Since January 2014, the school has been presided over by Yves Mény, until the School joined the first Federation of Universities in Italy, together with two among the other twenty Scuole Superiori Universitarie (Grandes Écoles):[2][3]Scuola Normale Superiore and Scuola Superiore Studi Pavia IUSS. Before him, the president was Giuliano Amato, a former prime minister of Italy and currently judge of the Constitutional Court.[4][5]
The undergraduate Allievi Ordinari of the School are selected through a rigorous public examination with written and oral tests, with about 5% admission rate.[6] They are all awarded a full government-funded scholarship which includes accommodation, canteen, research and travel grants. In exchange, they are expected to hold the highest standards in their studies at both the School and at the partner Universities.
History
The present-day Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is the descendant of several institutions modelled on the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, also known in Italian as Scuola Normale, which is a higher learning institution in Pisa. It was founded in 1810, by Napoleonic decree, as a branch of the École normale supérieure of Paris.
The school, whose origins, in the context of the Pisa university reality, are rooted in the Collegio Medico-Giuridico already attached to the Scuola Normale Superiore and the Collegio ‘Antonio Pacinotti, and was formally established by the Law of 14 February 1987, No. 41, which marked the unification of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Law (7 March 1967), No. 117, and the Conservatorio di Sant’Anna, the Royal Decree of 13 February 1908 No. LXXVIII.[7]
Origins of Sant'Anna
View of Sant'Anna Church within the courtyard of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Sant'Anna Church and Convent
The present-day site is acquired from a very ancient religious educational establishment. The Sant'Anna Church and Convent was established in 1406, while the church was finished in 1426, by the Order of the Benedictine Nuns (OSB).
The origins of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies within Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa: the Scuola Normale Superiore was founded in 1810 by Napoleonic decree, as twin institution of the École normale supérieure in Paris, itself dating back to the French Revolution jurisdiction. The term "École normale" ("Scuola Normale") was coined by Joseph Lakanal who, in submitting a report to the National Convention of 1794 on behalf of the Committee of Public Instruction, explained it thus: "Normales: du latin norma, règle. Ces écoles doivent être en effet le type et la règle de toutes les autres."[15][16]
The Decree of Foundation - Napoleon I rethought the project of an École normale in 1808, by establishing a Normale Hall of Residence in Paris to house young students and train them in the art of teaching the humanities and sciences. The project was replicated in Tuscany by a decree dated 18 October 1810, with the foundation in Pisa, seat of one of the Imperial University academies, of a branch of the Paris-based École normale supérieure, "Scuola Normale Superiore".[9][15]
The Grand-Duchy Period: 1847-1859 - on 28 November 1846, a grand-ducal motu proprio founded a Tuscan Scuola Normale in Pisa (also referred to as the Imperial Royal Scuola Normale, as it was linked to the Austrian system), [clarification needed] with both theoretical and practical aims, under the patronage of the Order of Saint Stephen, but depending on the University of Pisa.[10][15]
The Scuola Normale during the Kingdom of Italy: 1859-1862 - on 17 October 1862 the Minister of Education of the Kingdom of ItalyCarlo Matteucci implemented new regulations in a decree that transformed the institution to the Normal School of the Kingdom of Italy, which was to have an organic division between the faculties of Arts and Sciences.[10][15]
The Scuola Normale under Gentile: 1928-1943 - philosopher Giovanni Gentile, was placed at the head of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa as commissioner in 1928 and as director in 1932. He reformed the Scuola, gave it formal autonomy and sought an expansion to other disciplines, with the creation of the Collegio Mussolini per le Scienze Corporative (1931), and the Collegio Nazionale Medico (1932). The new colleges were later merged to form the Collegio Medico-Giuridico,[8] which continued to operate (in the fields of Law and Medicine) under the jurisdiction of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[17][10][11][12][13][14]
Post-war Period - Scuola Normale Superiore in 1951, established the Antonio Pacinotti boarding school i.e. Collegio ‘Antonio Pacinotti, reserved to students of the faculties of Agriculture, Economics and Engineering, with plans to be further opened to other faculties.
The origins of present-day structure of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies: the present structure of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies was established in 1967 as Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento, by a merger of the Collegio Antonio Pacinotti (Scuola per le Scienze Applicate A. Pacinotti; founded 1951), and the Collegio Medico-Giuridico of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[7] The new institution, committed to the model established by the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, was administered by the University of Pisa.[9][10][11][12][13][14][18][19]
Students are admitted after passing public national and international competitions. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies offers to those who decide to take excellence, a multi-disciplinary approach to learning, research, and internationalization.
Academics and research
Students are admitted after passing public national and international competitions. The fields of study and research are:
Agricultural Sciences, Medical Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Information Engineering
Undergraduate programs
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies: main gate
Prospective undergraduates undergo a rigorous public examination, and only the very best are creamed off to combine their Pisa University studies with the extra options available at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, thus these students are called Honors College Students (Italian: Allievi Ordinari). Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is also integrated with the Scuola Normale Superiore and Honors College Students are free to attend courses provided by departments other than their own, as well as those provided by the Scuola Normale Superiore.[13]
As of 2020[update], 50 freshmen are admitted per year, equally divided between the Class of Social Sciences and the Class of Experimental Sciences. The School offers all of its services free of charge (accommodation, canteen, internet connection, library); students also receive a small yearly income for their maintenance. While attending the Pisa University courses, the Honors College Students (allievi) live in the school's college. Students have to achieve a high average grade in university exams (at least 27/30) and attend internal courses (including foreign language classes offered in French, Spanish, German and Chinese) taught by professors and researchers working at the School, both as an integration and as an extension to the regular academic schedule.[13]
Graduate programs
The School also offers graduate courses such as master and doctoral programmes, provided by its research laboratories and joint ventures with foreign universities, leading enterprises and international organizations.
The Doctoral Programmes[25][26] at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies grant Diploma di Perfezionamento, a degree fully equivalent to a PhD and are recognized International Doctoral Programmes involving various forms of collaboration and joint ventures with foreign universities.[25]
In the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Italy and China i.e. the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna hosts the third Italian Confucius Institute.
Institute of Management (Italian: Istituto di Management)[32] includes the laboratories: MAIN, MES and SUM.
Institute of Economics (Italian: Istituto di Economia)[33] includes the laboratory LEM.
Institute Dirpolis (Law, Politics and Development) (Italian: Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica e Sviluppo))[34] includes the laboratories: Lider, Cdg, CSGS and Wiss.
Institute TeCIP - Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (Italian: Istituto TeCIP, Istituto di Tecnologie della Comunicazione, dell'Informazione e della Percezione)[35] includes the laboratories: IRCPhoNet, Percro, Retis.
Institute of Biorobotics (Italian: Istituto di Biorobotica)[36] includes the laboratories: ARTSLab, CRIMLab and EZ-Lab.
Institute of Life Sciences (Italian: Istituto di Scienze della Vita)[37] includes the laboratories: Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Biolabs, LandLab and PlantLab.
Laboratories and research centers
Management
MAIN - Management & Innovation Laboratory
[MeS Lab - Management and Health Laboratory
SUM LAb - Sustainability Management
Economics
LEM - Laboratory of Economics and Management
CAFED - Centre for the Analysis of Financial and Economics Dynamics
EZ-Lab - Center for Research on the technology and support services for the Longevity
Laws
LIDER - International and Comparative Law Research Laboratory
STALS - Sant’Anna Legal Studies
Research Centre on Social, Juridical and Human Rights Sciences
Political Science
CDG Laboratory - International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Politics
ITPCM - International Training Programme for Conflict Management
Iran Electoral Archive
Engineering
ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System, which created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-called CYBER HAND, shown on CNN International's Vital Signs Life Hand report
CRIM Lab - Center of Research In Microengineering
RoboCasa, the Italy-Japan joint laboratory for Research on Humanoid and Personal Robotics
Joint Lab Italy - Korea
CEIICP - Centre of Excellence for Information, Communication and Perception Engineering. The centre is a result of a joint venture in the telecommunications sector between the Sant'Anna School and Marconi Communications SpA (now Ericsson). In partnership with CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications), the two parties signed an agreement for the creation of a research centre for photonic networks and technologies, thus realizing through CEIICP a unique example of synergy in Italy.
IRCPHONET - Integrated Research Centre for Photonic Networks and Technologies
For 2016 the QS World University Rankings has ranked Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in the subject categories economics and econometrics on world stage at # 201. As far as the rankings in the faculty category is concerned, it is ranked on world stage at # 385 for engineering and technology.[50]
According to QS World University Rankings, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is part of the initiative Invest Your Talent in Italy[51] which "puts Italian graduate programmes on the world's stage."[52]
The Scimago Institution Ranking are based on the SCOPUS bibliometric database, featuring thirteen performance indicators of, innovation and web visibility. The following are some of Sant'Anna Schools best results at the world and national level:[42][53][full citation needed]
The European Research Ranking, a ranking based on publicly available data from the European Commission database puts Pisa University System among the best in Italy and best performing European research institutions .[59]
In 2008, the Italian website La Voce published a ranking of Italian universities by h-index limited to the Departments of Economics, where Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies acquires the first (#1) place in Italy.[60]
Antonio Maccanico, Minister of Communications (1996-1998), Minister for Institutional Reforms (1999-2001)[61]
Giovanni Pieraccini, Minister of Public Affairs (1963-1964), Minister of Economic Affairs (1964-1965), Minister of Merchant Fleet (1973-1974), Minister of Scientific Research (1974)[62][63]
Antonio Cassese, first President of the International Criminal Tribunal For the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)(1993–1997), in 2004 appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to be the chairperson for the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur
Maria Chiara Carrozza, Professor of Engineering at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Minister of Education, Universities and Research (2013-2014)[65]
Marcello Spatafora, Italian Ambassador to Malaysia (1980–1986), Ambassador to Malta (1986–1989), Ambassador to Australia (1993–1997), Ambassador to Albania (1997–1999), Chief of the Italian delegation responsible for organizing the country's presidency of the European Economic Community (1989–1990), as of 2000 Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, President of the United Nations Security Council in 2007
Fabrizio Pagani, economist and policy expert, former Italy's G20 Sherpa and OECD Director
Vittorio Grilli, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (government of Mario Monti),[66] part of the Board of Directors of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies,[67] and board-member of the respected European think-thank Bruegel (institution)[68]
Nicola Bellini, economist and Director of IRPET (Istituto Regionale per la Programmazione Economica della Toscana)[70]
Nicoletta Batini, economist, notable as a scholar of innovative monetary and fiscal policy practices, as well as structural reforms for the promotion of export competitiveness especially in the shipping industry. She is currently rated among the 5% top most cited authors in economics worldwide (RePEc).[71] She began her active career as an economist with the Bank of England in London and has handled extensive consultancy roles in the public sector. She is currently a Director of Italy's Department of the Treasury within the Ministry of Economy and Finances (Italy) in Rome in charge of the international economy and economic policies.
Giulio Tononi, Neuroscientist and psychiatrist who holds the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine, as well as a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science, at the University of Wisconsin.
Antonio L'Abbate, Professor of Medical Sciences at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and together with Giovanni Dosi one of the top Italian Scientists[74][75]
↑ "Sant'Anna in cifre 2018/19"(PDF) (in Italian). Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. 1 October 2018. Archived(PDF) from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
1 2 "La Normale nella Repubblica". Scuola Normale Superiore (in Italian). 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
1 2 3 Bellini, Nicola; Nadio, Delai (2009). Merito, ambizione, collegialità: il contributo della Scuola superiore Sant'Anna alla formazione della classe dirigente[Merit, ambition, collegiality: the contribution of the Sant'Anna High School to the formation of the ruling class] (in Italian). Pisa: ETS. ISBN978-88-467-2462-5. OCLC955663340.
1 2 3 4 Breghi, Gianluca (2002). Neri, Elisa (ed.). La chiesa e il monastero di Sant'Anna in Pisa: sede della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Bandecchi & Vivaldi[The church and monastery of Sant'Anna in Pisa: headquarters of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Bandecchi & Vivaldi] (in Italian). Pontedera.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
1 2 3 4 Alessi, Silvia (2006). L'educazione del cuore e la formazione del carattere: vita collegiale della giovine al Conservatorio di S. Anna in Pisa, 1860-1920 (in Italian). Pisa: ETS. ISBN88-467-1692-2. OCLC879149889.
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1 2 Nicola Bellini, Nadio Delai (a cura di), Merito, Ambizione, Collegialità: il contributo della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna alla formazione della classe dirigente, ETS, Pisa, 2009 (in Italian)
↑ "Best universities in Europe". Times Higher Education (THE). 16 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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