The University of Ferrara Since 1391 looking forward

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The University of FerraraSince 1391 looking
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• February 2007

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The city of Ferrara
Milan
Venice
FERRARA
Bologna
Florence
Rome

• A modern city with very old and valued
  traditions, Ferrara is located in the North of
  Italy between Venice, Bologna and Florence
• Its province counts 360,000 inhabitants, a third
  of them living in Ferrara itself

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The Schifanoia Palace
The Renaissance walls
The Este Castle
The Cathedral
Ariostea Square

• Ferrara's most famous image is certainly that of
  its grand Renaissance,
• the age of splendour of the Estense court, which
  has left indelible signs.
• Ferrara is included in the UNESCO World Heritage
  List,
• and has now been chosen as location of the
  Italian branch of the Hermitage Museum.

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CLIMATE/CLOTHINGWinters in Ferrara are
moderately cold, with temperatures sometimes
below 0C warm clothes are required. In Spring
and Autumn temperatures range between 10 and
20C, whilst in June it can be 28/30C, and in
Summer daytime temperatures are often over 30C.
TRANSPORTFerrara is well served by the motorway
and railways networks. It lies on the main
Venice - Florence - Rome line. Ferrara is within
easy reach of international airports (Bologna
airpt at 40 Km). Motorway A13 Bologna to Padua
exits either Ferrara Nord or Ferrara Sud
Ferraras attractions and locations can be easily
accessed by bus or bicycleFerrara is
a member of the European Association of Cities
for bicycles
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The University of Ferrara
The seat of the University of Ferrara, is at
Savonarola 9, in Renata di Francia Palace
Este Castle
The Cathedral
Unife

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The origins
Founded in 1391, the University of Ferrara is
one of the oldest in Italy. The earliest courses
were in the arts, theology and law and from the
very beginning it attracted well-known teachers.
These included Bartolomeo of Saliceto, Prince
of the Jurists, and Guarino of Verona, who had
Enea Silvio Piccolomini amongst his pupils

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Famous students
Nicholas CopernicusParacelsusGiovanni Pico
of Mirandola

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Historical buildings and modern complexes
The majority of the Institutes and Departments
are housed in recently renovated historical
buildings.

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Bevilacqua-Costabili Palace
The last to be restored and be brought to its
original splendour is the XVI century Palazzo
Bevilacqua-Costabili

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Bevilacqua-Costabili Palace
Since this year the Palace will be the seat of
the Department of Economics and the Faculty of
Economics

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The Statistics of theUniversity of Ferrara
8 Faculties Sciences, Medicine, Architecture,
Law, Economics, Pharmacy, Engineering,
Letters and Humanities20 DepartmentsEnrolled
Students ca 18.000Professors and assistants
670Contract-based teachers 660PhD students
420Post doc assistants ca. 280Technicians and
administrative staff 500Undergraduate courses
80Postgraduate courses masters (26), doctorate
programmes (15), medicine schools and courses of
specialisation (15), postgraduate courses (27),
school of specialisation for secondary education
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IUSS Ferrara 1391
The IUSS Ferrara 1391, Istituto Universitario
di Studi Superiori (University Institute of
Higher Level Studies), was initiated in 2005.It
is an integral part of the University of Ferrara,
a sort of mega-center.The IUSSs main objectives
are the development of talents and abilities of
PhD students, the internationalization of the
Programmes of study and Masters, and the
promotion of residence
One of the IUSS congress rooms

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The Scientific Centre
The Scientific Technological Centre of the
University of Ferraracombines and rationalises
the teaching and research in Engineering,
Physics, Information Technology and Geology. It
is the site of research laboratories concerned
with three projects of a regional nature. The
complex is also the home of the Centre for
innovation and technological exchange which has
created fourteen new spin-off companies with
forty cases of technological exchange and thirty
seven patents.

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Accommodation
The IUSS College
University of Ferrara has a wide range of
accommodation options available for students and
it is able to provide options for residential
courses

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Sports at UNIFE
The University Sports Centre (CUS-FERRARA),
founded in 1947, offers more than 75 courses

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The University of FerraraSince 1391 looking
forward

• February 2007