Detail of the University of Catania, aside the San Nicolò Church

University of Catania
Università degli Studi di Catania
Latin: Siciliae Studium Generale or "Siculorum Gymnasium"
Established:	1434
Type:	State-supported
Rector:	Prof. Antonino Recca
Staff:	1,623
Students:	66,235
Location:	Catania, Italy
Sports teams:	CUS Catania (http://www.cuscatania.it/)
Website:	www.unict.it/

The University of Catania (Italian: Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Italy, and founded in 1434. With a population of over 60,000 students, it is the main university in Sicily.

Organization

Faculties

These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided into:

• Agriculture
• Architecture
• Economics
• Pharmacy
• Law
• Engineering
• Letters and Philosophy
• Foreign Languages and Literature
• Medicine and Surgery
• Education
• Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
• Political Science

Famous scholars

Humanities

• Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece

Points of interest

• Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania, the university's botanical garden

See also

• List of Italian universities
• Catania

External links

• (Italian) University of Catania Website

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