2. Urbino is located in the Marche
Region, in Central Italy

3. The walled city of Urbino, a time capsule
tucked away in the hills near Italy's upper
Adriatic coast, may give a better idea of what
life in the Renaissance must have been like
than all the monuments and collections of
Florence and Rome.
Paul Hofmann, The New York Times

5. Unesco’s World Heritage List – Urbino:
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/urbino.html

6. Urbino has been the birthplace of a number of important figures in
Italian culture including the architect Girolamo Genga, the painters
Raphael and Federico Barocci, the architect and mathematician Muzio
Oddi, and in the 20th century, the writer Paolo Volponi, who was
intimately involved with Urbino until his death in 1994. It was to the
memory of Federico’s son, Duke Guidobaldo, who successfully kept up
the cultural splendour of the Urbino court - albeit with increasingly
frequent contributions from the papacy - that Baldassare Castiglione
dedicated his famous book, “The Courtier”. Castiglione had been a
guest at the court of Urbino and held important positions there from
1504 onwards, and his book was intended to describe the model
courtier, the ideal Renaissance gentleman, whom he had seen so
memorably embodied at the Montefeltro court. In 1506, just two years
before he died, Duke Guidobaldo founded the Collegio dei Dottori on
which the modern University is based.

7. THE UNIVERSITY OF URBINO

8. The University of Urbino grew out of the
Collegio dei Dottori which was already active
around the middle of the fifteenth century and
“authorized to act as an appeal court for suits
involving the Duchy of Urbino”. At the request
of Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, this
college was officially recognized in a papal bull
of 1506, issued by Pope Julius II of the della
Rovere family, and entrusted with the
administration of penal and civil law
throughout the Duchy.

10. Today the University of Urbino is a State
University. It numbers 8 Departments and about
15,000 students. Its departments are housed in
buildings of outstanding architectural interest,
and it offers students and scholars a wide range
of courses and research opportunities. Urbino
provides the ideal setting for a university: the
ancient city centre is on a human scale;
everything is within walking distance and there
are numerous opportunities for meeting local
people, teachers and students.

11. University Departments and
Degree Courses
www.uniurb.it/syllabi

12. Department of Economics, Society &
Politics (DESP)
School of Economics
School of Political Science
School of Sociology

14. Department of Humanities (DISUM)
School of Education
Degree courses in:
Education
&
Psychology

16. Department of International Studies,
History, Languages, Cultures (DISTI)
School of Foreign Languages and Literatures

18. Department of Communication and
Human Studies
School of Humanities & Cultural Heritage
School of Communication Studies

20. Department of Law
School of Law

22. Department of Biomolecular Sciences
School of Pharmacy
School of Biomedical Science
School of Biotechnologies
School of Physical Education and Health

24. Department of Earth, Life Sciences &
Environment (DiSTeVA)
School of Biology
School of Geological and Environmental Sciences

26. Department of Basic Sciences and
Foundations
School of Science and Information Technologies
School of Restoration
School of Philosophy of Knowledge

28. At the University of Urbino the official
language of teaching is Italian.
• The Degree Course in Applied Computer Science (e-
learning) is offered in English
• At the Faculty of Foreign Languages several individual
courses are taught in English at either bachelor (BA) or
master (MA) level. The courses are open to Italian and
international students

29. International Relations
 The University of Urbino has signed hundreds of
cooperation agreements with European Universities
within the framework of the Erasmus Programme and
several agreements with American, Australian, South
American, African, Asian Universities
 Hundreds of our students spend from 1 month to 12
months abroad within the framework of the
cooperation agreements
 Since 1954 our University organizes Summer Courses
for Foreign Students in August

30. Summer courses for foreign students
www.uniurb.it/italiano-L2

31. The University of Urbino is one of the four founding members of
the Slovenian Based Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)

32. EMUNI LABEL
 Two of our Master Courses have been awarded the
EMUNI label for high quality and excellence in Euro-
Mediterranean Studies:
 Intercultural Business Communication
 Environmental and Engineering Geology

33. Several American Universities & Educational
Institutions have their Program Abroad in Urbino
 Miami University, Ohio
 University of Texas, San Antonio
 Rutgers University
 Villanova University
 University of Tennessee
 SUNY New Paltz
 iei Media in partnership with the San Francisco State
University, Loyola University, San Diego State
University, Iowa State University, University of
California – Santa Barbara
 Art Connects International, Florida

34. http://artconnectsinternational.com/

35. http://www.ieimedia.com/urbino

36. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Arthur Miller, American writer

37. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and writer. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995

38. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, art historian

39. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Luciano Benetton, founder of Benetton Group, fashion company

40. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Ralf Dahrendorf, sociologist, philosopher, political scientist

41. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

42. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Rita Levi Montalcini, neurologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1986

43. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Luciano Pavarotti, operatic Tenor

44. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Luis Sepulveda, Chilean writer

45. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Joseph Stiglitz, economist, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001

46. Visiting Scholars & Lecturers
Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic

47. ENROLLMENT FOR EU CITIZENS &
RESIDENT ALIENS
EU citizens and non-EU citizens with an Italian
residence permit, who have at least 12 years of
education, can enroll directly, with no
restrictions. They must provide the original copy
of their secondary school diploma bearing
authenticated signatures and a Declaration of
Value of the above-mentioned diploma issued by
their local Italian representatives - Italian
Embassy or Consulate.

48. ENROLLMENT FOR NON-EU CITIZENS
 Non-EU citizens without an Italian residence permit
must submit their pre-enrolment application to their
local Italian diplomatic representative in order to be
included in the lists reserved every year for foreign
students. Please stay in touch with your local Italian
diplomatic representative for information regarding
the registration deadline because it changes every year.
 For further information:
 Segreteria stranieri ed esami di stato, via Saffi 2, 61029
Urbino Tel. +39 0722 305250 e-mail:
roberta.lelli@uniurb.it or simona.renga@uniurb.it

49. E.R.S.U.
www.ersurb.it
The Regional Institution for the Right to Higher
Education (Ente Regionale per il diritto allo Studio
Universitario, or E.R.S.U.) serves all students enrolled
at our University, providing scholarships, special
grants, and student housing for almost 1,500 guests,
along with cafeteria services in the city centre and in
the university residences. E.R.S.U services also
include health care and psychological counseling,
multimedia libraries with internet access, books and
periodic loans, access to transportation, as well as
cultural and recreational services .

50. Halls of Residence

51. University Restaurants

52. Excellence in Teaching
 Our Faculty of Foreign Languages was ranked n.1 in
the 2009 Official Ranking Survey of Italian
Universities (CENSIS)

53. EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
On January 26, 2006 the first national report on the
evaluation of research carried out in Italian Universities
and Research Centres was published.
The National Committee for the Evaluation of Research
(CIVR) has evaluated a total of 17.329 research products
(books, articles in scientific magazines, shows,
performances, chapters of books, patents) selected by 77
Universities, 12 Public Research Centres and 13 Private
Institutions. 64.028 researchers were involved in the
evaluation.

54. EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

55. EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

56. For further information
Ufficio Relazioni Internazionali
via Saffi 1, 61029 Urbino
Tel. +39 0722 305327 – 305328 – 305329 – 305330
Fax +39 0722 329186
E-mail:
studerasmus@uniurb.it – studusa@uniurb.it
uborse@uniurb.it
Internet site: http://www.uniurb.it