Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta
Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta | |
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Former name | Istituto Superiore di Magistero Maria SS. Assunta |
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| Motto | In fide et humanitate |
Motto in English | In the faith and in the humanity |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 26 October 1939 |
| Founders | Luigia Tincani,Venerable Giuseppe Pizzardo Pius XII[1] |
| Affiliation | BioGeM |
| President | Giovanni Lajolo |
| Rector | Francesco Bonini |
| Students | 7,200[2] |
| Location | , Italy |
| Campus | Urban (multiple sites) |
| Language | Italian and English |
| Colors | Malachite and white |
Sporting affiliations | LUMSA Sport United |
| Website | www |
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TheLibera Università Maria SS. Assunta,often simply abbreviated as "LUMSA",is a privateRoman Catholicuniversity founded in 1939 inRome.It is the second-oldest university in Rome afterSapienza.[2]
LUMSA was privately founded but belongs to the national Italian network of universities and is therefore able to confer recognised degrees and diploma titles which have full legal force. The principal aspects of LUMSA are to be found in its humanist vocation and Catholic orientation. It has a humanist vocation because, in a society which is scientifically and technologically advanced, there is a growing awareness of the need for ‘wise knowledge’ which is rooted in an authentic idea of man and is able to promote progress for the real good of man and the human community. LUMSA belongs to the national and international scientific research network and has research programmes which operate within certain specific areas:education,thesocial services,thephilosophical,philological,andliterary sciences,mass communications,juridical sciences,economics,computer science,anddata science.[3][4][5]
Organization
[edit]The university began its life as the "Istituto Superiore di Magistero Maria Ss. Assunta", an educational institute for nuns founded in 1939 byLuigia Tincani(Royal Decree No. 1760 of 26 October 1939). In 1989, it was reconstituted as "Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta" (LUMSA), a university for women. The university was opened to men in 1991.[6]
LUMSA is a private Catholic institution with autonomy at all levels of the university. As an Italian-accredited institution, its degrees are considered equivalent to those issued by Italian public universities.
The university is governed by a council which includes a President, a Rector, two Pro-Rectors, a Director General, and general council members. Since 2017, the President has beenCardinalGiovanni Lajolo.[7]
University teaching is distributed across three departments:[8]
- Department ofLaw,Economics,Politics,andModern languages(Rome)
- Department of Law (Palermo)
- Department ofHuman Studies,Communication,Education,andPsychology(Rome)
Research
[edit]Research and study activities, which are the vital lymph source of every university system, are always characterised in LUMSA by involvement in cultural and scientific dialogue about the great subjects of contemporary debate. Over the years, the research activities of the faculties of the university have given rise to a great deal of individual and group research, which has been flanked over time by inter-university and international research financed by public and private agencies, by structures providing such services, and by funds provided by the university itself. At the present time, research activity is organised around the various research centres of the three faculties.[9][10][11][12]
Teaching
[edit]LUMSA University is characterised by the duality of tradition and modernity because it integrates humanistic and classical knowledge with economics, information technology, and management. Another characteristic of this university is the emphasis it places on students deserving of financial help. Indeed, the overall level of fees for the first income band has been made almost the same as that at state universities.[13]
The educational structure of LUMSA is arranged around four divisions. The university offers, through the divisions,undergraduate degrees(Italianlaurea) in varioussocial sciencefields and indata science.In post-graduate education, LUMSA offers severalgraduate programsand two long-cycle programs inlawandeducation sciences,as well as fourPhDs(Italiandottorato di ricerca).[14][15][16]
Notable people and alumni
[edit]- Joseph Ratzinger(future Pope Benedict XVI),honorary degreein Law, 1999[17]
- Liliana Segre,honorary degree in International relations, 2020[18]
- Sergio Cotta,honorary degree in law, 1999[17]
- Liliana Cavani,honorary degree in Communication sciences, 1999[17]
- Carlo Lizzani,honorary degree in Media studies, 2009[17]
- Giuseppe Pizzardo,co-founder[19]
- Luigi Traglia,president[19]
- Mario Luigi Ciappi,president[19]
- Antonio María Javierre Ortas,president[19]
- Carlo Furno,president[19]
- Attilio Nicora,president[19]
- Cornelio Fabro,director[19]
- Conte Giuseppe Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto,rector between 1991 and 2014[20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Luigia Tincani".lumsa.it.Retrieved31 October2020.
- ^ab"The University".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Bachelor's degree programs".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Master's degree programs".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Tecniche informatiche per la gestione dei dati"[Computer Science for Data Management] (in Italian).Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Our history".lumsa.it.Retrieved1 July2016.
- ^"Governance".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Departments".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Research at LUMSA".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Competitive research".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Research groups".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Big data".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Financial support for students".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Academics".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Corsi di laurea triennale, magistrale e a ciclo unico - Roma, Palermo, Taranto"[Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees and long-cycle degrees - Rome, Palermo, Taranto].lumsa.it(in Italian).Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"PhD programs".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^abcd"La storia - 1939-2019: 80 anni dell'Università LUMSA"[History - 1939-2019: 80 years of LUMSA University].80.lumsa.it(in Italian).Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Awarding of the honorary master's degree to Senator Liliana Segre".lumsa.it.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^abcdefg"I protagonisti"[The protagonists].80.lumsa.it(in Italian).Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"Il lutto. Addio al giurista cattolico Giuseppe Dalla Torre: fede, cultura e diritto".avvenire.it.3 December 2020.
External links
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- LUMSA University Website(in Italian and English)
- LUMSA Guidance and tutoring
- LUMSA professional masters in English
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