University of Salerno

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name =University of Salerno
native_name =Università degli Studi di Salerno
latin_name =Hippocratica Civitas Studium Salerni


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rector =Prof. Raimondo Pasquino
students =40,000
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city =Salerno
country =Italy
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logo =The University of Salerno (Italian: "Università degli Studi di Salerno", UNISA) is a university located in Salerno, Italy. It is organized in 10 Faculties.

History

Salerno, a city in which, as Michelet said, “emperors, kings, popes, and the richest barons all had their own doctor”, developed during the Middle Ages around its prestigious School of Medicine. Previously, the town of Velia, a little south of Salerno, had a medical College with a school of medicine, which was established in Greek and Roman times. Many important men, such as Paulus Emilius, Cicero, Brutus, and perhaps even Horace and Augustus, had had villas built while staying in Velia for therapeutic reasons.

The barbarian invasions following the fall of the Roman Empire caused the last doctors from Velia to move to the neighbouring city of Salerno. The philosophical and scientific tradition of medical studies carried on there, in the form of a free and autonomous guild of erudite men, a College of masters, which became the first nucleus of the Salernitan Studium, later to be used as a model for other European universities.

The Salerno Medical School reached the height of its glory between the 10th and 13th centuries, especially due to the contribution of Alphanus of Salerno and Constantine the African, who deemed Salerno worthy of the name of “City of Hippocrates” (Hippocratica Civitas), after the well-known Greek physician and mathematician.

People from all over the world came to the Salerno School, sick people hoping to recover, or apprentices wishing to learn medical skills. Its fame became international, as proved by historiographical testimonies as well as the Salernitan manuscripts present in many libraries in Europe.

The School kept the Greek and Latin medical heritage alive, combining it harmoniously with the Arabic and Hebrew traditions. This combination of different cultures led to a wider medical knowledge and is illustrated by the legend which credits the foundation of the School to four masters: Helinus the Jew, Pontus the Greek, Adela the Arab, and Salernus the Roman.

In the School, besides medicine, which was studied and practised by women too, philosophy, theology and law were taught.

The “Giovanni Cuomo” University Institute of Education, founded in 1944 was therefore set up with this renowned and ancient tradition in mind.

In 1968 this institute became a State university, the University of Salerno, and it has since seen a great increase in student numbers.

Organization

The University of Salerno offers a wide range of degrees in 10 faculties:

* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Education Science
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Foreign Languages
* Faculty of Humanities
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
* Faculty of Natural Science, Mathematics, Physics
* Faculty of Pharmaceutics
* Faculty of Political Science

The University of Salerno is one of the most important universities in southern Italy. The Fisciano and Baronissi campuses, located in the picturesque environment of the Irno valley, are equipped with all the best services and infrastructure necessary for carrying out university activities to the highest standards.

The “Eduardo R. Caianello” Library offers students over 400.000 volumes and constitutes one of the major collections of books in Italy.

The libraries, the Language Centre, the museum, the laboratories, the restaurants, the coffee bars, the sports facilities and other meeting places available to students and staff, complete the picture of the University, whose aim is to distinguish itself not only for the quality of its teaching and professional training, but also for the efficiency of its services and the pleasantness of its surroundings.

Today over 40.000 students study at the Fisciano and Baronissi Campuses in one of the University’s ten faculties: Science, Medicine and Surgery, Economy, Law, Engineering, Arts and Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Education Science, and Political Science.

During the academic year many cultural and artistic events take place involving both students and staff, adding life to the Campus.

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See also

* List of Italian universities
* Salerno

External links

*it icon [http://www.unisa.it/ University of Salerno Website]