University of Naples Federico II
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Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | |
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| Motto | Ad Scientiarum Haustum et Seminarium Doctrinarum |
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Motto in English | For the inculcation of the sciences and the dissemination of knowledge |
| Type | State-supported |
| Established | 1224 |
| Endowment | 473 million € |
| Rector | Prof. Gaetano Manfredi |
Administrative staff | 5,517(2013) |
| Students | 78,324 |
| Undergraduates | 44,700 |
| Postgraduates | 33,600 |
| Location | Naples, Italy |
| Campus | Urban |
| Sports teams | CUS Napoli |
| Affiliations | Campus Europae, UNIMED, PEGASUS |
| Website | www.unina.it/ |
Main building, university of Naples, Federico II
The University of Naples Federico II (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a university located in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-religious university in the world, and is now organized into 13 faculties. It was Europe's first university dedicated to training secular administrative staff,[1] and one of the oldest academic institutions in continuous operation. Federico II is the third University in Italy by number of students enrolled,[citation needed] but despite its huge size it is still one of the best universities in Italy,[citation needed] being particularly notable for research; in 2015 it was ranked among the top 100 universities in the world by citations per paper.[citation needed] As of 2016 it is the only generalist Italian university in the Times higher education reputation, which considers the best 200 best universities in the world.[citation needed] The university is named after its founder Frederick II.
In October 2016 the University hosted the first ever Apple IOS Developer Academy.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Political project of Fredrick II
2 Academics
3 Noted people
3.1 Notable alumni
3.2 Presidents of the Italian Republic
3.3 Notable professors
3.4 Honoris Causa graduates
3.5 Rankings
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
The University of Naples Federico II was founded by emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Frederick II on 5 June 1224. It is the world's oldest state-supported institution of higher education and research. One of the most famous students was Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas.
Political project of Fredrick II[edit]
Fredrick II had specific objectives when he founded the university in Naples: first, to train administrative and skilled bureaucratic professionals for the curia regis (the kingdom's ministries and governing apparatus), as well as preparing lawyers and judges who would help the sovereign to draft laws and administer justice. Second, he wanted to facilitate the cultural development of promising young students and scholars, avoiding any unnecessary and expensive trips abroad: by creating a State University, Emperor Frederick avoided having young students during his reign complete their training at the University of Bologna, which was in a city that was hostile to the imperial power.[2][3][4]
The University of Naples was arguably the first to be formed from scratch by a higher authority, not based upon an already-existing private school. Although its claim to be the first state-sponsored university can be challenged by Palencia (which was founded by the Castilian monarch c.1212), Naples certainly was the first chartered one.[5]
The artificiality of its creation posed great difficulties in attracting students; Thomas Aquinas was one of the few who came in these early years. Those years were further complicated by the long existence, in nearby Salerno, of Europe's most prestigious medical faculty, the Schola Medica Salernitana. The fledgling faculty of medicine at Naples had little hope of competing with it, and in 1231 the right of examination was surrendered to Salerno. The establishment of new faculties of theology and law under papal sponsorship in Rome in 1245 further drained Naples of students, as Rome was a more attractive location. In an effort to revitalize the dwindling university, in 1253, all the remaining schools of the university of Naples moved to Salerno, in the hope of creating a single viable university for the south.[6] But that experiment failed and the university (minus medicine) moved back to Naples in 1258 (in some readings, Naples was "refounded" in 1258 by Manfred Hohenstaufen, as by this time there were hardly any students left). The Angevin reforms after 1266 and the subsequent decline of Salerno gave the University of Naples a new lease on life and put it on a stable, sustainable track.[5]
Academics[edit]
The university is divided into 13 faculties:
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Biotechnology
- Economics
- Engineering
- Law
Letters and philosophy
- Mathematical, physical and natural sciences
- Medicine and surgery
- Pharmacy
- Political sciences
- Sociology
- Veterinary medicine
Noted people[edit]
Notable alumni[edit]
Among those who have attended the University of Naples Federico II are
Italian presidents Enrico De Nicola, Giovanni Leone and Giorgio Napolitano; Italian political leader Luigi de Magistris; business executive Fabrizio Freda; and philosophers Benedetto Croce and Nicola Abbagnano.
Samantha Cristoforetti, astronaut
Saint Thomas Aquinas, philosopher and theologian
Leonardo Bianchi, physician and politician
Giordano Bruno, philosopher, Dominican friar, mathematician and astronomer
Renato Caccioppoli, mathematician
Antonio Cardarelli, physician and politician
Ernesto De Martino, historian of religion and folklore scholar
Francesco De Martino, eminent jurist, intellectual and politician
Fabrizio De Miranda, structural engineer
Gaetano Filangieri, jurist and philosopher
Marta Filizola, computational biophysicist[7]
Nicola Fusco, mathematician
Pietro Giannone, historian, philosopher and jurist
Nunziante Ippolito, physician and anatomist
Antonio Labriola, philosopher
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Catholic Church
Attilio Micheluzzi, comics author-artist, graduate in architecture
Giuseppe Mingione, mathematician
Giuseppe Moscati, Roman Catholic saint, physician, educator, and scientist
Francesco Saverio Nitti, economist and politician
Umberto Nobile, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer
Luigi Palmieri, physicist
Luca Parmitano, astronaut
Raffaele Piria, chemist
Roberto Saviano, journalist and novelist
Vincenzo Tiberio, physician
Anna Tramontano, computational biologist
Cinzia Verde, marine biochemistry researcher
Giambattista Vico, philosopher, historian, and jurist
Presidents of the Italian Republic[edit]
- Enrico De Nicola
- Giovanni Leone
- Giorgio Napolitano
Notable professors[edit]
St. Thomas Aquinas, influential philosopher, saint, influential theologian
Leonardo Bianchi, physician and politician
Renato Caccioppoli, mathematician
Antonio Cardarelli, physician and politician
Domenico Cotugno, physician
Nicola Fusco, mathematician
Antonio Genovesi, philosopher and economist
Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia, physician
Stefania Filo Speziale, first woman to graduate in architecture in Naples
Ettore Majorana, physicist
Macedonio Melloni, physicist
Giuseppe Mercalli, volcanologist
Vincenzo Monaldi, physician and physiologist. First Italian Minister of Health
Luigi Palmieri, physicist and meteorologist
Francesco Saverio Nitti, economist and politician
Giosuè Sangiovanni, zoologist, founder of the Faculty of Natural Sciences
Filippo Silvestri, entomologist
Giambattista Vico, philosopher, historian, and jurist
Honoris Causa graduates[edit]
- John Nash
- Franco Modigliani
- Richard Meier
- Umberto Veronesi
- Louis Ignarro
- Riccardo Muti
- Takaaki Kajita
Rankings[edit]
Several professors from various disciplines are among the top Italian Scientists by H-index.[citation needed]
According to the 2016 QS World University Rankings by subject the University of Federico II ranks in the following ranges respectively: 51–100 for civil engineering, 101–150 for mechanical engineering, pharmacy and pharmacology, agriculture and forestry and physics and astronomy, 151–200 for law and legal studies, medicine and chemical engineering, 201–250 for electrical and electronic engineering, mathematics, economics and econometrics, 251–300 for biological sciences, computer science and chemistry.
See also[edit]
- ESDP-Network
- List of Italian universities
- List of medieval universities
- Naples
- Botanical Garden of Naples
- Orto Botanico di Portici
References[edit]
^ Astarita, Tommaso (2013). "Introduction: 'Naples is the whole world'". A Companion to Early Modern Naples. Leiden: Brill. p. 2..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Capitani, Ovidio (1981). Storia d'Italia. 4. Turin: UTET. p. 122.
^ "Cenni storici (English version)". unina.it. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^ Kamp, Norbert. "Federico II di Svevia". treccani.it. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^ ab Rashdall, Hastings. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. 2. p. 22ff.
^ Briggs, C.A. (1916). History of the Study of Theology. 2. p. 48.
^ "Marta Filizola - The Mount Sinai Hospital". The Mount Sinai Hospital. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
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(in Italian) University of Naples Federico II Website
(in Italian) Girolamo Arnaldi, Studio di Napoli in Enciclopedia Federiciana, Rome, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2005.
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Coordinates: 40°50′50″N 14°15′25″E / 40.84722°N 14.25694°E / 40.84722; 14.25694
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