Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro

The University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italian: Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) is a higher education institution in Bari, Apulia, in southern Italy.

The University of Bari was founded in 1925. It is a state-supported university which is divided into 12 faculties. Each faculty has its own set of departments that focus on the arts sciences, mathematics, social sciences, literature, medicine, law, and education.

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.

The University of Bari is one of the most prestigious universities in Southern Italy and it is one of the largest universities in Italy, with 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).

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]

Organization

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)

Points of interest

• Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bari

See also

• List of Italian universities
• Bari
• Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes

References

External links

• University of Bari Website
• University of Bari Guide for Foreign Students

Universities in Italy
Aosta Valley Bari Bari Polytechnic Basilicata Bergamo Bologna Collegio Superiore di Bologna Bozen-Bolzano Brescia Cagliari Calabria Camerino Carlo Cattaneo Cassino Catania Catanzaro Chieti-Pescara Enna Ferrara Florence Foggia Genoa Insubria L'Aquila Macerata Marche Polytechnic Messina Milan Milan Bicocca Milan Polytechnic Milan Bocconi Milan Cattolica Milan Humanitas Milan IULM Milan San Raffaele Modena and Reggio Emilia Molise Naples Federico II Naples II Naples Parthenope Naples Eastern University Naples Benincasa Padua Palermo Parma Pavia Perugia Perugia Foreigners Eastern Piedmont Pisa Ragusa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Reggio Calabria Rome La Sapienza Rome Tor Vergata Rome III Rome "Foro Italico" Rome LUISS Rome Niccolò Cusano Rome S. Pio V Rome Maria SS. Assunta Rome Biomedical Salento Link Campus Salerno Sannio Sassari Siena Siena Foreigners Teramo Trento Trieste Trieste SISSA Turin Turin Polytechnic Tuscia Udine Urbino Venice Venice IUAV Verona

Coordinates: 41°07′13″N 16°52′06″E / 41.12028°N 16.86833°E / 41.12028; 16.86833