The University of Bergamo ( it, Università degli Studi di Bergamo;

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: UniBG) is an Italian public university located in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

, Italy. It was founded on 11 December 1968 and is organized in seven departments, three campuses and forty-one degree courses.

History

The University of Bergamo, founded in 1968, was originally named "Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature". Under Rector Serio Galeotti (1972–75), the degree course in economics and business was introduced (1974), finally becoming a Faculty in 1988. During the rectorship of Giorgio Szëgo, characterized by the new Faculty of

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

, the university continued to expand, but it was the Rector Pietro Enrico Ferri in 1990 who opened the Faculty of

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

in Dalmine and accompanied the transfer of the private institute to the State under the new name "University of the Studies of Bergamo". Over the years the university has played an important role in restoring some of the historic buildings in the Upper City of Bergamo: the Faculty of Foreign Languages started off in the former palace of the Venetian Governor in Piazza Vecchia;

was in the former Capuchin monastery in Piazza Rosate;

Human Sciences Human science (or human sciences in the plural), also known as humanistic social science and moral science (or moral sciences), studies the philosophical, biological, social, and cultural aspects of human life. Human science aims to expand our ...

, Arts and

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

are in the former Augustinian monastery in front of the Fara park, and in the nearby former Collegio Baroni; while the Rector's seat is still in the former Terzi Palace of Saint Agatha in Via Salvecchio. The university has steadily expanded and in the last few years under the guidance of the Rector Stefano Paleari the growth has been remarkable. With the recent additions of Arts and Philosophy and Law, the departments are now six; there are seventeen degree courses – three in Languages, three in Arts and

, four in

, one in Law, five in

and one in the Science of Economic and Financial Security in collaboration with the "Academy of the Guardia di Finanza" (a higher education college for the training of Italian Economic/Financial Police ― the Guardia di Finanza is an Italian police force directly under the authority of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is an integral part of the Italian armed forces as well as of the law enforcement agencies). Together with eight postgraduate diplomas, there are also new courses in law,

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

and

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. Enrolments, constantly on the increase, have passed from 7 thousand (academic year 1999/2000) to more than 15 thousand (academic year 2013/2014); as new courses and teaching facilities increase so do the enrolments. In 2001 the Faculty of

moved from the Upper City to the Lower City in Via dei Caniana, while the former Monastery of Saint Augustin and Collegio Baroni were reopened as the new centre for the Faculty of Human Sciences, Arts and Philosophy, so that the university now occupies an area of 40,000 m². In 2004, it established a satellite campus in Treviglio, the first five students of which graduated in 2007. The University of Bergamo is the administrative seat for six research doctorates and can boast important initiatives such as the International Seminar of the

Russian Language Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European langua ...

, the Course on Italian Language and Literature for Foreigners, the Centre of

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

, the Observatory on Bank Mergers, the Centre for Territorial Studies. There is an original and fruitful relationship between the university and the business activities of the province of

. Various firms have contributed to the financing of the association Pro Universitate Bergomensi, which supports the university in its initiatives. As a result, certain degree courses in textile engineering, and laboratories and research projects in various fields have been financed.

Certified quality

According to Censis' ranking on the educational offer of Italian universities, the University of Bergamo presents some of the best courses in Italy. This ranking takes into account the teaching offer of Italian bachelor's and master's degree in specific subjects and is based on the career progression and institutional relations for the 2018/2019 academic year, placing the University of Bergamo among the top performers in five teaching groups. The quality of the University of Bergamo is not only recognized at national level. Times Higher Education has in fact ranked the university among the top 500 universities in the world and among the top 100 young universities in the world.

Organization

The university is divided into seven departments, some of which provide English-taught degrees: * Department of Arts and

* Department of

and

Business Administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

** Economics (Bsc) ** Business Economics (BA) ** Accounting, Accountability and Governance (MSc) ** Management, Finance and International Business (MSc) ** Business Administration and Financial Accounting (MSc) ** Economics and Data Analysis (Msc) * Department of

** Management Engineering (M.Eng) ** Smart Technology Engineering (M.Eng.) ** Engineering and Management for Health (M.Eng) * Department of Foreign Languages,

Literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

and Communication ** Planning and Management of Tourism Systems (MSc) * Department of Law * Department of Human and Social Sciences ** Clinical Psychology for Individuals, Families and Organizations (MSc)

Campuses

The University of Bergamo has seven departments, scattered throughout the city of Bergamo and Dalmine: File:Sede del Rettorato, Via Salvecchio, Bergamo. Veduta dell'ingresso principale.jpg, Main entrance to the Salvecchio Campus, to the Rector's Office and to the Department of Foreign Languages, Literature and Communication File:Sede di Piazza Rosate, veduta del cortile interno.jpg, Rosate Campus, in a former Capuchin monastery File:Sede di Sant'Agostino, veduta del chiostro interno.jpg, Cloister of the former Monastery of Saint Augustine, now Saint Augustine Campus, Department of Human and Social Sciences File:Cloister of the University of Bergamo. Italy.jpg, Cloister of the University of Bergamo File:Dalmine. Facoltà di Ingegneria. Edificio B, veduta della facciata.jpg, Building B of the Dalmine Campus, Department of Engineering in Dalmine File:Bergamo. Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia. Ex Collegio Baroni, veduta esterna.jpg, Former Collegio Baroni, now Baroni or Pignolo Campus, Department of Arts and Philosophy File:Bergamo. Dipartimento di Scienze aziendali, economiche e metodi quantitativi. Sede di Via dei Caniana, veduta esterna.jpg, Caniana Campus, Department of Economics and Business Administration, and Law

Notable people

* Jean Tirole (b. 1953), French professor of economics, honoris causa *

Joseph Stiglitz Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (; born February 9, 1943) is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, and a full professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the Joh ...

(b. 1943), American economist, honoris causa * Liliana Segre (b. 1930), Holocaust survivor,

Senator for life A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , six Italian senators out of 206, two out of the 41 Burundian senators, one Congolese senator out of 109, and all members of the Bri ...

, honoris causa *

Franco Modigliani Franco Modigliani (18 June 1918 – 25 September 2003) was an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Carnegie Mellon Uni ...

(1918-2003), Italian-American economist and recipient of the

Nobel Prize in Economics The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

in 1985, honoris causa *

Fabio Vittorini Fabio Vittorini (born 19 December 1971) is an Italian literary critic, currently Professor of Comparative Literature at IULM University of Milan (Italy) He is known for his studies on opera and on metamodern narratives. He is the author of many ...

(b. 1971), Italian literary critic, PhD *

Emanuela Casti Emanuela Casti (born 1950 in Mira, Venice, Italy) is an Italian geographer and a cartography theorist. Considered an innovator, she has formalized a semiotic theory for the interpretation of maps in their various forms: from historical maps to cybe ...

(b. 1950), Italian geographer and a cartographer theorist, faculty *

Gianluca Bocchi Gianluca Bocchi (born 19 December 1954) is an Italian philosopher. Life Gianluca Bocchi studied Philosophy at the University of Milan where he graduated in Philosophy of Science in 1978, discussing a dissertation entitled "Conditions and rule ...

(b. 1954), Italian philosopher, faculty *

Renata Mansini Renata Mansini (born 22 August 1968) is an Italian applied mathematics, applied mathematician, economist, and operations researcher known for her research on problems in mathematical optimization including portfolio optimization and Vehicle rout ...

(b. 1968), Italian applied mathematician, economist and

operations research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...

er, PhD * Paolo Cesaretti (b. 1957), Italian historian, faculty *

Antonio Scurati Antonio Scurati (born 25 June 1969) is an Italian writer and academic. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Strega Prize for his novel ''M. Son of the Century, M: Son of the Century'' (2018). Early life and education Scurati was born in Na ...

(b. 1969), Italian writer and academic, PhD * Daniele Antonio Di Pietro (b. 1979), Italian-French mathematician, director o
Institut Montpelliérain Alexander Grothendieck

References

External links

Bergamo University website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergamo, University of Educational institutions established in 1968 University of Bergamo 1968 establishments in Italy