University of Insubria
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The '''University of Insubria''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Università degli Studi dell'Insubria'') is a university located in [[Varese]] and [[Como]], [[Italy]]. It was founded in [[1998]] and is organized in 5 Faculties.
==History and Profile==
The University of Insubria, which includes two sites, in [[Varese]] and in [[Como]], was incorporated on July 14, 1998, but the institution which thus became a University had earlier origins.
In 1972, a University Centre had been established in [[Varese]] as an extension of the Faculty of Medicine of [[University of Pavia]] followed in 1990 by an extension of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences and of the Faculty of Economics of the [[University of Milan]].
In 1989, a University Centre had been established in [[Como]] as an extension of the Engineering Faculty of the [[Politecnico di Milano]] university and of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of the [[University of Milan]].
In the frame of Governmental reform designed to solve the problems of overcrowed universities in Italy, plans were made to establish new universities, some of which had to include a network of sites.
In 1996-1997, the Osservatorio Nazionale, the Italian national office for the assessment of the University system, had visited the facilities in the University sites in [[Varese]] and [[Como]], where other Faculties had been opened in the meantime, and had suggested that a new University featuring an organisation based on two Delegacies should be opened.
In Italy, this was one of the first proposals aimed at establishing a University network.
The new University of Insubria is in a large centre of population, and has close cultural and academic relationships with the Universities of Milan and Pavia, upon which it is based, as well as with the orther Universities in the Insubria territory, including the Canton Ticino ([[Switzerland]]).
The University of Insubria acquired full status on July 14, 1998. The newly established University, which is anchored to the traditions of the Insubria territory is the first example of a network based organisation as suggested by the Osservatorio Nazionale in its assessment of the Italian University system.
The University of Insubria implied a radical change in the local historical development, which was socially and economically expensive because the territory was organised as a suburb of city of Milan, and horizontal connections were inadequate for the population growing needs. Today more than 7,000 students no longer commute between Varese and Milan or Como and Milan.
==Organisation==
These are the 5 faculties in which the university is divided into:
* Faculty of [[Economics]]
* Faculty of [[Law]]
* Faculty of [[Sciences]] ([[Mathematical]], [[physics|Physical]], [[Natural Sciences|Natural]]) - [[Como]]
* Faculty of [[Sciences]] ([[Mathematical]], [[physics|Physical]], [[Natural Sciences|Natural]]) - [[Varese]]
* Faculty of [[Medicine]] and [[Surgery]]
== See also ==
* [[List of Italian universities]]
* [[Varese]]
* [[Como]]
==External links==
*{{it icon}} [http://www.uninsubria.it/ University of Insubria Website]
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