The University of Salerno () (in acronym UNISA) is a university located in

Fisciano Fisciano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is dominated by the University of Salerno, which built a new campus in the town in 1988. The municipality borders with Baronissi, Ca ...

and in

Baronissi Baronissi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is home to a campus of the University of Salerno. History The town develops from the original old area named ''Casali''. Geograph ...

, Italy. Its main campus is located in

while the

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is located in

. It is organized in ten faculties. Campusfisciano1

History

Salerno's

Schola Medica Salernitana The Schola Medica Salernitana () was a medieval medical school, the first and most important of its kind. Situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Mezzogiorno, south Italian city of Salerno, it was founded in the 9th century and rose to prominence in ...

was the most important medical school in Europe between the 10th and 13th centuries. Following the rise of

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medical schools, it briefly merged with the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II (; , ) is a public university, public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, s ...

, which moved to Salerno from 1253 to 1258 before returning to

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and establishing its own medical school there. Meanwhile, the

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displaced Salerno as the most prestigious medical school internationally and by the 14th century the latter had ceased to exist. The modern University of Salerno traces its origin to the Istituto Universitario di Magistero “ Giovanni Cuomo”, a teacher training college founded in 1944 with this renowned and ancient tradition in mind. In 1968 the institute became a State university, the University of Salerno, and it has since seen a great increase in student numbers.

Organization

The University of Salerno offers degrees in 10 faculties: * Faculty of Arts and Philosophy * Faculty of Economics * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Foreign language and literature * Faculty of Law * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences * Faculty of Pharmacy * Faculty of Political Science The library "biblioteca Eduardo R. Caianiello" offers students over 400,000 volumes and constitutes one of the major collections of books in Italy.

ICSR Mediterranean Knowledge

In May 2015 the University of Salerno saw the establishment of a new research institute, the International Centre for Studies and Research "Mediterranean Knowledge", composed by 14 Research Units located in universities of the Mediterranean countries. The ICSR, that has its administrative office at the University of Salerno, aims at favouring research and dissemination of knowledge about the most important topics of the Mediterranean Basin. For that purpose it publishes the book series ''Mediterranean, Knowledge, Culture, Heritage'', the''Journal of Mediterranean Knowledge'' and a series of Working Papers. The ICSR, moreover, periodically organizes national and international conferences.

References

External links

University of Salerno Website
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Universities and colleges established in 1944 1944 establishments in Italy

History

Organization

ICSR Mediterranean Knowledge

See also

References

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