Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Italian: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento
MottoL'eccellenza come disciplina
Motto in English
Committed to excellence
TypeState-supported
Established1987 from previously existing institutions
RectorProf.ssa Sabina Nuti
Administrative staff
82
Students1,652 (including those attending masters)
Undergraduates232
342
Location,
Italy
ColoursBlue and Red   
Website[1]

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italian: SSSA, Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna) is a special-statute, highly selective public research university located in Pisa, Italy.

The rector is Sabina Nuti, who took office on 7 May 2019. Before her, the rector of the school was Pierdomenico Perata, elected on 8 May 2013 after the resignation of Maria Chiara Carrozza, due to her election as Member of Parliament and appointment as Minister of Education, Universities and Research.

Since January 2014, the school has been presided over by Yves Mény, until the School joined the first Federation of Universities in Italy, together with two among the other twenty Scuole Superiori Universitarie (Grandes Écoles):[1][2] Scuola Normale Superiore and Scuola Superiore Studi Pavia IUSS. Before him, the president was Giuliano Amato, a former prime minister of Italy and currently judge of the Constitutional Court.[3][4]

The undergraduate Allievi Ordinari of the School are selected through a rigorous public examination with written and oral tests, with about 5% admission rate.[5] They are all awarded a full government-funded scholarship which includes accommodation, canteen, research and travel grants. In exchange, they are expected to hold the highest standards in their studies at both the School and at the partner Universities.

  1. ^ "Schuloe di Eccellenza". Ricerca Italiana (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Italy's big six form network for elite". Times Higher Education (THE). 18 February 2000. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Giuliano Amato designato Presidente della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna". Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (in Italian). 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Giuliano Amato nuovo presidente della Scuola Sant'Anna". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Sant'Anna in cifre 2018/19" (PDF) (in Italian). Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. 1 October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

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