The University of Perugia ( Italian ''Università degli Studi di Perugia'') is a public university in

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by

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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

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, which is the city symbol; they represent the ecclesiastical and civil powers, respectively, which gave rise to the university in the

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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 Pope Clement V (; – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled ''de Guoth'' and ''de Goth''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his death, in April 1314. He is reme ...

. 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 Pope Martin V (; ; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Oddone Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. His election effectively ended the West ...

's approval, and transferred (as the ''Sapienza nuova'') to the University. Suppressed by the French in 1798, it was reopened in 1807 by

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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

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, 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

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. 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

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region in the cities of

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Foligno Foligno (; Central Italian, Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennine Mountains, Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clit ...

, 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

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* Department of

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* Department of Humanities, Ancient and Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures * Department of

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* 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

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* Department of

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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 Olivierobr>Università degli Studi di Perugia
* Prorector Prof. Fausto Eliseibr>Università degli Studi di Perugia
* Deputy Rector
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** Prof. Luca Bartocci ** Prof. Paolo Belardi ** Prof. Stefano Brancorsini ** Prof. Gabriele Cruciani ** Prof. Fausto Elisei ** Prof.ssa Carla Emiliani ** Prof. Daniele Parbuono ** Prof. Daniele Porena ** Prof. Roberto Rettori ** Prof.ssa Stefania Stefanelli ** Prof. Mario Tosti ** Prof. Helios Vocca

Eminent faculty and alumni

Among its eminent teachers were: *

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(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 *

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(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 (

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) * Annibale Mariotti, physician * Annibale Vecchi, pharmacist * Domenico Bruschi, botanist * , 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 *

* Pius III * Julius II * Julius III * Urban VII * Gregory XIV * Clement VIII *

Paul V Pope Paul V (; ) (17 September 1552 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a mem ...

* Ruggero Oddi, physician * Michaëlle Jean, former

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and current Secretary-General of La Francophonie * Monica Bellucci, actress * Suze Rotolo * Pier Paolo Pandolfi * The former UK Conservative Party leader

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infamously claimed in his CV to be a graduate of the university but, in fact, spent a short period studying at the University for Foreigners in

, where he did not complete his studies and did not gain any qualifications.

Points of interest

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

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In Popular Culture

The 1973 film

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, a '' giallo'' directed by

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, retrospectively recognized as one of the first "proto-

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s", is set at the University of Perugia and surrounding locales.

References

External links

* * *Database of scholars of University of Perugia (1308-1800),
Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae/RETE
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Education in Umbria