2. I.The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was
one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe.
II.The University of Padua is one of Italy’s leading universities and ranks in
the first position in all the recent ranking of Italian large universities
III.The first subjects to be taught were law and theology. In 1399 you could
study astronomy,dialectic, philosophy, grammar, medicine, and rhetoric
IV.The university became one the universities of the Kingdom of Italy in
1873, and ever since has been one of the most prestigious in the country for
its contributions to scientific and scholarly research
3. Notable people who have attended the
University of Padua include
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Cusanus
Francysk Skaryna
William Harvey
4. Nowadays,there are more than
59,317 students, 38,495
undergraduates and 20,822
postgraduates.
6. Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden of the University of Padua is considered to
be the oldest in the world.
The garden was created in 1545 in order to grow medicinal
herbs as a local origin and exotic. And then as never useful
Venetian merchants were - more precisely, the distant
countries to which they traded: it is from there the unseen in
Italy plants were brought to the Padua.
7. There are 13 faculties:
Humanities and Philosophy
Economics Education
Engineering
Law
Physics and Mathematics
Natural
Medical-surgical
Pharmaceutical
Agricultural
Psychological
Political science
Statistical
Veterinary
8. The university of Pad is still to be one of
the most famous, exciting and perspective
places where students from all over the
world can get higher education
