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The University of Bologna ranks first in Italy in 18 disciplines in QS World University Rankings that assesses the standing of universities by subject areas. Go to Unibo Magazine.
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The University of Bologna ( Italian: Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, abbreviated Unibo) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students ( studiorum ), it is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, and the first degree-awarding institution of higher learning.
- St. Peter is everywhere the father of the law, Bologna is its mother
- University town, 103 hectares (256 acres)
- 90,291
- Petrus ubique pater legum Bononia mater (Latin)
The University of Bologna is a public institution that traces its roots back to 1088. In a recent year, around 85,000 students attended the Italian university, and roughly seven percent of the ...
It remained merely a medical school, however. The first true university in the West was founded at Bologna late in the 11th century. It became a widely respected school of canon and civil law. The first university to arise in northern Europe was the University of Paris, founded between 1150 and 1170.
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Established in 1088, the University of Bologna is the oldest university in the western world, founded by students for students, when masters of grammar, rhetoric and logic began to devote themselves to law. Its earliest recorded scholar was a man named Irnerius, who catalogued Roman legal materials. Other early students included 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, and ...
