University of Bari
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| University of Bari | |
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| Università degli Studi di Bari | |
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Latin: Universitatis Barensis |
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| Established: | 1925 |
| Type: | State-supported |
| Rector: | Prof. Corrado Petrocelli |
| Students: | 70,000 |
| Location: | Bari, Italy |
| Sports teams: | CUS Bari |
| Website: | www.uniba.it/ |
The University of Bari (Italian: Università degli Studi di Bari) is a university located in Bari, Italy. It was founded in 1925 and is organized in 12 Faculties.
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[edit] Organization
These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Agricultural Science
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Educational Science
- Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
[edit] Controversy
Recruitment practices and nepotism at the University have recently come under attack. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education [1] "six professors have been placed under house arrest pending investigations of hiring practices" and extensive nepotism and been observed in the Faculty of Economics.
The Rome newspaper Il Messaggero in a series of stories [2] published that Bari is "an encyclopedia of what can happen, should not happen, yet does happen at Italian universities."
[edit] Points of interest
[edit] References
- ^ "All in the Famiglia" by Francis X. Rocca The Chronicle Review. Volume 54, Issue 6, Page B14
- ^ for example, April, 2007
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- University of Bari Website (Italian)
- University of Bari Guide for Foreign Students (English)
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