The university of the new millennium is increasingly focused on internationalisation, research development, skills specialisation and diversifying the educational offer. Following the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Education, since 2012 the University of Padua reorganises its general administrative-educational structure by eliminating faculties, entrusting teaching activities to the departments and creating schools to coordinate the activities of the departments within the different study programmes.
The University of Padua counts eight schools. The Piovego area hosts several multi-department facilities, including those for Mathematics, Psychology, the “Cittadella dello Studente” (student accommodation) developed by Studio Valle and inaugurated in 2015, as well as Biology and Biomedicine, entrusted to architect Mario Botta and completed in 2014. At the same time, the Biodiversity Garden is inaugurated as an extension to the Botanic Garden.
In more recent years, too, the University shows its commitment to looking to the future competitively by investing in innovation, culture, education and science. This commitment is put into practice through several acquisitions and projects which in the coming years will define a new chapter in the University’s history.
the GALILEAN SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
In partnership with the Scuola Normale of Pisa, the Galilean School of higher education is established in Padua
EARTHQUAKE IN AQUILA
Immediately after the earthquake, 12 researchers from the University of Padova went to Abruzzo to provide scientific field support to the rescue teams
THE BIODIVERSITY GARDEN
Inside Botanical garden the five new greenhouses of the Biodiversity Garden are opened to the public. Inserted in a glass and steel gallery, they replicate as many biomes, areas of the …
IL FIORE DI BOTTA (BOTTA’S FLOWER)
“Il Fiore di Botta”, the Biology and Biomedicine campus designed by the architect Mario Botta, is inaugurated
Cittadella dello studente
On 16th September the “Cittadella dello Studente” is inaugurated. The complex features three new buildings and sits alongside the Psychology buildings. It houses student accommodation, the University Language Centre, the …
PiaveFutura
The former Piave military barracks are transferred to the University, which plans to transform them into a university campus called PiaveFutura
LIVIUS NOSTER
For the entire year, the University of Padova celebrated the two thousandth anniversary of the death of Titus Livius Patavinus, through events, meetings, initiatives and cultural exhibitions throughout the city
UNIVERSA PADUA NOBEL LECTURE
Starting from 2017, the first term of lectures is opened with an expert lecture by a Nobel Prize winner in the Great Hall
INAUGURATION OF THE NEW PALAZZO LIVIANO LIBRARY
The new Liviano Library of Classical Studies, Art and Music is inaugurated in the restored areas of Palazzo Liviano
The Beato Pellegrino complex
Inaugurated in 2019, the new Beato Pellegrino Complex once housed a geriatric hospital and now sits as a modern facility encompassing over 23,000 square metres of educational excellence. Architect Paolo …