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PISA, ITALY


“WE ARE PERCEIVED AS UNIQUE IN COMBINING WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH IN SCIENCES WITH TOP-QUALITY RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES”


THE UNIVERSITY OF PISA


THE UNIVERSITY OF Pisa (UNIPI) has long been recognised as one of the world’s great academic institutions. Officially established in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities in the world, although its origins may stretch back as far as the 11th century. UNIPI occupies a number of historic buildings in the centre of Pisa and currently has around 56,000 students. And while its most famous alumnus is the legendary 17th-century Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, the university maintains a global reputation as a leading centre of research and learning for natural sciences, computer science and mathematics. In fact, the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Peter Higgs and


François Englert for proposing the Higgs boson, was also recognition for the efforts of more than 120 scientists working or educated at UNIPI. This group participated in the high-profile experiments conducted at the CERN laboratory near Geneva to prove the existence of the so-called “God particle”.


CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH Meanwhile, research undertaken at UNIPI’s Centro E. Piaggio facility has confirmed the university’s position at the cutting edge of robotics with the development of FACE (Facial Automation for Conveying Emotions)—a robot that can accurately reproduce an array of human expressions. Of great potential use in therapies for autistic children, FACE can emulate expressions for moods such as fear, disgust or wonder. Other current UNIPI developments include the establishment of the


first Italian research centre on nutraceuticals and healthy eating, which combines 170 scientists from seven different university departments. As part of its internationalisation strategy, UNIPI runs several master’s


and PhD programmes in English. Aimed at attracting students from around the world, they offer world-class teaching and tutoring. The programmes include a PhD in Computer Science, an MBA and master’s degrees in Science in Aerospace Engineering, Business Informatics, Computer Engineering,


Computer Science, Computer Science and Networking, Economics, Embedded Computing Systems and Nuclear Engineering. In addition, UNIPI offers a range of English-language classes within its Master of Arts in History and Civilisation. The university excels in the field of humanities, as well as that of science, and is running a range of related English-language summer school courses from 2014 onwards. Subjects on offer include Roman History, Humanistic and Renaissance Culture, The Jews in the Mediterranean Area, and Liberalism and Fascism.


Though world-famous for its leaning tower, Pisa is also renowned as the


city of Dante. It’s no great surprise, then, that UNIPI is an important centre for the study of the poet’s work—just one of the many reasons why it is so highly regarded. As Professor Marco Guidi, Vice-Rector for Communication and International Promotion, explains: “When I visit campuses and fairs abroad to promote the University of Pisa, I realise that we are perceived as unique in combining world-class research in sciences such as physics, computer science, biology, chemistry and health sciences, with top-quality research in humanities.”


NEW FACILITIES This breadth of expertise is underpinned by significant investment in the university’s modern infrastructure to complement its beautiful old buildings. Recently, for instance, a number of new, purpose-built facilities have been built for students and researchers, including the Polo Piagge, which comprises a 240-seat conference hall, a 140-seat study hall and 30 lecture rooms, which accommodate around 2,000 students. “I am proud to say that our university is second to none in Italy for the


quality of services it offers and for the excellence of its researchers and degree programmes,” says the university’s Rector Massimo Augello. The perfect latter-day setting, then, to continue the groundbreaking work that has distinguished UNIPI since the days of Galileo.


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