University of Catania
Università degli Studi di Catania | |
| Seal of the University of Catania | |
| Latin: Siciliae Studium Generale or "Siculorum Gymnasium" | |
| Type | State-supported |
|---|---|
| Established | 1434 |
| Rector | Prof. Antonino Recca |
| Students | 66,235 |
| Location | , |
| Sports teams | CUS Catania (http://www.cuscatania.it/) |
| Website | www.unict.it/ |
The University of Catania (Italian: Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Italy, and founded in 1434. It is the oldest university in Sicily and one of the oldest in the world. With a population of over 60,000 students, it is the main university in Sicily.
Organization
Faculties
These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided into:
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Economics
- Pharmacy
- Law
- Engineering
- Letters and Philosophy
- Foreign Languages and Literature
- Medicine and Surgery
- Education
- Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
- Political Science
History
The university was founded by King Alfonso V of Aragon (who was also King Alfonso I of Sicily) on 19 October 1434.
Famous scholars
Humanities
- Santo Mazzarino, a leading 20th-century historian of ancient Rome and Greece
Science
- Agatino Sammartino Pardo, astronomer and mathematician, contributed to the calculation of the orbit of Ceres, the first asteroid discovered.
- Giuseppe Mercalli, inventor of the Mercalli Scale of earthquake intensity, was professor of geology in the late 1880s
- Giuseppe Colombo, physicist and astronomer, NASA consultant and early proponent of tethered satellites. Asteroid 10387 Bepicolombo is named in his honor.
Points of interest
- Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania, the university's botanical garden
See also
External links
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