University of Catania

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higher education institution public research university university

The University of Catania is a historic public research university in Sicily, Italy, recognized as one of the oldest universities in the country and a major center for higher education and scientific study in the region.

Aliases (1)

Università degli Studi di Catania ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	higher education institution → public research university → university →
abbreviation	UNICT →
continent	Europe →
country	Italy →
foundedIn	1434 →
founder	Alfonso V of Aragon NERFINISHED →
foundingDate	1434-10-19 →
governedBy	rector →
hasAdministrativeStaff	over 2000 →
hasCampus	Catania city center campus → Cittadella Universitaria → Ragusa campus → Syracuse campus →
hasFaculty	over 1200 →
hasFacultyOf	Agriculture → Economics → Engineering → Law → Letters and Philosophy → Medicine → Political Science →
hasMainBuilding	Palazzo dell’Università →
hasNotableAlumniIn	law → literature → politics → science →
hasStudents	over 40000 →
isOneOf	oldest universities in Italy → oldest universities in the world →
languageOfInstruction	Italian →
locatedIn	Catania → Europe → Metropolitan City of Catania → Sicily → Southern Italy →
mainBuildingLocatedIn	Piazza Università, Catania →
memberOf	Coimbra Group → EUA – European University Association → UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union →
motto	Meliora probamus →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoTranslation	We approve better things →
nativeName	Università degli Studi di Catania →
offersProgramsIn	engineering → humanities → law → medicine → natural sciences → social sciences →
region	Sicily →
specializesIn	higher education → scientific research →
type	public university → research university →
website	https://www.unict.it →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Giuseppe Mercalli →	employer
Catania →	hasUniversity
University of Catania ("Università degli Studi di Catania") →	nativeName