University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italian: Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia), located in Modena and Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, is one of the oldest universities in Italy, founded in 1175, with a population of 20,000 students.
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia | |
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Mutinensis et Regiensis | |
Type | State-supported |
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Established | 1175; 849 years ago (1175) |
Rector | Prof. Carlo Adolfo Porro |
Students | 22,205 (a.y. 2015/16) |
Location | Modena and Reggio Emilia , |
Campus | Urban |
Sports teams | CUS Modena cusmore.it |
Website | www.unimore.it |
The medieval university disappeared by 1338 and was replaced by "three public lectureships" which did not award degrees and were suspended in the 1590s "for lack of money". The university was not reestablished in Modena until the 1680s and did not receive an imperial charter until 1685.[1]
Some famous students who attended the university include Ludovico Antonio Muratori, a noted Italian historian and scholar who graduated in 1694, the playwright Carlo Goldoni in the 17th century and, in the last century, Sandro Pertini, who became President of the Italian Republic.