The University of Bari Aldo Moro ( it, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) is a state-supported higher education institution founded in 1925 in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
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Apulia
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, in Southern Italy. The university is one of the most prestigious universities in southern Italy and it is one of the largest in Italy, with a student population of around 60,000. A recent name change refers to the statesman
Aldo Moro (1916-1978), a student of law there until 1939 who then served as ordinary professor of philosophy of Law and Colonial Policy (1941) and of Criminal Law (1942).
Organization
The University of Bari is divided into various faculties. Each faculty has its own set of departments that focus on the arts sciences, mathematics, social sciences, literature, medicine, law, and education. These are the 13 faculties in which the university is divided into:
* Faculty of
Agricultural Science
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* Faculty of
Arts and
Philosophy
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* Faculty of
Biotechnological Sciences
* Faculty of
Communication Studies
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* Faculty of
Economics
* Faculty of
Educational Science
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* Faculty of
Foreign Languages and
Literatures
* Faculty of
Law
* Faculty of
Mathematics
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Physics and
Natural Science
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* Faculty of
Medicine and
Surgery
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* Faculty of
Pharmacy
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* Faculty of
Political Science
* Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine
* Ionian Department of
Law and
Economics (Taranto)
The university offers various courses for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students. Aside from teaching, the university is also focused on scientific research at the doctorate level. The University of Bari research centres are highly-interactive, having connections among different departments, universities, and other research centres.
Rankings
The university has been awarded the following ranking positions:
*ranked 359 by the
Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)
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(2016)
*ranked 437 by the
CWTS Leiden Ranking (2016)
*ranked 401–500,
Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking (2016)
*ranked over 500th position by
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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(ARWU) (2016)
*ranked over 700th position by
QS World University Rankings (2016)
The university is one of the 48 Italian higher education institutions in the CWUR list of the top 1000 universities in the world for 2016. Moreover, it has been ranked between 151st and 200th in the world for Physics by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2015).
Points of interest
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bari
The Orto Botanico di APS Parco Domingo Comunità Empatica e Sostenibile Bari, also known as the Orto Domingo, Orto dei Miracoli, and Hortus Botanicus Barensis, is a botanical garden in Bari, Apulia, Italy.
The garden was established in 1955, opene ...
See also
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List of Italian universities
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Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes
References
External links
University of Bari Website
University of Bari
Educational institutions established in 1925
Buildings and structures in the Province of Bari
Education in Apulia
1925 establishments in Italy
Aldo Moro
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