University of Bari

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 is one of the most prestigious universities in southern Italy and it is one of the largest 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).

University of Bari Aldo Moro
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
University of Bari Aldo Moro campus
Latin: Universitatis Barensis
MottoEt lucem sed aliam reddit
TypePublic
Established1925
RectorStefano Bronzini
Students49,000
Location
Bari
Taranto
Brindisi
,
Italy
CampusUrban
Sports teamsCUS Bari
AffiliationsUNIMED, GUIDE
Websitewww.uniba.it

Organization

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:

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

The university has been awarded the following ranking positions:[2]

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

See also

References
  1. "University of Bari". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. "Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (University of Bari Aldo Moro)". Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. CWUR Ranking
  4. Leiden Ranking, CWTS Leiden Ranking 2016
  5. Times Higher Education, University of Bari
  6. Shanghairanking, University of Bari
  7. "Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (University of Bari Aldo Moro)". Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. "University of Bari". Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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