Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa
Scuola Normale Superiore
Type	Public
Established	1810
Founder	Napoléon Bonaparte
Administrative staff	ca. 240
Undergraduates	ca. 290
Postgraduates	ca. 260
Location	Pisa, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Campus	Urban
Website	sns.it/en

The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa^[1] (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university institution in Pisa and Florence,^[2]^[3] Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students.

It was founded in 1810 with a decree by Napoleon as a branch of the École normale supérieure in Paris,^[4] with the aim of training the teachers of the Empire to educate its citizens. In 2013 the Florentine site was added to the historical site in Pisa, following the inclusion of the Institute of Human Sciences in Florence (SUM). Since 2018 the Scuola Normale Superiore has been federated with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and with the Institute for Advanced Studies of Pavia, the only other two university institutions with special status that, in the Italian panorama, offer, in accordance with standards of excellence, both undergraduate and postgraduate educational activities.

Eminent personalities from the world of science, literature and politics have studied at the Normale, among them Giosuè Carducci, Carlo Rubbia, Enrico Fermi, Aldo Capitini, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Giovanni Gronchi, Giovanni Gentile as well as Alessio Figalli, in more recent times.

^ "Student Guidebook – Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa" (PDF). Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ "Sites | Scuola Normale Superiore". sns.it. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ "Statute, Regulations and Code of Ethics | Scuola Normale Superiore". sns.it. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ Carlucci, Paola (2010). La Scuola Normale Superiore. Percorsi nel merito 1810–2010. Pisa. pp. 11–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:0-1] "Student Guidebook – Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa" (PDF). Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[2] "Sites | Scuola Normale Superiore". sns.it. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[3] "Statute, Regulations and Code of Ethics | Scuola Normale Superiore". sns.it. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[4] Carlucci, Paola (2010). La Scuola Normale Superiore. Percorsi nel merito 1810–2010. Pisa. pp. 11–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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