Education in Pisa - Museums in Pisa, University of Pisa, Sant'anna School of Advanced Studies, Camposanto Monumentale (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Museums in Pisa, University of Pisa, Sant'anna School of Advanced Studies, Camposanto Monumentale, Scuola Normale Superiore Di Pisa, Pisa Charterhouse, Domus Galilaeana, Orto Botanico Di Pisa, Museo Storia Naturale Di Pisa, Orto Botanico Forestale Dell'abetone, Pisa University System. Excerpt: The University of Pisa (Italian Universit di Pisa) is located in Pisa, Tuscany. It was formally founded on the September 3, 1343 by an edict of Pope Clement VI, although there had been lectures on law in Pisa since the 11th century. The University has Europe's oldest academic botanical garden (Orto botanico di Pisa), founded 1544. The University of Pisa is part of the Pisa University System, together with the Scuola Normale Superiore and the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. It offers a wide and renowned range of courses, but it is especially known for its science and engineering branches, which manage extremely good courses at the BSc, MSc and PhD level. The Computer Science course at University of Pisa was the first one in the area to be activated in the whole Italy, during the 1960s. The aerospace MSc courses (EuMAS, MSSE) are the first in Italy to be offered entirely in the English language. The university now has about 57,000 students (of which 53,000 in undergraduate and postgraduate studies and 3500 in doctoral and specialization studies). The University of Pisa was officially established in 1343, although a number of scholars claim its origin dates back to the 11th century. The earliest evidence of a Pisan Studium dates to 1338, when the renowned jurist Ranieri Arsendi transferred to Pisa from Bologna. He along with Bartolo da Sassoferrato, a lecturer in Civil Law, were paid by the Municipality to teach public lessons. The papal bull In s... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=453158