Università degli Studi di Padova | |
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Latin: Universitas Studii Paduani | |
Motto | Universa Universis Patavina Libertas (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Liberty of Padua, universally and for all |
Type | Public research university |
Established | September 1222 |
Accreditation | MIUR |
Budget | €831 million (2023) |
Rector | Daniela Mapelli |
Academic staff | 4,580 (2021)[needs update] |
Administrative staff | 2,432 (2021)[needs update] |
Students | 72,280 (2021)[needs update] |
Undergraduates | 38,969 (2021)[needs update] |
Postgraduates | 31,827 (2021)[needs update] |
1,484 (2021)[needs update] | |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban (University town) |
Sports teams | CUS Padova[1] |
Colors | Padua Red |
Affiliations | Coimbra Group, TIME network |
Website | www |
The University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna,[2] who previously settled in Vicenza, thus, it is the second-oldest university in Italy, as well as the world's fifth-oldest surviving university.[3]
The University of Padua was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe, known particularly for the rigor of its Aristotelean logic and science.[4] Together with the University of Bologna, Padua had a central role in the italian renaissance, housing and educating a number of italian renaissance mathemathicians, amongst them Nicolaus Copernicus.
Today, it is made up of 32 departments and eight schools.[5] Padua is part a network of historical research universities known as the Coimbra Group.[6] In 2021, the university had approximately 72,000 students including undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral students.[7]