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University of Pavia
University of Pavia
	Università degli Studi di Pavia
	Latin: Alma Ticinensis Universitas
Established	1361
Type	State-supported
Rector	Prof. Angiolino Stella
Staff	1,061
Students	22,390
Location	Pavia, Italy
Affiliations	Coimbra Group; EUA
Website	www.unipv.it/

The University of Pavia (Italian: Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.

Main entry of the central university building

[edit] History

The University of Pavia is one of the oldest universities in Europe. An edict issued by King Lotarius quotes a higher education institution in Pavia as already established 825 A.D. This institution, mainly devoted to ecclesiastical and civil law as well as to divinity studies, was then elected as the prime educational centre for northern Italy. Enlarged and renovated by the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, it became the University of the Duchy, having been officially established as a studium generale by Emperor Charles IV in 1361.

During the following centuries, even though passing through periods of both adversity and prosperity, the fame of the University of Pavia grew and not just in Italy.

Borromeo college

In 1858 the University was the scene of intensive student demonstrations against Austrian rule, leading to the university being closed down. This manifestation of Italian national feeling was among the harbingers of forthcoming the Unification of Italy, achieved in the following years.

The continuous presence of learned men and scientists who wrote celebrated works and made important discoveries, such as Girolamo Cardano, Alessandro Volta, Camillo Golgi, Ugo Foscolo together with the distinguished educational record of the University, added to the good name of the institution.

Private and public school residences contributed to increase and keep this fame alive during the centuries. The oldest residences, named Collegio Borromeo and Collegio Ghislieri, were built in the 16th century, and in more recent times others were founded through both public and private initiatives: the Nuovo College, the Santa Caterina College and the EDiSU. In 1997, were established the IUSS, which is an Higher Learning Institution (in Italian, "Scuola Superiore Universitaria"). The IUSS reunites and links the five colleges of Pavia, constituting the Pavia University System.

Nowadays, the University keeps on offering a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching. Research is carried out in departments, institutes, clinics, centres and laboratories, in close association with public and private institutions, enterprises, and factories.