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The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies ( it, SSSA, Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna) is a special-statute, highly selective Public university, public

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located in

, Italy. The rector is Sabina Nuti, who took office on 7 May 2019. Before her, the rector of the school was Pierdomenico Perata, elected on 8 May 2013 after the resignation of

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, due to her election as Member of Parliament and appointment as Minister of Education, Universities and Research. Since January 2014, the school has been presided over by Yves Mény, until the School joined the first Federation of Universities in Italy, together with two among the other twenty ''Scuole Superiori Universitarie'' (

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and

Scuola Superiore Studi Pavia IUSS The Scuola Superiore IUSS or the "Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori" of Pavia (Eng. ''IUSS - School for Advanced Studies'') is a higher learning institute located in Pavia, Italy. The Scuola Superiore IUSS was founded in 1997 by the Uni ...

. Before him, the president was

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, a former prime minister of Italy and currently judge of the Constitutional Court. The undergraduate ''Allievi Ordinari'' of the School are selected through a rigorous public examination with written and oral tests, with about 5% admission rate. They are all awarded a full government-funded scholarship which includes accommodation, canteen, research and travel grants. In exchange, they are expected to hold the highest standards in their studies at both the School and at the partner Universities.

History

The present-day Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is the descendant of several institutions modelled on the

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students. It was founded in 1810 wi ...

, also known in Italian as Scuola Normale (English: Normal School), which is a higher learning institution in Pisa. It was founded in 1810, by

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decree, as a branch of the

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. The school, whose origins, in the context of the Pisa university reality, are rooted in the Collegio Medico-Giuridico already attached to the

and the Collegio ‘Antonio Pacinotti, and was formally established by the Law of 14 February 1987, No. 41, which marked the unification of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Law (7 March 1967), No. 117, and the Conservatorio di Sant’Anna, the

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of 13 February 1908 No. LXXVIII.

Origins of Sant'Anna

* Sant'Anna Church and Convent The present-day site is acquired from a very ancient religious educational establishment. The ''Sant'Anna Church and Convent'' was established in 1406, while the church was finished in 1426, by the Order of the

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(OSB). * Conservatorio di Sant'Anna In 1785, the ''Conservatorio di Sant'Anna'' was initiated by the

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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor , house =Habsburg-Lorraine , father = Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor , mother = Maria Theresa of Hungary and Bohemia , religion =Roman Catholicism , succession1 =Grand Duke of Tuscany , reign1 =18 A ...

as a consequence of abolition of the religious orders due to Leopold's reforms; the convent was suppressed in 1786. * Conservatorio di Sant'Anna, an educational institution; later under the tutelage of the

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of the

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and the

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. * Sant'Anna replaced

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in 1987, when the School gained its current headquarters. In 1987 the

dedicated the Sant'Anna Church and Convent to the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento (previously the Collegio Medico-Giuridico of the

), provided the School carried the name of Sant'Anna.'''' * The origins of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies within

: the Scuola Normale Superiore was founded in 1810 by

decree, as twin institution of the

in Paris, itself dating back to the

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jurisdiction. The term "École normale" ("Scuola Normale") was coined by

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who, in submitting a report to the

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of 1794 on behalf of the Committee of Public Instruction, explained it thus: "Normales: du latin norma, règle. Ces écoles doivent être en effet le type et la règle de toutes les autres." * The Decree of Foundation -

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rethought the project of an École normale in 1808, by establishing a ''Normale Hall of Residence'' in

to house young students and train them in the art of teaching the humanities and sciences. The project was replicated in

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by a decree dated 18 October 1810, with the foundation in

, seat of one of the Imperial University academies, of a branch of the

-based École normale supérieure, "

". * The Grand-Duchy Period: 1847-1859 - on 28 November 1846, a grand-ducal motu proprio founded a Tuscan Scuola Normale in Pisa (also referred to as the Imperial Royal Scuola Normale, as it was linked to the Austrian system), with both theoretical and practical aims, under the patronage of the

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, but depending on the

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.Nicola Bellini, Nadio Delai (a cura di), ''Merito, Ambizione, Collegialità: il contributo della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna alla formazione della classe dirigente''
, ETS, Pisa (2009) * The Scuola Normale during the

: 1859-1862 - on 17 October 1862 the Minister of Education of the

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implemented new regulations in a decree that transformed the institution to the Normal School of the Kingdom of Italy, which was to have an organic division between the faculties of Arts and Sciences. * The Scuola Normale under Gentile: 1928-1943 - philosopher

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, was placed at the head of the

as commissioner in 1928 and as director in 1932. He reformed the Scuola, gave it formal autonomy and sought an expansion to other disciplines, with the creation of the Collegio Mussolini per le Scienze Corporative (1931), and the Collegio Nazionale Medico (1932). The new colleges were later merged to form the Collegio Medico-Giuridico, which continued to operate (in the fields of Law and Medicine) under the jurisdiction of the

in 1951, established the

boarding school i.e. Collegio ‘Antonio Pacinotti, reserved to students of the faculties of Agriculture, Economics and Engineering, with plans to be further opened to other faculties. * The origins of present-day structure of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies: the present structure of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies was established in 1967 as Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento, by a merger of the Collegio Antonio Pacinotti (''Scuola per le Scienze Applicate A. Pacinotti''; founded 1951), and the Collegio Medico-Giuridico of the

. The new institution, committed to the model established by the

, was administered by the

. * Establishment of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies; Law of 14 February 1987 No. 41 - Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna. In 1987 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies acquired complete independence (Law of 14 February 1987, No.41) and maintains strong ties with both the

and the

, creating the

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The present-day structure

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies,

and the

create the

. The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies has been given separate university status by the

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and together with

is leading the model of Scuole di Eccellenza, i.e. Superior Graduate School in Italy (

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)

Organization

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies court

Students are admitted after passing public national and international competitions. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies offers to those who decide to take excellence, a multi-disciplinary approach to learning, research, and internationalization.

Academics and research

Students are admitted after passing public national and international competitions. The fields of study and research are: : Social Sciences Class *

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Sciences, *

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Sciences, *

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Sciences *

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Sciences : Experimental Sciences Class *

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Sciences, *

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Sciences, *

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex process (engineering), processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, kno ...

and *

Information Engineering Information engineering is the engineering discipline that deals with the generation, distribution, analysis, and use of information, data, and knowledge in systems. The field first became identifiable in the early 21st century. The component ...

Undergraduate programs

Prospective undergraduates undergo a rigorous public examination, and only the very best are creamed off to combine their

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studies with the extra options available at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, thus these students are called ''Honors College Students'' ( it, Allievi Ordinari). Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is also integrated with the

and ''Honors College Students'' are free to attend courses provided by departments other than their own, as well as those provided by the

. , 50 freshmen are admitted per year, equally divided between the Class of Social Sciences and the Class of Experimental Sciences. The School offers all of its services free of charge (accommodation, canteen, internet connection, library); students also receive a small yearly income for their maintenance. While attending the

courses, the ''Honors College Students'' (''allievi'') live in the school's college. Students have to achieve a high average grade in university exams (at least 27/30) and attend internal courses (including foreign language classes offered in French, Spanish, German and Chinese) taught by professors and researchers working at the School, both as an integration and as an extension to the regular academic schedule.

Graduate programs

The School also offers graduate courses such as

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and

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programmes, provided by its

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and joint ventures with foreign universities, leading enterprises and international organizations.

Doctoral programs (PhD)

The first institution in Italy to create a

program ( PhD) was

in 1927 under the historic name ''"Diploma di Perfezionamento"''. Research doctorates or PhD (

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: ''Dottorato di ricerca'') in Italy were introduced with law and

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in 1980
Law of 21 February 1980, No. 28
and the

br>No. 382 of 11 July 1980
, referring to the reform of academic teaching, training and experimentation in organisation and teaching methods. Hence, the

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(

) (

: ''Scuola Superiore Universitaria''), also called ''Schools of Excellence'' (

: ''Scuole di Eccellenza'') such as Scuola Normale Superiore and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies still keep their reputed historical ''"Diploma di Perfezionamento"'' PhD title by

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and

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br>Decree
The Doctoral Programmes at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies grant ''Diploma di Perfezionamento'', a degree fully equivalent to a PhD and are recognized International Doctoral Programmes involving various forms of collaboration and joint ventures with foreign universities.

Post-doctoral education and research

There are also worldwide important international corporations and industrial partners that are closely linked to Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, such as: the nearby

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where there are special Sant'Anna Laboratories at the

Polo Sant'Anna Valdera Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) is a research centre of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa based in Pontedera (Pisa). It was inaugurated in 2002 thanks to the interest of the then president of Piaggio Giovanni Alberto Agnelli. The property ...

(PSAV), which contributes to the industrial process,

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Centro Ricerche Fiat
,

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, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, etc.

(PSAV) is a research center of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies based in

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(Pisa). It was inaugurated in 2002 thanks to the interest of the then president of

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. The property is housed in converted sheds donated by

. The main research is in the fields of

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bioengineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

precision engineering Precision engineering is a subdiscipline of electrical engineering, software engineering, electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, and optical engineering concerned with designing machines, fixtures, and other structures that have excepti ...

computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and development of both hardware and software. Computing has scientific, e ...

and

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(PSAV) has 25 offices, 4 classrooms for teaching, 7 laboratories, 20 rooms, all six thousand square meters. There currently employs about hundred people. The most important project in these laboratories is a bionic hand for people to have an upper limb amputee. Th
ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System
created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-calle
CYBER HAND
shown on

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's Vital Sign
Life Hand report
Sant'Anna also undertakes many international projects which are tied to the

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, the Government of Italy and its ministries, as well as regional projects of the Region of

and the

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. The school maintains a number of

, some of which are located at the National Research Council ( CNR) whose largest research center is in

. In the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Italy and China i.e. the Office of Chinese Language Council International (

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), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna hosts the third Italian

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. Research Institutes: * Institute of Management (

: ''Istituto di Management'') includes the laboratories: MAIN, MES and SUM. * Institute of Economics (

: ''Istituto di Economia'') includes the laboratory LEM. * Institute Dirpolis (Law, Politics and Development) (

: ''Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica e Sviluppo)'') includes the laboratories: Lider, Cdg, CSGS and Wiss. * Institute TeCIP - Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (

: ''Istituto TeCIP, Istituto di Tecnologie della Comunicazione, dell'Informazione e della Percezione'') includes the laboratories: IRCPhoNet, Percro, Retis. * Institute of Biorobotics (

: ''Istituto di Biorobotica'') includes the laboratories: ARTSLab, CRIMLab and EZ-Lab. * Institute of Life Sciences (

: ''Istituto di Scienze della Vita'') includes the laboratories: Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Biolabs, LandLab and PlantLab.

Laboratories and research centers

;Management * MAIN - Management & Innovation Laboratory * [MeS Lab - Management and Health Laboratory *SUM LAb - Sustainability Management ;Economics * LEM - Laboratory of Economics and Management *CAFED - Centre for the Analysis of Financial and Economics Dynamics *EZ-Lab - Center for Research on the technology and support services for the Longevity ;Laws * LIDER - International and Comparative Law Research Laboratory * STALS - Sant’Anna Legal Studies * Research Centre on Social, Juridical and Human Rights Sciences ;Political Science *CDG Laboratory - International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Politics * ITPCM - International Training Programme for Conflict Management *Iran Electoral Archive ;Engineering * ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System, which created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-called CYBER HAND, shown on

's Vital Sign
Life Hand report
!-- page is archived but the video with content is not --> *CRIM Lab - Center of Research In Microengineering *RoboCasa, the Italy-Japan joint laboratory for Research on Humanoid and Personal Robotics *Joint Lab Italy - Korea *CEIICP - Centre of Excellence for Information, Communication and Perception Engineering. The Centre is a result of a joint venture in the telecommunications sector between the Sant'Anna School and

SpA (now Ericsson). In partnership with CNIT
National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications
, the two parties signed an agreement for the creation of a research centre for photonic networks and technologies, thus realizing through CEIICP a unique example of synergy in Italy. *IRCPHONET - Integrated Research Centre for Photonic Networks and Technologies * RETIS lab - Real-Time Systems Laboratory * PERCRO - Perceptual Robotics ;Agrobiociences *Land Lab – Agriculture, Environment and Landscape * BIOLABS - BIOlogical LABoratorieS * PLANT LAB - Plant and Crop Physiology ;Medicine * Laboratory of Medical Science * European Transplantation Management Centre - Research Centre on E-TX-MAN organ and tissue detection, donation and transplant and related

Partner universities and international agreements

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies has signed international agreements with respected partner universities around the globe.

World rankings

As part of the

, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is small and elite, specialised only in applied sciences. The

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puts it, together with

, at the 1st place in Italy (National Rank # 1) and within the best 30 universities in Europe. In 2016

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the ''150 Under 50 Rankings 2016'', Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is ranked #10 in the world. As for 2015-16 rankings,

puts Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies at 180th place in the world, 90 place in Europe and 2nd in Italy, and

112 place in the world, 50 place in Europe and 1st in Italy. According to

, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is in top 20% in teaching, industry income and citations in the world, and

is in top 10% in teaching and top 20% in research on global level. Also, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies together with

are named as leading institutions in
Italy's six top higher education institutes
' by

, where for 2014-2015 was ranked at 63rd place in the world and 15th in Europe. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies has been mapped by

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as one of the most important educational institutions in Italy (section on Italy i.e
Top universities and specialisms
), having it
Graduate/Postgraduate Profile
For 2016 the

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has ranked Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in the ''subject'' categories economics and econometrics on world stage at # 201. As far as the rankings in the ''faculty'' category is concerned, it is ranked on world stage at # 385 for engineering and technology. * According to

, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is part of the initiative ''Invest Your Talent in Italy'' which "puts Italian graduate programmes on the world's stage." The

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Institution Ranking are based on the

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bibliometric database, featuring thirteen performance indicators of, innovation and web visibility. The following are some of Sant'Anna Schools best results at the world and national level: ''World'' The official agency of the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (

), the Agenzia nazionale di valutazione del sistema universitario e della ricerca (ANVUR) ranks Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies the best small university for 2013 in Italy (National Rank # 1). The European Research Ranking, a ranking based on publicly available data from the European Commission database puts

among the best in Italy and best performing European research institutions . In 2008, the Italian website ''La Voce'' published a ranking of Italian universities by

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limited to the Departments of Economics, where Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies acquires the

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(#1) place in Italy.

Notable alumni and faculty

Faculty and alumni of note include: *

, Prime Minister of Italy (1992–1993 and 2000–2001), Vice President of the

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that drafted the new

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and headed the

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. *

Paolo Emilio Taviani Paolo Emilio Taviani (6 November 1912 – 18 June 2001) was an Italian political leader, economist, and historian of the career of Christopher Columbus. He was a partisan leader in Liguria, a Gold Medal of the Resistance, then a member of the C ...

Italian Minister of Defence This Italian Ministers of Defence ( it, Ministro della Difesa) is a senior member of the Cabinet of Italy, Italian Cabinet who leads the Ministry of Defence (Italy), Ministry of Defence. The minister is responsible for military and civil defence ...

(1953-1958),

Italian Minister of the Interior The Minister of the Interior (Italian: ''Ministro dell'Interno'') in Italy is one of the most important positions in the Italian Council of Ministers and leads the Ministry of the Interior. The current Minister is prefect Matteo Piantedosi, a ...

(1962-1963, 1963-1968, 1973-1974) *

Antonio Maccanico Antonio Maccanico (4 August 1924 – 23 April 2013) was an Italian constitutional specialist and social liberal politician, who served in various capacities in the parliament and federal administrations of Italy. Early life and education Maccani ...

, Minister of Communications (1996-1998), Minister for Institutional Reforms (1999-2001) * Giovanni Pieraccini, Minister of Public Affairs (1963-1964), Minister of Economic Affairs (1964-1965), Minister of Merchant Fleet (1973-1974), Minister of Scientific Research (1974) * Carlo Smuraglia, parliament deputy and senator at the

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Antonio Cassese Antonio Cassese (1 January 1937 – 21 October 2011) was an Italian jurist who specialized in public international law. He was the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the first President of the Sp ...

, first President of the International Criminal Tribunal For the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)(1993–1997), in 2004 appointed by United Nations Secretary-General

Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder ...

to be the Chairperson for the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur *

Sabino Cassese Sabino Cassese (born 20 October 1935) is an Italian Professor of Administrative Law and a former judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy. Education and career Cassese graduated (October 1956) ''summa cum laude'' in law from the University o ...

, Professor of Administrative Law and a judge of the

Constitutional Court of Italy The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic ( it, Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana) is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name ''Consulta'' is used as a metonym for it, because its sessi ...

* Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, former president of

, the largest

hi-tech High technology (high tech), also known as advanced technology (advanced tech) or exotechnology, is technology that is at the cutting edge: the highest form of technology available. It can be defined as either the most complex or the newest te ...

industrial group based in Italy and one of the largest

defence industry The arms industry, also known as the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology. It consists of a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and s ...

conglomerates in the world *

Enrico Letta Enrico Letta (; born 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014, leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. Since March 2021, Letta has been secretary ...

, elected to the

Italian Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies ( it, Camera dei deputati) is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Senate of the Republic). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical funct ...

, Deputy Secretary of the

Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico , PD) is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Enrico Letta, who was elected by the national assembly in March 2021, after the resignation of the former leader Nico ...

, Prime Minister of Italy (2013-2014) *

, Professor of Engineering at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Minister of Education, Universities and Research (2013-2014) *

Marcello Spatafora Marcello Spatafora (born 30 July 1941) is a retired Italian diplomat, former Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations. Career Marcello Spatafora was born in Innsbruck, Austria. He studied law at the University of Pisa, at the pres ...

, Italian Ambassador to

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(1980–1986), Ambassador to

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(1986–1989), Ambassador to Australia (1993–1997), Ambassador to Albania (1997–1999), Chief of the Italian delegation responsible for organizing the country’s presidency of the

European Economic Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...

(1989–1990), as of 2000 Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, President of the

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in 2007 * Fabrizio Pagani, economist and policy expert, former Italy's G20 Sherpa and OECD Director *

Tiziano Terzani Tiziano Terzani (; 14 September 1938 – 28 July 2004) was an Italian journalist and writer, best known for his extensive knowledge of 20th century East Asia and for being one of the very few western reporters to witness both the fall of Saigon ...

, Italian journalist and writer *

Vittorio Grilli Vittorio Grilli (born 19 May 1957) is an Italian economist and academic. He was Italy's minister of economy and finance from 2012 to 2013 as part of the Monti cabinet. Education Grilli was born in Milan on 19 May 1957. He graduated from Bocconi ...

, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (government of

Mario Monti Mario Monti, (born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a technocratic government in the wake of the Italian debt crisis. Monti served as a European Commiss ...

), part of the Board of Directors of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, and board-member of the respected European think-thank

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Riccardo Varaldo
economist and holder of the prestigious ''Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica'' i.e.

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

, President of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Member of many Ministries' entities, President of th
Società Italiana di Marketing

Nicola Bellini
economist and Director of IRPET (Istituto Regionale per la Programmazione Economica della Toscana) *

Nicoletta Batini Nicoletta Batini (born April 15, 1970) is an Italian economist,Livorno ex grillina si candida a Sindaco con il PD”. (February 14, 2014). Il Corriere della Sera, 14 February2014. Retrieved 2014-25-11. notable as a scholar of innovative monetary ...

, economist, notable as a scholar of innovative monetary and fiscal policy practices, as well as structural reforms for the promotion of export competitiveness especially in the shipping industry. She is currently rated among the 5% top most cited authors in economics worldwide (RePEc). She began her active career as an economist with the

Bank of England The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker, and still one of the bankers for the Government of ...

in London and has handled extensive consultancy roles in the public sector. She is currently a Director of Italy’s Department of the Treasury within the

Ministry of Economy and Finances (Italy) The Ministry of Economy and Finance ( it, Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze), also known by the acronym MEF, is a ministry of the Italian government. Its responsibilities include overseeing economic policy, public investments and spending. T ...

in Rome in charge of the international economy and economic policies. *

Giovanni Dosi Giovanni Dosi is Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Economics at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. He is the Co-Director of the task forces “Industrial Policy” and “Intellectual Property” at the Initiative for ...

, economist, co-director of the specific task forces on industrial policy and intellectual property rights within the

Initiative for Policy Dialogue The Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) is a non-profit organization based at Columbia University in the United States. IPD was founded in July 2000 by Joseph E. Stiglitz, with support of the Ford, Rockefeller, McArthur, and Mott Foundations and ...

, editor of the

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Journa
Continental Europe of Industrial and Corporate Change
* Stefan Collignon, professor of political economy, International Chief Economist of th
Centro Europa Ricerche
founder of Euro Asia Forum at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Previously, he was Centennial Professor of European Political Economy at the

London School of Economics and Political Science , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

(LSE) (2001–2005) and Visiting Professor at

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(2005–2007), also taught at

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, Institut d’Etudes Politiques,

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and at the

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. Also served as Deputy Director General for Europe in the

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(1999–2000). *

Giulio Tononi Giulio Tononi () is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist who holds the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine, as well as a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science, at the University of Wisconsin. He is best known for his Integrated Informati ...

, Neuroscientist and psychiatrist who holds the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine, as well as a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science, at the

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.
Antonio L'Abbate
Professor of Medical Sciences at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and together with

one of the top Italian Scientists
Giorgio Buttazzo
Professor at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Editor-in-Chief of th
Journal of Real-Time Systems (Springer)
and Chair of the prestigiou
IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems
(2010–12) *

Luca Desiata Luca Desiata (born December 10, 1971) is an Italian manager, Latinist and art curator. He was the CEO of SOGIN between 2016 and 2019. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine of Latin crosswords Hebdomada Aenigmatum and of the mag ...

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and editor-in-chief of Hebdomada Aenigmatum, the first magazine of Latin crosswords

Notes and references

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The present-day structure

Organization

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Graduate programs

Doctoral programs (PhD)

Post-doctoral education and research

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Partner universities and international agreements

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Notable alumni and faculty

See also

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