University of Sassari

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University of Sassari Università degli Studi di Sassari


Established	1562
Type	State-supported
Rector	Prof. Alessandro Maida
Staff	700
Students	18,000
Location	Sassari, Italy
Sports teams	CUS Sassari (http://cus.uniss.it/)
Website	www.uniss.it/

The University of Sassari (Italian: Università degli Studi di Sassari, UniSS) is a university located in Sassari, Italy. It was founded in 1562 and is organized in 11 Faculties.

1 History and Profile
2 Organization
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History and Profile

The University of Sassari was founded by Alessio Fontana, a distinguished gentleman of the town of Sassari in 1558. The official opening dates back to the month of May 1562. It was firstly run by the Jesuits.

Today, the University, which is of medium size, with a total number of over 18.000 students and about 700 teachers, consists of 11 Faculties and over 40 Departments, Study Centres and Institutes. There are several Specialist Schools, Research Institutions, Schools for Special Research and Postgraduate Schools.

Main building

[edit] Organization

These are the 11 faculties in which the university is divided into:

Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Faculty of Political Science
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

(Italian) University of Sassari Website

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