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

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

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. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale. The official seal of the university portraits Saint Herculan, one of the saint patrons, 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 Middle Ages.

History

One of the "free" universities of Italy, it was erected into a ''studium generale'' on September 8, 1308, by the Bull "Super specula" of Clement V. 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 Jacobus de BelvisoJacopo di Belviso, Giacomo Belvisi, Jacobus de Belvisius. (c. 1270 – 1335) was an Italian jurist from Bologna. His later reputation was based on the text ''Practica criminalis'' on criminal law printed under his name in 1515. Th ...

, 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 erection 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 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 Pope Gregory XI ( la, Gregorius, born Pierre Roger de Beaufort; c. 1329 – 27 March 1378) was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pop ...

, 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 in the university in 1811. To this foundation the ''Sapienza nuova'' was transferred in 1829. The latter was founded by Benedetto Guidalotti, Bishop of Recanati in 1426, with Martin V's approval, as the ''Collegio di S. Girolamo''. It was a free hostel for impecunious strangers who wished to study law and medicine. 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,

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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

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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 were: 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

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, and specialized programs throughout the

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region in the cities of

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Foligno Foligno (; 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 Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

, and

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. 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

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 ...

* Department 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 ...

* Department of Humanities, Ancient and Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures * Department of Law * 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 Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rela ...

* Department of

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

* Department of

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

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

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* Prorector

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* Deputy Rector

** Prof. Luca Bartocci ** Prof. Paolo Belardi ** Prof. Stefano Brancorsini ** Prof. Gabriele Cruciani **

** Prof.ssa Carla Emiliani ** Prof. Daniele Parbuono ** Prof. Daniele Porena ** Prof. Roberto Rettori ** Prof.ssa Stefania Stefanelli **

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Eminent faculty and alumni

Among its eminent teachers were: *

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(c. 1447 - 1517), father of accounting *

(c. 1270-1335), jurist * Johannes Andreas, canonist *

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, (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 Gentile Gentili da Foligno (died 18 June 1348) was an Italian professor and doctor of medicine, trained at Padua and the University of Bologna, and teaching probably first at Bologna, then at the University of Perugia, Siena (1322–1324), where h ...

(d. 1348), physician *

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, founder of the science of international law *

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Pope (

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) * Annibale Mariotti, physician * Annibale Vecchi, pharmacist *

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, botanist *

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, physicist * Giuseppe Antinori, arcadian and classicist *

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, politician Among its students were: * Nicholas IV *

(c. 1329 - 1378, r. 1370-1378) *

Innocent VII Pope Innocent VII ( la, Innocentius VII; it, Innocenzo VII; 1339 – 6 November 1406), born Cosimo de' Migliorati, was head of the Catholic Church from 17 October 1404 to his death in November 1406. He was pope during the period of the Western S ...

* Martin V *

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* Julius II *

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Urban VII Pope Urban VII ( la, Urbanus VII; it, Urbano VII; 4 August 1521 – 27 September 1590), born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was head of the Catholic Church, and ruler of the Papal States from 15 to 27 September 1590. His thirteen-day papacy was th ...

Gregory XIV Pope Gregory XIV ( la, Gregorius XIV; it, Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato or Sfondrati, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death in October ...

Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII ( la, Clemens VIII; it, Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born ...

Paul V Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 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 ...

* Ruggero Oddi, physician * Michaëlle Jean, former

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and current

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, actress *

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Pier Paolo Pandolfi Pier Paolo Pandolfi is an Italian doctor, geneticist, molecular biologist, and cancer researcher. Originally from Rome, Italy, Pandolfi studied medicine at the University of Perugia in Umbria in central Italy, where he began his research into ...

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 ''

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'' directed by Sergio Martino, retrospectively recognized as one of the first "proto-

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

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Education in Umbria

History

Organization

Academic authorities

Eminent faculty and alumni

Points of interest

In Popular Culture

See also

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