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Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
File:Uni scuolasupsantanapisa 2.jpg
MottoL'eccellenza come disciplina
Motto in English
Committed to excellence
TypeState-supported
Established1987 from previously existing institutions
PresidentProf. Riccardo Varaldo
RectorProf. Maria Chiara Carrozza
Students1,652 (including people attending masters)
Undergraduates232
163
Location
Pisa
,
Italy
Colours
Websitewww.sssup.it

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (Template:Lang-it) is a special-statute public university located in Pisa, Italy, operating in the field of applied sciences.

The Sant'Anna is part of the Pisa University System, together with the Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Pisa.

It is one of the three officially sanctioned special-statute universities in Italy i.e. it has 'university status', being part of the process of Superior Graduate Schools in Italy (Grandes écoles)[1] or Scuola Superiore Universitaria.[2]

History

The present-day Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is the descendant of several institutions modeled after the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. The Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, also known in Italian as Scuola Normale (English: Normal School), is a higher learning institution in Italy. It was founded in 1810, by Napoleonic decree, as a branch of the École Normale Supérieure of Paris. Since its foundation it has operated a highly selective student admission procedure, and its main goal was, during that period, essentially to form the best college. Recognized as a "national university" in 1862, one year after Italian unification, and named during that period as "Normal School of the Kingdom of Italy". As of 1922 until 1943, the philosopher Giovanni Gentile reformed the Scuola, gave it formal autonomy and sought an expansion to other disciplines, with the creation of the Collegio Mussolini per le Scienze Corporative (1931) and the Collegio Nazionale Medico (1932). The new colleges were later merged in the Collegio Medico-Giuridico,[3] which continued to operate (in the fields of law and medicine) under the jurisdiction of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

The present structure of the School was established in 1967 (as the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento) by merging the Scuola per le Scienze Applicate A. Pacinotti (founded in 1951) and the Collegio Medico-Giuridico. The new institution, while still committed to the model established by the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, was administered by the University of Pisa. In 1987 the School acquired complete independence (Law of 14 February 1987, No.41)[10][11] and maintains strong ties with both the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and the University of Pisa creating the Pisa University System.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Sant'Anna replaced Antonio Pacinotti in 1987, when the School gained its current headquarters. The present-day site is acquired from a very ancient religious educational establishment. The Sant'Anna Church and Convent were established in 1406, while the church was finished in 1426, by the Order of the Benedictine Nuns. In 1785 was instituted the Conservatorio di Sant'Anna by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, as a consequence of abolition of the religious orders due to Leopold's reforms the convent was suppressed in 1786 and continued to exist as a Conservatorio di Sant'Anna, an educational institution later under the tutelage of the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Italy and the Italian Republic. In 1987 the Benedictine Nuns dedicated the Sant'Anna Church and Convent to the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento (previously the famous Collegio Medico-Giuridico of Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa),[3] provided that the School caries the name of Sant'Anna.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Nowadays, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and the University of Pisa create the Pisa University System.

Organization

Students are admitted after passing a public national and international competitions. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies offers to those who decide to take excellence, a multi-disciplinary approach to learning, research and internationalization. The sectors and fields in which the institution specializes are the fallowing:

Social Sciences Class

  • Business Sciences,
  • Economic Sciences,
  • Legal Sciences
  • Political Sciences

Experimental Sciences Class

  • Agricultural Sciences,
  • Medical Sciences,
  • Industrial Engineering and
  • Information Engineering.

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is part of the European University Association (EUA).

Committed to excellence

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies: main gate

As for its statute, the aims of Sant'Anna school of advanced studies are:

  • To promote the development of culture, scientific and technological research, and innovation;
  • To offer quality undergraduate, graduate and continuing education;
  • To ensure high-quality studies through the ongoing interectation of research and instruction.

The mission of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is to pave innovative pathways in education and research, responding to the modernization and innovation of society itself. This mission is pursued through the valorization of the autonomy and flexibility that characterize the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and that derive from its status as an autonomous university by special statute, operating in the field of applied sciences.

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies has adopted three principles that constitute the foundation of its mission. Excellence in education, research and in every other activity, ensured by rigorous selection criteria for entering students; by attracting teachers and researchers of high scientific stature; by the elevated quality of facilities and services, thanks to the professionalism of the technical and administrative personnel.

Interdisciplinarity as a cultural and methodological premise for addressing the complex problems of today’s scientific and social realities.

Internationalization, understood as a propensity to cultivate relationships with other institutions at the international level; as an awareness of the problems of education and of cultural growth faced by young people from emerging countries.

Undergraduate

Potential under graduates undergo a rigorous public examination, and only the very best are creamed off to combine their Pisa University studies with the extra options available at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, thus these students are called Honors College Students. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is also integrated with the Scuola Normale Superiore and Honors College Students are free to attend courses provided by departments other than their own, as well as those provided by the Scuola Normale Superiore.[8]

As of 2007, 42 freshmen are admitted per year. The School offers all of its services free of charge; students also receive a small monthly income. While attending the Pisa University courses, the Honors College Students (allievi) live in the school's college. Students have to achieve a high average grade in university exams and attend internal courses (including 2 foreign language classes) taught by professors and researchers working at the School, both as an integration and as an extension to the regular academic schedule.[8]

Sant'Anna Alumni Association, is headed by former Prime Minister of Italy Giuliano Amato.

Graduate

The School also runs graduate courses, master and doctoral programmes, provided by its research laboratories and joint ventures with foreign universities, leading enterprises and international organizations.

Master Courses

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies offers the fallowing Master's degrees :[12]

- Master's Degrees and Post-Graduate Courses (Laurea Magistrale)

1. Master's Degrees (Laurea Magistrale):

2. Joint Master’s Programmes i.e. Joint Double Degree Post-Graduate Courses University of Trento(UniTN) - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna:

  • Graduate Program in Information Science and Technology is a joint initiative which grants Master Level degree issued by University of Trento and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies i.e. "Laurea Magistrale in Informatica"[17]
  • Graduate Programme in Information and Communication Technologies is a joint initiative which grants M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering (Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria delle Telecomunicazioni) from University of Trento and a Master of Engineering in Computer Network Engineering (Diploma di Formazione alla Ricerca in Computer Network Engineering) from Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.[18]

-Level I Masters Degrees

  • Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management, under patronage of United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC)[19]
  • Master A Scuola di Pluralismo, a collaboration between Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Pisa[20]

-Level II Masters Degrees

  • Master in Management, innovation and engineering of services (Management, Innovazione e Ingegneria dei Servizi - MAINS), a collaboration between Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Institute of Management and the "Center for Open Innovation" of Haas School of Business - University of California, Berkeley[21]
  • Master in Management and Health[22]
  • Master in Environment Management and control: techniques and tecnologies for the waste Cycle[23]
  • Master in Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, named after PierGiorgio Data, in collaboration with the Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa[24][25]
  • Master in Ultrasound and Color Doppler Applications in Nephrology (Ecografia Clinica ed Applicazioni Color Doppler in Nefrologia)[26]

- International Masters

- Erasmus Mundus Programme

Also, it has the highly reputed Master within the Erasmus Mundus programme - MAsters on Photonic NETworks Engineering (MAPNET)), a collaboration between Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Berlin Institute of Technology, Aston University and Osaka University and some of the best companies and research centers in the world as associated members: Ericsson Research - Sweden, Deutsche Telekom - Germany, Mistubishi Electric Corporation - Japan, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd - Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technologies - Japan.[31]

The School offers a variable number of additional specialized post-graduate and continuing education programs (around 40 in the academic year 2002–2003), organized in response to specific requests from industry and the private sector in collaboration with Italian and foreign universities and with other public and private organizations.

Unlike all other curricula provided by the schools, master courses require payment of fees (with the possible exception of courses deriving from special international partnerships).

Doctoral Programs

The Doctoral Programmes (Italian: Corsi di Perfezionamento)[32][33] at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies grant Diploma di Perfezionamento, a degree fully equivalent to a Ph.D. and are recognized International Doctoral Programmes involving various forms of collaboration and joint ventures with foreign universities.[33]

The Diploma di Perfezionamento[33] is a recognized as national and international title by the (MIUR) Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy) Decree[32] equivalent to a Doctorate, Dottorato di Ricerca i.e. Research Doctorate or Doctor Philosophiae i.e. Ph.D (Article 3 of the Law of 14 February 1987, No.41 states 'The Diploma di Perfezionamento awarded for courses of study lasting at least three years is equivalent to a PhD.' )[33] which is historically famous and characteristic for the Superior Graduate Schools in Italy (Italian: Scuola Superiore Universitaria), also called "Schools of Excellence" i.e. "Scuole di Eccellenza".[34] [35]

The Doctoral Programs are 3rd cycle degrees as predicted by the Bologna Process containing structured courses and supervised research. Periods of visiting fellowship in other foreign and Italian institutions are financially supported by Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and the Italian Government.

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies has the following Doctoral Programs :

Doctoral Programme in Management focuses on innovation processes and the international competitiveness of firms, institutions, regional and national systems, and to the management of innovative services, such as environmental, insurance, health, technological and industrial policy services. It is ran by the Institute of Management at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies which has the MAIN - Management & Innovation Laboratory and the MeS Lab - Management and Health Laboratory.

Also, the Institute of Management runs the international business school in Volterra : The SIAF International School for Advanced Education, which is the result of a partnership between Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, the Foundation of Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra and the regional government of Tuscany.

The International Doctoral Programme in Economics is jointly offered by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and by University of Strasbourg .In addition to the teaching activities, Ph.D. students are part of a rich research environment, within the Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM) at the Sant'Anna School, and the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), where Ph.D. students are encouraged to take part in various ongoing research projects. Also, it is part of a European network - involving the University of Sussex, Aalborg, Manchester, Paris XIII, Oslo and several others, supporting inter-European exchanges of research students and faculty, within the European Network of Excellence DIME.

The Doctoral Programme in Politics, human rights and sustainability is reputed by being under patronage of United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC). It draws experience from the Schools research centers in politics: CDG Laboratory - International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Politics, ITPCM - International Training Programme for Conflict Management and the Iran Electoral Archive.

The Doctoral Programme in Individual Person and Legal Protections is an interdisciplinary connotation on the subject of the protection of the individual in modern society. It encompasses the LIDER - International and Comparative Law Research Laboratory, STALS -Sant’Anna Legal Studies and the Research Centre on Social, Juridical and Human Rights Sciences.

The Doctoral Programme in Innovative strategies in biomedical research consists in the System Physiology, Experimental and Clinical and the Physiological Genomics and Molecular Medicine. It has very well respected laboratories at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche i.e. CNR.

The Doctoral Programme in Innovative Technologies of Info. & Com. Eng. and Robotics involves advanced research in four major areas of the Graduate School of Engineering : Bio-Robotics, Embedded Systems, Perceptual Robotics, Telecommunications. The research is conducted in very advanced laboratories in ccoperation with well respected international industrial companies at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche i.e. CNR, Polo Sant'Anna Valdera at the Piaggio factory labaratories, labaratories in Genova and Livorno.

The Doctoral Programme in Agrobiosciences carries of advanced research in the fields of Genomics and Crop Science and Agriculture, Environment and Landscape. It has laboratories in cooperation with University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and is under patronage of the Rome based international Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Doctoral Programme in Agrobiosciences carries of advanced research in the fields of Genomics and Crop Science and Agriculture, Environment and Landscape. It has laboratories at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche i.e. CNR and also collaborates with University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and is under patronage of the Rome based international Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Research

The Sant'Anna also maintains a number of research laboratories, some of which are located at the CNR, in the Pisa neighbourhood and Pontedera.

Partnerships exist with many foreign universities, such as University of California, Berkeley, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Max Planck Society, ETH Zurich, University College London, Imperial College London, University of Sussex, Waseda University, Osaka University, Chongqing University, University of Strasbourg, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, University of Toronto, Utrecht University, Berlin Institute of Technology, National Institute of Information and Communications Technologies of Japan, etc.

There are also worldwide important international corporations and industrial partners that are closely linked to Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, such as: the nearby Piaggio where there are special Sant'Anna Laboratories at the Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV)[44][45] which in essence contributes to the industrial process, Finmeccanica, Fiat (Centro Ricerche Fiat), Telecom Italia, Marconi Communications, Ericsson Research, Deutsche Telekom, Mistubishi Electric Corporation, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, etc.

Sant'Anna also undertakes many international projects which are tied to the European Commission, the Government of Italy and its ministries, as well as regional projects of the Region of Tuscany and the Province of Pisa.

In the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Italy and China i.e. the Office of Chinese Language Council International (HanBan), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna hosts the third Italian Istituto Confucio i.e. Confucius Institute.

Research Institutes[46]

  • Institute of Economics (Italian: Istituto di Economia) includes the laboratory LEM.
  • Institute Dirpolis (Law, Politics and Development) (Italian: Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica e Sviluppo)) includes the laboratories: Lider, Cdg, CSGS and Wiss.
  • Institute TeCIP - Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (Italian: Istituto TeCIP, Istituto di Tecnologie della Comunicazione, dell'Informazione e della Percezione)[48] includes the laboratories: IRCPhoNet, Percro, Retis.
  • Institute of Biorobotics (Italian: Istituto di Biorobotica) includes the laboratories: ARTSLab, CRIMLab and EZ-Lab.
  • Institute of Life Sciences (Italian: Istituto di Scienze della Vita) includes the laboratories: Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Biolabs, LandLab and PlantLab.

Laboratories and research centers

Management

Economics

Law

Political Science

Engineering

Agrobiosciences

Medicine

Rankings

As part of the Pisa University System, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is small and elite, specialised only in applied sciences.

Alumni

Giuliano Amato

Alumni of note include:

See also

References

  1. ^ Ricerca Italiana - Scuole di Eccellenza
  2. ^ a b "Italy's big six form network for elite" in Times Higher Education (THE) by Paul Bompard, 18 February 2000
  3. ^ a b La Normale nella Repubblica : ' Collegio medico-giuridico della Normale diventa il primo nucleo della attuale Scuola di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant’Anna'
  4. ^ a b c Nicola Bellini, Nadio Delai (a cura di), Merito, Ambizione, Collegialità: il contributo della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna alla formazione della classe dirigente, ETS, Pisa, 2009
  5. ^ a b c Nicola Bellini, Nadio Delai (a cura di), Merito, Ambizione, Collegialità: il contributo della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna alla formazione della classe dirigente, ETS, Pisa, 2009
  6. ^ a b c Gianluca Breghi, Elisa Neri (a cura di), La chiesa e il monastero di Sant'Anna in Pisa: sede della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, Pontedera, 2002
  7. ^ a b c Silvia Alessi, L'educazione del cuore e la formazione del carattere: vita collegiale della giovine al Conservatorio di Sant'Anna in Pisa. 1860-1920, ETS, Pisa, 2006
  8. ^ a b c d e Guide for International Students, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, II Edition, 2011
  9. ^ a b c Dino Satriano, 'Dove crescono i talenti. Viaggio nella Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa', Felici Editore, 2010
  10. ^ Law of 14 February 1987, No.41 | L. 14 febbraio 1987, n. 41 Istituzione della Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento S. Anna di Pisa
  11. ^ Università in Italia, Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)
  12. ^ Master Courses at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  13. ^ MAIN - Master in Innovation Management at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Trento
  14. ^ MAIN Brochure - Master in Innovation Management at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Trento
  15. ^ Master Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Economics at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Pisa
  16. ^ Master Degree(Laurea Magistrale) in Computer Science and Networking at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Pisa
  17. ^ Graduate Program in Information Science and Technology at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Trento
  18. ^ Graduate Programme in Information and Communication Technologies at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Trento
  19. ^ MAHRCM Brochure
  20. ^ Master di primo livello “A scuola di pluralismo” at University of Pisa
  21. ^ Master in Management, innovation and engineering of services (Management, Innovazione e Ingegneria dei Servizi - MAINS) web page
  22. ^ Master in Management and Health at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies web site
  23. ^ Master Environment Management at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  24. ^ Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa
  25. ^ PierGiorgio Data at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  26. ^ Master di II livello in "Ecografia Clinica ed Applicazioni Color Doppler in Nefrologia" at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  27. ^ International Master's on Communication Networks Engineering at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  28. ^ International Master in Information Technology at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  29. ^ International Master on Virtual Environment Technologies for Industrial Applications at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and University of Brasov
  30. ^ International Master’s in the Preservation and Development of Wisdom Culture and the Art of Liberation (WISDOM) at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa
  31. ^ MAsters on Photonic NETworks engineering (MAPNET)
  32. ^ a b Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) Decree
  33. ^ a b c d Article 3 of the Law of 14 February 1987, No.41 | L. 14 febbraio 1987, n. 41 Istituzione della Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento S. Anna di Pisa
  34. ^ Ricerca Italiana - Scuole di Eccellenza
  35. ^ Scuole di Eccellenza [dead link‍]
  36. ^ Institute of Management at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  37. ^ International Doctoral Programme in Economics
  38. ^ Doctoral Programme in Politics, human rights and sustainability
  39. ^ Doctoral Programme in Individual person and legal protections
  40. ^ Doctoral Programme in Innovative strategies in biomedical research
  41. ^ Doctoral Programme in Innovative Technologies of Info. & Com. Eng. and Robotics
  42. ^ Doctoral Programme in Agrobiosciences
  43. ^ Doctoral Programme in Agrobiodiversity
  44. ^ La mano bionica che 'parla' con il cervello - Corriere della Sera
  45. ^ DustBot, il vero WALL•E, il robot spazzino - Focus.it - Notizie e Curiosità
  46. ^ Istituti tematici at Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
  47. ^ Institute of Managementat at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna [dead link‍]
  48. ^ Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
  49. ^ Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
  50. ^ Top universities and specialisms Article "Invest your talent in Italy: graduate study opportunities in Southern Europe" in Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings on Sat, 09/15/2007
  51. ^ Article "Top ten things to do while studying abroad in... Italy" in Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings
  52. ^ Graduate/Postgraduate Profile of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna at Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings
  53. ^ "Invest your Talent in Italy” programme by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the Italian Ministry for Economic Development
  54. ^ "Italian graduate programmes on the world's stage" Article by QS World University Rankings on 13 June, 2011
  55. ^ European Research Ranking 2010
  56. ^ RICERCA PER INDICE H. di Daniele Checchi e Tullio Jappelli, 16.12.2008
  57. ^ Istituto Regionale Programmazione Economica della Toscana
  58. ^ Giovanni Dosi CV
  59. ^ Stefan Collignon web page
  60. ^ Marco Frey web page
  61. ^ Marco Frey at Institute of Management - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  62. ^ Marco Frey at Bocconi
  63. ^ Fabio Iraldo web page
  64. ^ Fabio Iraldo at Institute of Management - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  65. ^ Fabio Iraldo at Bocconi
  66. ^ Alberto Di Minin web page
  67. ^ Francesca Gino at Harvard Business School
  68. ^ Francesco Strazzari web page
  69. ^ Francesco Strazzari at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
  70. ^ Mikhail Anufriev at University of Amsterdam
  71. ^ Mikhail Anufriev at CeNDEF University of Amsterdam
  72. ^ Anna Bassi at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  73. ^ Michele Berardi at University of Manchester
  74. ^ Matteo Barigozzi at London School of Economics and Political Science
  75. ^ Carolina Castaldi at University of Utrecht
  76. ^ Marco Giarratana at Universidad Carlos III Madrid
  77. ^ Mauro Napoletano at OFCE, Science Po
  78. ^ Cinzia Daraio at University of Bologna
  79. ^ Antonio L'Abbate at Top Italian Scientists
  80. ^ Antonio L'Abbate at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

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