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ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY TODAY
On 18th September 1988 (1), the Magna Charta Universitatum Europaeum
was signed in Bologna by the Rectors of 430 universities. The Magna
Charta, which has since been signed by another 400 Rectors, affirms the
autonomy of university education, and the essential link between teaching
and research activities which transcend the limits imposed by "any
geographical or political border". The signing took place as part of the ninth
centenary of the University of Bologna, which was formally recognised as
the Alma Mater of all universities. The Alma Mater has many university
campuses in Emilia-Romagna and it also inaugurated a campus in Buenos
Aires in 1998.
On 19th June 1999, 29 European Ministers of Higher Education signed the
so-called “Declaration of Bologna”, which defines the major objectives for
the creation of a European Area of higher education and the promotion of
this system throughout the world. To meet these objectives European Union
member states are required to restructure their university systems by 2010.
More than 100,000 students are enrolled at the University of Bologna,
making it one of the largest universities in Italy. The University has 600,000
m 2 of floor space for teaching and extra-curricular activities distributed over
a multicampus area (2). Its 23 Faculties offer 268 degree courses including
146 first level degree courses, 110 specialised degree courses, nine European
specialisation courses, two magistral and 86 master courses.
Regularly enrolled foreign students number 4,200, while another 1,900
arrive every year on international mobility programmes such as
Socrates/Erasmus and Overseas. More than 2,300 University of Bologna
students go abroad on exchange programmes or on study grants.
Recent years have seen a rapid expansion of computing services. Through
the automated library service users can access a catalogue of 2,000,000
books and 5,239 periodicals (3). In 2006, the University’s Web Portal
System gained an average of 10,300,000 page views per month, making it
the most visited university site in Italy.
学术之母——博罗尼亚大学
1988 年 9 月 18 日(1),由 430 位大学校长在博罗尼亚同时签署了“欧洲大学宪
章”。随后另外 400 位校长也对此进行了签署,该宪章提出大学自治教育、教学与
研究的必要关系,这些超越了“任何地理或政治边界”所强加的限制。签署仪式是
博罗尼亚大学 900 年庆典仪式的一部分,同时博洛尼亚被宣称为所有大学的母校。

该母校在艾美利亚-罗马涅(Emilia-Romagna)大区有许多校区,并于 1998 年在布
宜诺斯爱利斯(Buenos Aires)建立了一个新校区。
1999 年 6 月 19 日,29 位欧洲高等教育部长签署了所谓的“博罗尼亚宣
言”,确定了为欧洲地区高等教育的创设所需的主要活动,并将这一系统在全世界
推广。为了达到这些目标,欧洲联盟成员国必须在 2010 年前调整大学系统。
博罗尼亚大学总注册学生超过 10 万人,如今是意大利最大的大学之一。大学
的教学和课外活动占地面积达 60 万平方米,分布于不同校区 (2)。23 个学院提供
268 个学位课程,包括 146 个本科专业、110 个 2 年至高级本科专业课程、9 个欧
洲专业本科及 86 个硕士课程。
每年正式注册外国学生有 4200 名,另外通过苏格拉底/伊拉斯谟计划和海外计
划及以其他流动形式入学的学生有 1900 名学生。同时每年有 2300 名博洛尼亚大学
的学生通过各种交换或助学金项目出国进行实习。
在最近几年中,信息化服务迅速发展,大学网上图书馆系统收录了 2 百万本
图书、5239 种期刊 (3)。2006 年,大学网站系统每月点击率为一千多万次,是意大
利点击率最高的大学。
Captions:
1
Signing the Magna Charta Universitatum, Bologna 18th September 1988.
(Courtesy of Archivio Storico - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna).
Magna Charta Universitatum 的签字仪式,1988 年 9 月 18 日在博罗尼亚。
(经授权自 Archivio Storico——博罗尼亚大学)。
2
A glimpse of university life.
(Courtesy of Archivio Storico - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna -
photograph: G. De Sandre).
大学生活瞬间。
(经授权自 Archivio Storico——博罗尼亚大学,摄影:G. De Sandre)。

3
Aula Magna of the 18th-century library, Bologna University Library.
18 世纪的图书馆内的 Aula Magna,博罗尼亚大学图书馆。