University of Bari
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Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro | |
 University of Bari Aldo Moro campus | |
| Latin: Universitatis Barensis | |
| Motto | Et lucem sed aliam reddit |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1925 |
| Rector | Stefano Bronzini |
| Students | 49,000 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Sports teams | CUS Bari |
| Affiliations | UNIMED, GUIDE |
| Website | www.uniba.it |
The University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italian: Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) is a state-supported higher education institution founded in 1925 in Bari, Apulia, in Southern Italy. The university has a student population of around 60,000.[1]
A recent name change refers to the statesman Aldo Moro (1916–1978), a student of law there until 1939 who then served as ordinary professor of philosophy of Law and Colonial Policy (1941) and of Criminal Law (1942).
Organization[edit]
The University of Bari is divided into various faculties. Each faculty has its own set of departments that focus on the arts sciences, mathematics, social sciences, literature, medicine, law, and education. These are the 13 faculties in which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Agricultural Science
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences
- Faculty of Communication Studies
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Educational Science
- Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Ionian Department of Law and Economics (Taranto)
The university offers various courses for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students. Aside from teaching, the university is also focused on scientific research at the doctorate level. The University of Bari research centres are highly-interactive, having connections among different departments, universities, and other research centres.
Rankings[edit]
The university has been awarded the following ranking positions:[2]
- ranked 359 by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) (2016)[3]
- ranked 437 by the CWTS Leiden Ranking (2016)[4]
- ranked 401–500, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking (2016)[5]
- ranked over 500th position by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) (2016)[6]
- ranked over 700th position by QS World University Rankings (2016)[7]
The university is one of the 48 Italian higher education institutions in the CWUR list of the top 1000 universities in the world for 2016. Moreover, it has been ranked between 151st and 200th in the world for Physics by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2015).[8]
Points of interest[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "University of Bari". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (University of Bari Aldo Moro)". Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ CWUR Ranking
- ^ Leiden Ranking, CWTS Leiden Ranking 2016
- ^ Times Higher Education, University of Bari
- ^ Shanghairanking, University of Bari
- ^ "Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (University of Bari Aldo Moro)". Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "University of Bari". Retrieved 28 August 2012.
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