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A 1911 map of medieval universities in Europe The University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy, founded in 1088, the world's oldest university in continuous operation [1] A dining hall at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, the world's second-oldest university and oldest in the English-speaking world A partial view of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, the world's third ...
The University of Bologna (Italian: Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, abbreviated Unibo) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy.Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students (universitas scholarium) by the late 12th century, [4] it is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, and the first degree-awarding ...
Giuliano Di Baldassarre is a professor of hydrology at Uppsala University and the Director of the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Sweden. [1] He was awarded the American Geophysical Union Whiterspoon Lecture in 2020 [ 2 ] and the European Geosciences Union Plinius Medal in 2021.
Uppsala University (UU) (Swedish: Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
Detail of Gustavianum in Uppsala, showing the cupola housing the anatomical theatre from 1663 Anatomical theatre in the Archiginnasio of Bologna, constructed in 1637. An anatomical theatre (Latin: Theatrum Anatomicum) was a specialised building or room, resembling a theatre, used in teaching anatomy at early modern universities.
When Uppsala University was founded in 1477, the system of 'nationes' was copied from Sorbonne in Paris. At the Swedish universities of Uppsala and Lund, a system of student nations (nationer) remains and, until June 30, 2010, students were required to enrol in a nation. Now membership is voluntary, though most of the students choose to be members.
The school became a part of Uppsala University on 1 July 2013, and has been known as 'Uppsala University – Campus Gotland' since then. The university college was originally established in 1998 and had around 4,300 registered students in 2007, many of them part-time and distance students. [ 2 ]
He is usually regarded is the main initiator of the university in Uppsala, which was founded after having received papal approval in the form of a bull of Pope Sixtus IV dated 27 February 1477. Jakob Ulvsson was appointed first chancellor of the university. He resigned from the archbishopric in 1515.