The foundation of the University of Pisa dates back to 3 September 1343, by Pope Clement VI. After an initial period full of difficulties, the Pisan university embarked on a rapid climb, which led it to boast six Departments as early as 1839: Theology, Law, Humanities, Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Sciences; with about 600 students enrolled, of which about a hundred foreigners.

It was in 1862 that the Pisan University was recognized by the Italian state as one of the six national primary universities and this was also confirmed in 1923 by the Gentile reform.

From its birth until today, the chairs of the University of Pisa have been chaired by some of the greatest Italian personalities, such as Galileo Gallilei, astronomer, physicist, mathematician and founder of the experimental method, the jurists Francesco Carrara and Francesco Buonamici, the economist Giuseppe Toniolo, the mathematicians Ulisse Dini and Antonio Pacinotti.

Today the University of Pisa has 20 departments:

  • Biology

  • Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry

  • Civilization and forms of knowledge

  • Economy and Management

  • Pharmacy

  • Philology, Literature and Linguistics

  • Physics

  • Law

  • Computer Technology

  • Civil and industrial engineering

  • Energy, systems, land and construction engineering

  • Information Engineering

  • Maths

  • Clinical and experimental medicine

  • Surgical, medical, molecular and critical area pathology

  • Translational research and new technologies in medicine and surgery

  • Agriculutral, food and agro-environmental sciences

  • Earth Science

  • Political Sciences

  • Veterinary Sciences

Pisa has a total of 51641 students from all over Italy and hundreds of Erasmus students from all over Europe.

For any information about the university and its courses, visit the website: www.unipi.it.