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Past and present
Happy 450 th birthday!
In 2011-12 the University of Sassari celebrates its 450th academic
year.
The University of Sassari owes its foundation to Alessio Fontana,
a clerk at Emperor Charles V's chancellery, who in 1558 donated
his belongings to the municipality of Sassari for the establishment
of a college in this town.
In 1559 the first Jesuits arrived to Sassari and in 1562 the first
courses were taught. During the following years a “University
House” was established, and in 1617 King Philip III acknowledged
the status of first Royal University of Sardinia to the Jesuit college
of Sassari.
Today, the University of Sassari
offers multiple education degrees at the undergraduate,
graduate, master and PhD level
hosts 703 researchers and professors distributed among 11
Faculties, 30 departments, 22 libraries, and over 40 institutes
and research centres
over 15,000 students enrolled in the University of Sassari and
500 are currently spending a study or training period in other
European Universities/Institutions
in 2010 a total of 196 visiting professors have taught at the
University of Sassari
the number of incoming Erasmus students from other European
Universities is constantly increasing
the University of Sassari has established cooperative exchange
agreements with over 200 Universities participating in the
Erasmus Programme
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