Italian Institute of Human Sciences (SUM)

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Italian Institute of Human Sciences
Type Public
Established2002
Rector Aldo Schiavone
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Italian Institute of Human Sciences (SUM)

The Italian Institute of Human Sciences (Italian: Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane), often shortened to SUM, was an Italian public university dedicated to post-graduate formation and high level research in human and social sciences, which operated from 2009 to 2013. Specifically, it promoted Doctoral, Post-Doctoral and Master programmes in collaboration with other Italian and European universities.

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It was constituted by five schools and institutes within the universities of Florence, Bologna, Rome - La Sapienza, Milan - Bicocca, Siena, Naples - Federico II, Naples - Eastern and Naples - Suor Orsola Benincasa.

In association with the Central European University (CEU), the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), and the Humboldt Universität in Berlin, it established the European Doctoral School for the Human and Social Sciences.

It had cooperation and co-tutorship agreements with the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, the École Pratique des Hautes Études, New York University and Georgetown University.

With a ministerial decree of 2013, the Institute was deactivated and incorporated into the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. [1]

Schools

Palazzo Strozzi, seat of the institute in Florence Palazzo Strozzi 03.JPG
Palazzo Strozzi, seat of the institute in Florence
Palazzo Cavalcanti, seat of the institute in Naples Palazzo Cavalcanti - Napoli 100 8609.JPG
Palazzo Cavalcanti, seat of the institute in Naples

PhD Programmes

European PhD programmes

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References

  1. Di Lalla (2025-12-21). "Firmata la fusione tra Istituto italiano di Scienze Umane e la Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa". Orizzonte Scuola. Retrieved 2025-08-30.