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Complete list of Alma Mater Studiorum Department schedules.
Agricultural Economics and Engineering
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Engineering is subdivided into four sections.
Agri-food Protection and Improvement - DIPROVAL
The Department, founded in 1983, runs teaching and research activities in traditional sectors, and moreover, innovative, operating jointly among vegetable and animal production and alimentary and industrial strands, in the context of objective, present and future, modern and generalised in the spirit of a rational and global agricultural development.
Agro-Environmental Science and Technology
The Department of Agro-Environmental Science and Technology is a research and education institution.
Anaesthesiology and Surgery
The Department, in the ambit of the St. Orsola Malpighi Policlino complex contains the following operative units:
Ancient History
The Department of Ancient History coordinates research and initiatives in the sphere of historical sciences of antiquity.
Applied Chemistry and Materials Science
Research deals with three main areas.
Archaeology
The Department of Archaeology is divided into two branches, one in Bologna in the prestigious ex-convent of the Lateran Canonics of San Giovanni in Monte, and in Ravenna, in the Casa Traversari.
Architecture and Territorial Planning
The principal research sectors of the Department concern architectural and urban planning, restoration, representation techniques, architectural techniques, building production, territorial planning, GIS, assessment of environmental and urban policies.
Astronomy
The staff of the Department of Astronomy numbers 11 Professors, 8 Research Assistants, 6 Postdocs, 11 employees in Administration, Labs, and Library.
Biochemistry «Giovanni Moruzzi»
The Department of Biochemistry "G.Moruzzi" is a monodisciplinary institution where structural, metabolic and molecular studies are pursued in the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary and Physical Education Science.
Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering - DICMA
The research activity of this department covers:
Chemistry «Giacomo Ciamician»
The Department provides the academic structures for the 1st cycle degree courses in Chemistry, Chemistry of Materials and 2nd cycle degree courses in Advanced Chemical Methodologies and in Photochemistry and Chemistry of Materials.
Classical and Medieval Philology
Greek, Latin, the Judeo-Christian and Medieval and Humanistic traditions are the areas of research of the Department of Classical and Medieval Philolophy.
Clinical Medicine and Applied Biotechnology «D. Campanacci»
The Department conducts research activities in the field of Clinical Medicine and Biotechnology applied to it, as well as scientific and clinical education for young scholars orientated towards research and professional medicine
Communication Disciplines
The Department of Communication Disciplines, one of the most recent departments created within the University of Bologna, has a strongly multi-disciplinary approach.
Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Bologna is part of the Sciences Faculty and was founded in January 1995.
Earth Sciences and Environment
The Department of Earth Sciences and Environment stems from the fusion of three preceding departments (Geological Sciences, Mineralogical Sciences and Geography) and comprises all of the geo-mineralogical disciplines, and to some extent, Geography
Economics
The Department of Economics was established in 1983 and it is currently the largest Department of Economics in Italy.
Economics and Business Law
The department promotes and coordinates research activities in the field of judicial studies in economics and business affairs.
Education
The Department of Education, interdisciplinary from its inception, is made up of instructors and researchers belonging to four disciplinary spheres: psychology, pedagogy, sociological and anthropological, articulated and differentiated according to their specific discipline and specialisation.
Electrical Engineering - DIE
The main task of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica (DIE) is research in the field of Power Electrical Engineering.
Electronics, Computer sciences and Systems - DEIS
DEIS was born on April 1st, 1983 as the outcome of the merge between the two former Institutes of Automatic Systems and Electronics of the School of Engineering.
Energy, Nuclear and Environmental Protection Engineering - DIENCA
The Department of Energy, Nuclear and Environmental Protection Engineering strives to promote and coordinate basic and applied research relating to the processes of rational usage of energy sources, the safe employment of nuclear energy, environmental control from the standpoint of thermal and acoustic concerns, and protection from toxic radiation.
Food Science
The young Department of Food Science (DISA) gathers within it sources of knowledge and capacity drawn from the University of Bologna's long tradition.
Foreign Modern Languages and Literatures
The Department was formed in April of 1983 as a research and teaching centre devoted to the study of modern foreign languages and literatures: a vast cultural space, initially limited to the principal European languages, then progressively enlarged to Arabic, Chinese and Persian, and aligning itself to non-Indoeuropean languages such as Hungarian and Finnish.
Fruit Tree and Woody Plant Sciences
The Department of Fruit Tree and Woody Plant Sciences (Director, Professor Silviero Sansavini) is involved with woody plants and fruit trees.
Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology
The department is divided into one part dedicated to study, secretary, meeting hall and library (transformed into a foundation library) and a section for teaching activities.
Histories and Methods for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
The Department of Histories and Methods for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage is the result of the collaboration and cohexistence of various fields of research, embodied in 45 among professors (29) and researchers (16).
History
The Department of History has many participating instructors (62) who come from five faculties: Letters and Philosophy, Education Sciences, Economics and Commerce, Political Sciences and Foreign Languages and Literature.
Human Anatomy and Physiopathology of the Locomotor Apparatus
The Department of Human Anatomy and Physiopathology of the Locomotor Apparatus is involved in teaching activities in the following Faculties: Medicine, Pharmacy, Biological Sciences and Sciences of Locomotion.
Human and General Physiology
The Department of Human and General Physiology hosts research groups active in the field of Physiology and Neuroscience at the level of both the cell and whole organism.
Industrial and Materials Chemistry
The scientific activity of the Department of Industrial and Materials Chemistry is articulated into four sectors.
Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Languages and Cultures - SITLeC
The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Languages and Cultures, established in December of 1999, began its activities in 2000, and was the first Department present at the decentralised branch of the Forlì campus.
Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
The Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology is a broad and hetergenic structure that is concerned with the diagnosis and cure of internal, gastroenterological, and metabolic pathologies.
Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Hepatology
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Hepatology has several research activities:
Italian Studies
The Department of Italian Studies is collected from the group of instruction and research fields which pertain to Italian literature and language, comparative literature, philologies, as well as specific sectors of the history of theatre, cinema and literature and of library science and the history of the book.
Legal Studies «Antonio Cicu»
The Department promotes and coordinates research activities in the legal scientific discipline sectors.
Management
The Department of Management was founded in 1983 and involves sixty five full time researchers and fifteen assistant researchers in nine research areas.
Mathematics
In 2003/04, the Mathematics Department has 109 regular faculty members plus 22 post-doc students.
Mathematics for Economic and Social Sciences
The mission of the Department is to contribute with research and teaching in all the fields of social sciences in which mathematical techniques are employed as tools for both theoretical investigation and empirical verification.
Mechanical, Nuclear, Aviation, and Metallurgical Engineering - DIEM
DIEM was born on November 4th 1986 as the outcome of the merge between three former Institutes of Mechanics of Machines, Machine Design and Mechanical Technology, Metallurgy. Then the Institutes of Energy System and Components and Industrial Plants joined DIEM.
Medicine and Public Health
The Department of Medicine and Public Health (Faculty of Medicine and Surgery) is formed by the Section of Hygiene and Legal Medicine.
Music and Performing Arts - MUSPE
The Department of Music and Performing Arts (DMS), the first of its kind in Italy, was created in 1982 within the Institute of Communication and Performance Disciplines.
Neurological Sciences
The Department of Neurological Sciences is the academic facility responsible for research, education and healthcare in all aspects of neurology.
Odontostomatological Sciences
The teaching area is represented by five lecture halls and spaces dedicated to the theoretical-practical training on patients and mannequins.
Organic Chemistry «A. Mangini»
The staff of the department consists of 10 full professors, 16 associate professors, 11 researchers, and 12 technical and administrative personnel.
Paleography and Medieval Studies
The Department of Paleography and Medieval Studies was founded in 1982. Instructors from three Faculties belong to the Department: Letters and Philosophy, Preservation of the Cultural Heritage, Foreign Languages and Literature.
Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an interdisciplinary department covering a broad range of scientific interests.
Pharmacology
In the Department of Pharmacology there are 25 instructors, of which 7 are Full Professors, 10 Associate, and 9 Research Assistants, in addition to 10 technical-administrative staff personnel.
Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy, has more or less a hundred affiliated researchers (structured and not) belonging to the Faculty of Letters, Education Sciences, Languages and is articulated in the following sectors: Epistemology, Aesthetics, History of Philosophy, History of Science, Theory, and Ethics.
Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
DCFI has a permanent staff of 38 Professors and Researchers, 4 administrative and 5 technical members.
Physics
The Department of Physics of the University of Bologna is an interfaculty department with teaching and research personnel from the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Industrial Chemistry and Education Sciences.
Political Science
The Department of Political Science was created in 1986 and it is currently directed by Professor Francesca Zannotti.
Politics, Institutions, History
In the wake of the multidisciplinary tradition of European political studies, 45 scholars are associated with the Department belonging to the fields political history and political doctrine, political philosophy and political science, public and international rights.
Psychology
The Department of Psychology has three branches: Viale Berti Pichat, 5 (central office with the Director, secretary, studios, laboratories and classrooms), Viale Berti Pichat 10 (clinical services), Via Filipo Re, 10 (library, Research Doctorate, studios and laboratories).
Radiological and Histopathological Sciences
The Department is articulated in 5 sections corresponding to the diverse advanced degree plans.
Sociology
The Department of Sociology, firmly retains the autonomy of each individual instructor and researcher belonging to the department, promotes and coordinates, at the University of Bologna, the research activities in the sectors of relevant competence and relative sectors to the divisions of research activities within the Department:
Statistical Sciences «Paolo Fortunati»
The Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" was founded in 1982, and had as its first Director, Athos Bellettini, an illustrious demographer and founder of the historical demographics studies in Italy.
Surgical Disciplines, Intensive Care and Transplants «Antonio Valsalva»
The Department ultimately pursues scientific and clinical excellence in specialised surgery and transplant science.
Veterinary Clinic
The department, which takes part in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Bologna is certified by the European Association for Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE).
Veterinary Morphophysiology and Animal Production - DIMORFIPA
The internal organisation of the DIMORFIPA comprises 3 Divisions collaborating for scientific achievements and student education.
Veterinary Public Health and Animal Pathology
The Department carries out the appropriate functions in the ambit of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bologna.
Visual Arts
Situated in the historic location of Piazzetta Giorgio Morandi 2, the department carries out historic-theoretic-methodological research activities in diverse sectors of the visual arts.