Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa
Scuola Normale Superiore
Logo of the Scuola Normale Superiore
TypePublic
Established1810; 214 years ago (1810)
FounderNapoléon Bonaparte
Administrative staff
ca. 240
Undergraduatesca. 290
Postgraduatesca. 260
Location
Pisa, Florence
,
Tuscany
,
Italy
CampusUrban
AffiliationsPisa University System
Websitesns.it/en

The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa[1] (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university institution in Pisa and Florence,[2][3] Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students. Together with the University of Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, it is part of the Pisa University System.[4]

It was founded in 1810 with a decree by Napoleon as a branch of the École normale supérieure in Paris,[5] with the aim of training the teachers of the Empire to educate its citizens. In 2013 the Florentine site was added to the historical site in Pisa, following the inclusion of the Institute of Human Sciences in Florence (SUM). Since 2018 the Scuola Normale Superiore has been federated with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and with the Institute for Advanced Studies of Pavia, the only other two university institutions with special status that, in the Italian panorama, offer, in accordance with standards of excellence, both undergraduate and postgraduate educational activities.

Eminent personalities from the world of science, literature and politics have studied at the Normale, among them Giosuè Carducci, Carlo Rubbia, Enrico Fermi, Aldo Capitini, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Giovanni Gronchi, Giovanni Gentile as well as Alessio Figalli, in more recent times.

  1. ^ "Student Guidebook – Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa" (PDF). Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Sites | Scuola Normale Superiore". sns.it. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Statute, Regulations and Code of Ethics | Scuola Normale Superiore". sns.it. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Pisan University System". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  5. ^ Carlucci, Paola (2010). La Scuola Normale Superiore. Percorsi nel merito 1810–2010. Pisa. pp. 11–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)