University of Brescia

This article is about the university in Italy. For the university in Kentucky, see Brescia University. For the women's college in Ontario, see Brescia University College.
University of Brescia
Università degli Studi di Brescia
Type Public
Established 1982
Rector Prof. Maurizio Tira
Administrative staff
 500
Students 14,000
Location Brescia, Italy
Sport teams CUS Brescia (http://www.cusbrescia.it/)
Website www.unibs.it

The University of Brescia (Italian: Università degli Studi di Brescia) is an Italian public research university located in Brescia, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is branched in 4 Faculties.

The University of Brescia was officially established in 1982 with three Schools: Medicine and Surgery, Engineering, Economics and Business. However, the creation phase lasted nearly two decades, so the first attempts to open university courses in Brescia go back to the 1960s.

History

A first initiative came from the Chamber of Commerce and the Provincial Administration, which opened negotiations in the early 1960s to set up a two-year course in Engineering as a branchof Politecnico di Milano. The excessive financial requirements caused the project to lapse. After this first attempt, the creation of the future Schools of Brescia moved along two distinct paths, one concerning the School of Economics, the other those of Engineering and Medicine.In the field of economic studies, in 1964 a School of Industrial Administration was created, offering two-year courses.The creation of the Schools of Engineering and Medicine had a different history. The idea of setting up a university pole in Brescia, following the first failed attempt in the early 1960s, regained strength in the second half of the decade with the birth of the Consorzio Universitario Bresciano (CUB), promoted by the Provincial Administration, the Municipality of Brescia and the Chamber of Commerce.

Organization

These are the 4 schools in which the university is divided into:

Notable people

Degree honoris causa

Alumni

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    Coordinates: 45°32′17″N 10°13′04″E / 45.537990°N 10.217806°E / 45.537990; 10.217806


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