University of Insubria
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The University of Insubria (Italian: Università degli Studi dell'Insubria) is a university located in Varese and Como, Italy. It was founded in 1998 and is organized in 5 Faculties.
History and Profile
The University of Insubria, which includes two sites, in Varese and in Como, was incorporated on July 14, 1998, but the institution which thus became a University had earlier origins. In 1971-1973, a University Centre had been established in Varese as an extension of the Faculty of Medicine of Pavia University.In the frame of Governmental reform designed to solve the problems of overcrowed universities in Italy, plans were made to establish new universities, some of which had to include a network of sites.
In 1996-1997, the Osservatorio Nazionale, the Italian national office for the assessment of the University system, had visited the facilities in the University sites in Varese and Como, where other Faculties had been opened in the meantime, and had suggested that a new University featuring an organisation based on two Delegacies should be opened.
In Italy, this was one of the first proposals aimed at establishing a University network. The new University of Insubria is in a large centre of population, and has close cultural and academic relationships with the Universities of Milan and Pavia, upon which it is based, as well as with the orther Universities in the Insubria territory, including the Canton Ticino (Switzerland).
The University of Insubria acquired full status on July 14, 1998. The newly established University, which is anchored to the traditions of the Insubria territory is the first example of a network based organisation as suggested by the Osservatorio Nazionale in its assessment of the Italian University system.
The University of Insubria implied a radical change in the local historical development, which was socially and economically expensive due to the fact that the territory was organised as a suburb of city of Milan, and horizontal connections were inadequate for the population growing needs. Today more than 7,000 students no longer commute between Varese and Milan.
Organisation
These are the 5 faculties in which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Sciences (Mathematical, Physical, Natural) - Como
- Faculty of Sciences (Mathematical, Physical, Natural) - Varese
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
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