National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Trieste
- Centre of Molecular Biomedicine (CBM) of the University of Trieste
- MIB School of Management Trieste
Campus
- San Giovanni Teaching Hub[6]
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences[7]
- Gorizia[8]
- Pordenone: Since 1991, an additional satellite site has been established in Pordenone (located at Via Prasecco 4/1). At this site, the university offers degree courses in Production Engineering and Management, which are part of the Department of Engineering and Architecture's curriculum.[9]
- Portogruaro, in the Province of Venice: In 1997, the University expanded its presence by creating a satellite site in Portogruaro, located in the Province of Venice. This site offers degree programs in Education.[10]
- Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste (Botanical Garden of the University of Trieste): is maintained by University of Trieste. Founded in 1963, the Botanical Garden of the University of Trieste has an extension of about 2 square kilo meters plus two more woods on Mount Valerio.[11]
Points of interest
- Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste, a botanical garden
- Radioincorso.it,[12] a university web radio
Notable people
Notable faculty
- Luisa Accati, Sociology
- Stefano Bartolini, Political Science
- Václav Bělohradský, Philosophy
- Darko Bratina, Sociology
- Eugenio Colorni, Philosophy
- Gillo Dorfles, Humanities
- Augusto del Noce, Philosophy
- Margherita Hack, Astrophysics
- Elvio Guagnini, Italian literature
- Gaetano Kanizsa, Psychology
- Marko Kravos, Slovene language
- Claudio Magris, German literature
- Pier Luigi Nimis, Botany
- Jože Pirjevec, History
- Giovanni Ramponi, Electronics
- Dario Stevanato, Tax Law
- Giacomo Todeschini, History
Notable alumni
- Giovanni Bossi, former CEO, Banca IFIS
- Marino Busdachin, Secretary-General, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
- Alberto Conti, mathematician
- Luciano Fonda, physicist
- Salvatore Farina, General, Chief of Army Staff, Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum
- Italian Chamber of Deputies
- Dario Floreano, computer scientist
- Antonio Giordano, physician
- Albert O. Hirschman, economist
- Andrea Illy, entrepreneur
- Dušan Jelinčič, journalist and novelist
- Clara Lovett, President (1993-2001), Northern Arizona University
- Fabio Mini, General (Ret'd) Army, author, columnist
- Stefano Patuanelli, politician, Minister of Economic development
- Carlo Pelanda, economist
- Jože Pirjevec, historian
- Alenka Rebula Tuta, poet and author
- Ermin Smrekar, architect
- Marta Verginella, historian
- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Demetrio Volcic, journalist
- Lamberto Zannier, diplomat
Publications
Since 1999 the university's department of philosophy has published the journal Ethics & Politics [Etica & Politica]
See also
- List of Italian universities
- List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
- International School for Advanced Studies
References
- ^ "Anagrafe Nazionale Studenti". anagrafe.miur.it.
- PMID 17566310.
- ^ "Trieste will be the European city of science in 2020". 11 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Sistema Trieste | Fondazione Internazionale Trieste". 26 January 2016.
- ^ "City of Knowledge". MibTrieste.Site.Web.
- ^ "Locations". 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Locations". 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Locations". 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Locations". 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Locations". 27 July 2018.
- ^ Ciccone, Eugenio. "Orto Botanico Università di Trieste | Orto Botanico d'Italia". Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "radioincorso.it". radioincorso.it.
- OCLC 958679473.
- ^ "Etica & Politica". units.it. University of Trieste. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
External links
- University of Trieste Website (in Italian)
- University of Trieste Foreign Students (in English)
- University of Trieste International Relations (in English)
- University of Trieste Socrates Programme (in English)
- University of Trieste Language Centre (in Italian and English)