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Found Date :
1222
Motto :
“为帕多瓦,宇宙以及全人类的自由而奋斗（Universa Universis Patavina Libertas）”
Website :
http://www.unipd.it
Address :
via 8 Febbraio, 2 - 35122
Introduction :
Along with such universities as Bologna, Paris, Oxford and Cambridge, that of Padua was one ofthe first to exemplify the idea of a Gymnasium Omnium Disciplinarum - an educational modelthat can now be seen throughout the world. Though the university's year of foundation isgenerally given as 1222, that in fact only marks the date from which there are records of a "fixedand publicly recognised university established within the city" and so the actual foundation canbe dated even early, to a period when a number of professors and students had left theUniversity of Bologna as a result of "offences to academic freedom and the failure to observe theprivileges that had been guaranteed to teachers and pupils". Such exchanges of personnel andstudents - together with the similarities in the Statutes of the two foundations - reveal that Paduaplaced a certain importance on this link with what was the oldest university in the world, againstwhich it was however very soon setting itself up as a rival (and even centuries later that rivalryhas lost none of its edge).University of Padua was not founded as the result of a charter grantedby pope of emperor, but as a "response to the specific social and cultural conditions that createda need for it"; and its motto of Universa Universis Patavina Libertas was well-deserved not onlyunder the original Commune of the thirteenth century but also during the fourteenth-centuryrule of the Carraresi and throughout the period of Venetian rule of the city (from the 15th to the18th century), all these different authorities guaranteeing full respect for the university'sfreedoms. The fifteenth century would see the beginning of more than three hundred years ofgrowth in prestige as the University of Padua benefited from the protection of the Venetian2Republic, which was determined that this should be the only Gymnasium Omnium Disciplinarumwithin its territories. It was during this period that Padua made its great contribution to thenascent scientific revolution, with developments in philosophical thought, in the study ofmedicine and anatomy and the great discoveries in astronomy, physics and mathematics that arelinked with the eighteen-year period that Galileo Galilei taught at the university (from 1592 to1610).During the seventeenth and eighteenth century, as universities spread throughout Europeand ideas were exchanged backwards and forwards across the continent, the role of PaduaUniversity changed; however, it still maintained its unique position within the Venetian Republic,and the eminence of its professors meant it continued to hold a high place both within andwithout Italy. Amongst the figures associated with the University at this time, one might mention:Domenico Guglielmi, Bernardino Ramazzini, Gian Battista Morgagni, Gian Battista Poleni, AntonioVallisneri and Giuseppe Toaldo, with the students including Carlo Goldoni, Ugo Foscolo, GiuseppeTartini and Giacomo Casanova.The political role of the university was particularly apparent in thenineteenth century, when its professors and students took part in the local uprising of February1848 against the Austrian occupation; and again in the First World War, Padua would find itselfthe centre of the zone of operations bordering on the Austrian Front. Just a few decades later,under its Rector Concetto Marchesi and its Pro-Rector Egidio Meneghetti, Padua University wouldlive up to its motto by taking a leading role in the struggle against the Nazi occupation of 1943-45;and in recognition of the sacrifices made by so many young people who lost their life in thatstruggle, the university would later receive the Gold Medal for Valour, the only university in Italyto gain such an awardn recent years, the University has been able to meet the problems posed byovercrowded facilities by re-deploying over the Veneto as a whole. In 1990, the Institute ofManagement Engineering was set up in Vicenza; then the summer courses at Bressanone beganonce more; and in 1995 the Agripolis centre at Legnaro - for Agricultural Science and VeterinaryMedicine - opened. Other sites of re-deployment are at Rovigo, Treviso, Feltre, CastelfrancoVeneto, Conegliano, Chioggia and Asiago.Recent changes in state legislation have also opened theway to greater autonomy for Italian universities, and in 1995 Padua adopted a Statute that gave itgreater independence. As the publications of innumerable conferences and congresses show, themodern-day University of Padua plays an important role in scholarly and scientific research atboth a European and world level. True to its origins, this is the direction in which the Institutionintends to move in the future, establishing closer and closer links of co-operation and exchangewith all the world's major research universities.
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Status
Public
Research Output
Very High
Student/Faculty Ratio
17
Scholarships
Yes
Intl Students
2,654
Size
XL
Total Faculty
2,806
Agricultural Science and Technology
Animal Science and Technology
Archaeology
Arts and Humanities
Astronomy
Audioprothesic Techniques
Biology
Biomedical Laboratory Techniques
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Childhood and Pre-Adolescence Teacher Training Science
Childhood Neuro and Psycomotricity
Cognitive Psychology
Communication
Computer Science
Cultural Tourism Planning and Management
Dental Hygiene Castelfranco Veneto
Developmental and Educational
Dietistic
Economic Law
Educational Sciences
Employment Consultancy
Environment and Workplace
Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques
Environmental Sciences and Technology
Food Science and Technology
Forestry and Environmental and Technology
Geological Science
Health Assistance
History and Conservation of The Artistic and Musical Heritage
History
Human Movement Sciences
Imaging and Radiotherapy
Industrial Chemistry
International Economics
Land and Landscape Restoration and Nhancement
Linguistic and Cultural Mediation
Materials Science
Mathematics
Modern Languages and Literatures
Molecular Biology
Natural Science
Neurophysiopathology Techniques
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Optics and Optometry
Orthoptic and Ophthalmologic
Pediatric Nursing
Philosophy
Physics
Physiotherapy
Political Sciences, International Relations, Human Rights
Political Sciences, International Studies, Public Administration
Prevention Techniques
Professional Education
Psychobiology
Psychological Sciences Andtechniques
Psychology
Psychology of Personality Andnterpersonal Relationships
Safety and Hygiene of Food Products
Science and Culture of Gastronomy And Catering
Social and Work Psychology
Social Work
Sociological Sciences
Speech and Language Therapy
Statistics and Informationtechnologies
Statistics and Management
Statistics, Economics and Finance
Techniques
Visual and Performing Arts
Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology
Activity
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Science and Technology
Animal Science and Technology
Archaeological Sciences
Architecture
Astronomy
Automation Engineering
Bioengineering
Biotechnology Applied To Food Security and Nutrition
Building Engineering
Business Administration
Chemical and Process Engineering
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Classical Languages and Literatures and Ancient History
Clinical Dynamic Psychology
Clinical Engineering
Community Psychology
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Developmental and Educational
Economics and Finance
Electrical Engineering
Energy Engineering
Engineering and Management
Environmental Engineering(Lessons In English Language)
European and American Languages and Literatures
European Studies
Evolutionary Biology
Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Food Science and Technology
Forestry and Environmental Sciences
Geology and Technical Geology
Government Sciences and Public
Health Professions Of Rehabilitation
Health Professions Of Technical Sciences (Diagnostic)
Historical Sciences
History Of Art
Industrial Biotechnology
Industrial Chemistry
Institutions and Politics of Human
International Economics
International Politics and Diplomacy
Land and Environment Science and Technology
Law and Economics
Law and Jurisprudence
Life-Long Education Sciences
Linguistics
Local Development(Lessons In English Language)
Local Development (Erasmus Munds Master Degree In Sustainable Territorial Development)(Lessons In English and French Languages)
Management Of Educational Services
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronic Engineering
Media Education and E-Learning
Medical Biotechnologies
Medicine and Surgery
Modern Languages For The International Communication and Cooperation
Modern Philology
Molecular Biology
Music and Performing Arts
Natural Science
Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
Nursing and Midwifery Sciences Castelfranco
Pedagogical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies
Pharmacy
Philosophical Sciences
Physics
Policies
Preventive and Adapted Physical
Primary Teacher Education
Product Innovation Engineering
Psychology
Rehabilitation Health Professional Science
Rights and Peace
Sanitary Biology
Sciences
Sciences Of Social Work
Social, Work and Communication
Sociology
Statistical Sciences
Strategies In Communication
Studies
Technical Diagnostics For Health Professions
Techniques
Telecommunication Engineering
Theatre, Film, Television and Media
Theory and Methodology(Distance Learning)
Veterinary Medicine