University of Ferrara

The University of Ferrara, in Italian Università degli Studi di Ferrara, is the main public university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, a foundation dating from 1391 that today enrolls about 16,000 students across twelve departments.费拉拉大学（意大利语 Università degli Studi di Ferrara）是意大利北部艾米利亚-罗马涅大区费拉拉市的主要公立大学，其创办可追溯到 1391 年，如今在十二个系中招收约 16000 名学生

In the years before the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy, while today it grants nearly 400 degrees a year with a teaching staff of about 600 including 288 researchers.第一次世界大战之前的若干年间，费拉拉大学学生逾 500 人，是意大利所有自由大学中注册人数最多的一所，如今每年授予近 400 个学位，教学人员约 600 人，其中含 288 名研究人员

The institution was suppressed during the Fascist period in 1929 and re-established as a modern state university in 1963, and since 2000 it has built wide research ties with China, especially with the South China University of Technology and the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing.该校在法西斯时期的 1929 年被停办，1963 年作为现代国立大学重建，自 2000 年起又与中国建立广泛的研究联系，尤其是与华南理工大学及北京的首都医科大学

History

• The University of Ferrara was founded on 4 March 1391 by Marquis Alberto V d'Este, who obtained the permission of Pope Boniface IX to establish a studium of general studies in the city.费拉拉大学于 1391 年 3 月 4 日由侯爵 Alberto V d'Este 创立，他取得教皇博尼法爵九世的许可，在这座城市设立一所普通学府

• The new studium was inaugurated on St Luke's Day, 18 October 1391, with its earliest courses concentrated in law, arts and theology.这所学府于 1391 年 10 月 18 日圣路加日开学，最早的课程集中于法律、文艺与神学

• After a period of early weakness the school was revived and richly re-endowed in 1474 under the Este court, opening the great age of the Ferrarese Renaissance at the university.经历早期的低谷之后，该校于 1474 年在埃斯特宫廷下复兴并获慷慨的重新资助，迎来了文艺复兴时期费拉拉学术的鼎盛年代

• Cesare Cremonini held the chair of natural philosophy at Ferrara from 1573 to 1590, teaching under the comparatively tolerant patronage of the Este dukes.Cesare Cremonini 于 1573 至 1590 年主持费拉拉的自然哲学讲席，在埃斯特诸公爵较为宽容的庇护下执教

• The Greek humanist Theodorus Gaza and the astronomer Giovanni Bianchini were among the most distinguished teachers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.希腊人文学者 Theodorus Gaza 与天文学家 Giovanni Bianchini 位列该校 15 与 16 世纪最杰出的教师之中

• When the Este line lost Ferrara to the Papal States in 1598, the university entered a long period of contraction and decline under church government.1598 年埃斯特家族失去费拉拉、该城归入教皇国之后，大学在教会治理下进入漫长的收缩与衰落期

• After the unification of Italy in 1861 the University of Ferrara became a free university organized around faculties of law and mathematics, together with schools of medicine, pharmacy and notarial studies.1861 年意大利统一之后，费拉拉大学改组为一所以法学与数学学院为核心、并设医学、药学与公证人学系的自由大学

• Its three-year course in medicine was cut to two years in the academic year 1863-64, reflecting the tight budgets of the newly unified Italian state.其三年制医学课程在 1863-64 学年被压缩为两年，反映新建统一意大利国家财政的拮据

• The old Veterinary School was abolished in 1876, while the Pharmacy School and the course for public notaries kept teaching alive into the later nineteenth century.旧的兽医学院于 1876 年停办，而药学院与公共公证人课程使教学延续到 19 世纪后期

• The historic university was suppressed in 1929 during the Fascist period, abruptly interrupting centuries of continuous teaching in the city of Ferrara.这所历史悠久的大学在法西斯时期的 1929 年被停办，骤然打断了费拉拉城延续数百年的教学

• After the Second World War the school began to receive steady state support from 1945, which made possible the research departments that later filled out the re-established faculties.第二次世界大战之后，该校自 1945 年起获得稳定的国家资助，使后来充实重建学院的科研机构得以设立

• The modern University of Ferrara was re-established as a state institution in 1963, gradually rebuilding the faculties that had been scattered for a generation.现代费拉拉大学于 1963 年作为国立机构重建，逐步重组一代人以来四散的院系

• Public funding that flowed in from 1963 onward allowed the re-established university to open many new faculties and research departments across the city.自 1963 年起陆续到位的公共资助，使重建后的大学得以在城中开设众多新学院与研究机构

• Between 1963 and 1980 the re-established university restored medicine, engineering, economics and the sciences and rebuilt its research base almost from nothing.1963 至 1980 年间，重建后的大学恢复医学、工程、经济与理科，几乎白手重建其科研基础

• The most rapid expansion came while Antonio Rossi served as rector in the 1970s and 1980s, when enrollment and the research base grew together.最快速的扩张出现在 Antonio Rossi 于 1970 年代和 1980 年代担任校长期间，招生与科研基础同步增长

• By the close of the twentieth century the re-established university had grown into a state institution of eight faculties and thousands of students, far larger than the small free school it had been before 1929.到 20 世纪末，重建后的大学已成长为拥有八个学院与数千名学生的国立机构，远大于 1929 年之前那所规模不大的自由学校

• Beginning in 2000 the university opened a broad collaboration with Chinese institutions across economics, architecture, medicine and engineering.自 2000 年起，该校在经济、建筑、医学与工程等领域与中国机构展开广泛合作

• A 2007 report of the Directory Committee for the Evaluation of Research rated Ferrara as the best Italian university for the applied exploitation of research.2007 年研究评估指导委员会的一份报告，将费拉拉评为意大利科研成果应用转化最佳的高校

• The economics faculty signed a partnership with the South China University of Technology that underwrote a research project on the industry of Guangdong.经济学院与华南理工大学签署合作协议，为一项广东产业研究项目提供资助

• In 2006 the medical faculty opened a permanent office near the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing to support joint clinical teaching.2006 年，医学院在北京的首都医科大学附近设立常驻办事处，以支持联合临床教学

• The partners created a second-level master's degree in clinical neurophysiology involving the Neurological Institute in Milan as well as the Beijing side.各方共同创设临床神经生理学二级硕士，参与方包括米兰的神经研究所与北京一方

• A further master's program in aesthetics and cosmetology is run with the Ginzza International Beauty and Hair Academy in Guangzhou.另一门美学与化妆科学硕士课程与广州的 Ginzza 国际美容美发学院合办

Academics

• The university is organized into eight faculties covering architecture, economics, engineering, humanities, law, mathematical-physical and natural sciences, medicine and surgery, and pharmacy.该校设八个学院，涵盖建筑、经济、工程、人文、法、数理与自然科学、医学与外科以及药学

• In line with recent Italian reform the teaching has been reorganized into twelve departments, replacing the older faculty structure for day-to-day governance.依照近年意大利大学的改革，教学已重组为十二个系，取代较早的学院架构承担日常治理

• Research departments do not coincide with the faculties, so literature, history and philosophy each run as largely independent units with their own staff.科研单位与学院并不重合，文学、历史与哲学各自作为相对独立的单位并配备独立人员

• Medical teaching and research are carried out together with the city hospital, whose buildings the university uses as a teaching hospital for clinical training.医学教学与研究同市立医院合作开展，该校将院方楼宇用作临床培训的教学医院

• As of 2014 the university hosted twelve doctoral courses grouped around a special Institute for Advanced Studies known as IUSS-Ferrara 1391.截至 2014 年该校设有十二个博士课程，围绕名为 IUSS-Ferrara 1391 的高等研究所组织

• The Faculty of Economics keeps long-standing links with industry, including the Guangdong research collaboration with the South China University of Technology.经济学院保持悠久的产业联系，其中包括与华南理工大学合作的广东研究项目

• The Faculty of Medicine develops clinical neurophysiology teaching with Italian neuroscience centers and its Chinese partner offices in Beijing.医学院与意大利神经科学中心及设于北京的中方合作机构共同开展临床神经生理学教学

• The humanities faculties preserve separate chairs in literature, history and philosophy, a structure that is unusual among the universities of Italy.人文类院系保留文学、历史与哲学各自独立的讲席，这在意大利诸大学中并不常见

• The Faculty of Architecture, one of the older Italian schools of design and building, anchors the university's engineering and art programs.建筑学院是意大利较早的设计与建造学系之一，支撑该校的工程与艺术课程

• The Faculty of Pharmacy continues the line of study that the old Pharmacy School first formalized in the nineteenth century.药学院延续 19 世纪药剂学校最早制度化的教学脉络

• The Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences coordinates physics, chemistry, mathematics and the earth sciences across separate research institutes.数理与自然科学学院统筹物理、化学、数学与地球科学，分属不同研究机构

• The Faculty of Engineering runs degree programs in civil, electronic, computer and biomedical engineering in close contact with local industry.工程学院与本地产业保持紧密联系，开设土木、电子、计算机与生物医学工程等学位课程

• The Faculty of Law, one of the original subjects taught when the studium opened in 1391, remains a core unit for training jurists and public notaries.法学院是 1391 年学府创立之初便讲授的原始学科之一，仍是培养法学家与公共公证人的核心院系

• The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery ranks among the largest by enrollment and shares its wards and laboratories with the affiliated teaching hospital.医学与外科学院按在读人数位居前列，并与所属教学医院共享病房与实验室

• Its second-level master's degrees in neurophysiology and cosmetology reflect the applied and international orientation that the university has pursued since 2000.神经生理学与化妆科学等二级硕士课程，体现该校自 2000 年以来追求的应用性与国际化取向

• The law program leads to the Italian single-cycle degree in jurisprudence and trains graduates for entry to the bar, the magistracy and the notarial profession.法学专业授予意大利法学单一周期学位，培养毕业生进入律师界、司法系统与公证行业

• The engineering departments keep workshops and laboratories that link teaching directly to the applied research exploitation for which the university was highly rated.工程各系设有车间与实验室，把教学直接对接于该校曾获高度评价的科研成果应用转化

• The medical curriculum combines preclinical science taught in the departments with clinical years spent in the wards of the teaching hospital inside the city.医学课程把各系讲授的临床前科学与在城市内教学医院病房度过的临床学年结合起来

• Because literature, history and philosophy are treated as separate units, students assemble their humanities degree across three independent academic bodies.由于文学、历史与哲学各自独立设科，学生需跨三个独立学术单位组合自己的人文学位

• The Guangdong collaboration gives economics students access to research placements with firms in one of the main industrial areas of China.广东合作项目让经济学学生得以在中国主要工业区之一的企业获得研究实习岗位

Campus

• Ferrara University is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, embedded in the historic core rather than on a greenfield site.费拉拉大学是意大利北部艾米利亚-罗马涅大区费拉拉市的主要大学，植根于历史城区而非新建校区

• Teaching is spread across historic buildings in the Renaissance city centre alongside newer departmental facilities built after the postwar re-establishment.教学分布在文艺复兴古城中心的历史建筑与战后重建之后新建的系科楼宇之中

• The Institute for Advanced Studies, IUSS-Ferrara 1391, gives doctoral researchers a dedicated setting within the old town.名为 IUSS-Ferrara 1391 的高等研究所在旧城内为博士研究人员提供专门场所

• The city hospital next to the medical faculty serves as the principal clinical site for the students of medicine and surgery.紧邻医学院的市立医院是医学与外科学生的主要临床基地

• The civic Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea, named for the poet Ludovico Ariosto, houses the rare humanistic and historical collections that support teaching.市立阿里奥斯托图书馆以诗人 Ludovico Ariosto 命名，收藏支撑教学的人文与历史珍本

• The university botanical garden, the Orto Botanico, stands as a historic point of interest for life-sciences teaching in Ferrara.大学植物园是费拉拉生命科学教学的一处历史名胜

• Offices and lecture halls cluster within walking distance of the medieval walls that still encircle the old town of Ferrara.办公楼与讲堂集中在环绕费拉拉旧城的中世纪城墙一带，步行可达

• Campus buildings host shared laboratories serving the physics, chemistry, engineering and biomedical departments across the various faculties.校园楼宇设有物理、化学、工程与生物医学等各院系共用的实验室

• The Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea and the Orto Botanico, both civic institutions in Ferrara, act as key study and teaching resources shared with the university.阿里奥斯托市立图书馆与大学植物园这两座费拉拉的公共文化机构，作为与该校共用的重要研习与教学资源发挥作用

• Because the university is woven into the historic centre, students share the streets, porticoes and piazzas of the walled city instead of a fenced modern campus.由于大学嵌入历史中心城区，学生与城墙之城的街道、柱廊和广场共享空间，而非一座封闭的现代校园

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings for 2027 the University of Ferrara is placed in the broad 901-950 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排行榜中费拉拉大学位列 901 至 950 的宽区间

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 651-700 band, a markedly stronger showing than its QS position.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校置于 651 至 700 区间，明显优于其 QS 名次

• In the US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the institution is ranked 668th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中该校位列世界第 668 名

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities the University of Ferrara appears in the 601-700 band, its best placement among the four major tables.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中费拉拉大学处于 601 至 700 区间，是四大榜单中它最好的名次

• OpenAlex records about 57,040 scholarly works and 5,372,169 citations attributed to the university, evidence of a long and steady research output.OpenAlex 记录该校约 57040 项学术成果与 5372169 次引用，显示其科研产出绵长而稳定

• On a national quality dimension the 2007 CIVR assessment rated it the best Italian university for the applied exploitation of research, judged from patents, industry links and academic spin-offs.在全国质量维度上，2007 年 CIVR 评估将其评为意大利科研成果应用转化最佳的高校，其依据包括专利、产业联系与学术衍生企业

• The source gives no subject-level world ranking for individual faculties, so field standing is shown through that national CIVR category result rather than through a global table.数据未提供各学院的学科世界排名，因此学科地位以该全国 CIVR 类别评定体现，而非全球榜单

• The modern institution counts no Nobel, Turing or Fields medal affiliates among its staff or alumni, though its record reaches back to Nicolaus Copernicus.现代该校的教职与校友中未见诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖获得者，尽管其记录可上溯至 Nicolaus Copernicus

• In the years before the First World War, with more than 500 students, Ferrara was the best attended of the free universities in Italy.第一次世界大战前的若干年间，该校学生逾 500 人，是意大利所有自由大学中注册人数最多的一所

• Taken together the four tables place the University of Ferrara as a mid-tier Italian state university, strongest in the ARWU and THE bands and lowest in the QS band of 901-950.四份榜单合起来将费拉拉大学定位为一所中段的意大利国立大学，在软科与泰晤士区间表现最强，在 QS 的 901 至 950 区间最低

Student life

• Approximately 16,000 students are enrolled at the University of Ferrara, and the institution grants nearly 400 degrees each year.约 16000 名学生在费拉拉大学注册就读，该校每年授予近 400 个学位

• The teaching staff numbers about 600 people, including 288 researchers, spread across the twelve departments of the university.教学人员约 600 人，其中含 288 名研究人员，分属该校十二个系

• As the main university of a compact walled city, Ferrara places its lecture halls, libraries and the botanical garden within easy walking distance of one another.作为一座紧凑城墙之城的主体大学，费拉拉把讲堂、图书馆与植物园彼此置于步行可达之处

• The collaborations begun in 2000 bring Chinese students into the second-level master's programs hosted at Ferrara each year.始于 2000 年的对华合作，每年把中国学生带入在费拉拉授课的二级硕士课程

• Students of medicine and surgery complete their clinical rotations in the wards of the affiliated city hospital teaching facilities.医学与外科学生在所属市立医院教学设施的病房中完成临床轮转

• Humanities study is centered on historic city buildings and the civic Ariostea library rather than on one large modern campus.人文学习以历史城区建筑与市立阿里奥斯托图书馆为中心，而非一座大型现代校园

• Doctoral students attached to the IUSS advanced-studies program form a small research community drawn from many different faculties.隶属 IUSS 高等研究项目的博士生组成一个跨多个院系的小型研究群体

• The twelve departments offer students a range of study running from medicine and engineering through economics, law, architecture and the humanities.十二个系为学生提供了从医学、工程到经济、法、建筑与人文的广泛学习方向

• Day-to-day study leans on the historic city buildings, the civic Ariostea library and the botanical garden that the university shares with the city of Ferrara.日常学习依托历史城区建筑、市立阿里奥斯托图书馆以及该校与费拉拉城共用的植物园

Notable people

• Nicolaus Copernicus earned a doctorate in canon law from the University of Ferrara, and he remains one of the most famous names in its early student rolls.Nicolaus Copernicus 曾在费拉拉大学获教会法博士学位，至今仍是该校早期学人中最著名的名字之一

• Ludovico Ariosto, the Renaissance poet of the Orlando Furioso, is remembered as one of the university's most celebrated historical figures.文艺复兴诗人、《疯狂的奥兰多》的作者 Ludovico Ariosto 被铭记为该校历史上最负盛名的人物之一

• Gabriele Falloppio, the anatomist still remembered in the Fallopian tubes, studied and later taught at Ferrara.至今仍以输卵管留名的解剖学家 Gabriele Falloppio 曾在费拉拉求学并继而任教

• Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican preacher, is one of the early figures associated with the Ferrarese studium.多明我会布道者 Girolamo Savonarola 是与费拉拉早期学府相关联的人物之一

• Paracelsus, the pioneering Swiss physician and alchemist, is counted among the notable teachers of the university in the sixteenth century.开创性的瑞士医师与炼金术士 Paracelsus 被列入该校 16 世纪的著名教师

• Theodorus Gaza, the Greek scholar of the early Renaissance, lectured at Ferrara and helped carry Greek learning into Italy.文艺复兴早期的希腊学者 Theodorus Gaza 曾在费拉拉讲学，助力把希腊学术传入意大利

• Massimo Pigliucci, an alumnus of the university, became a professor of philosophy and a prominent popular writer on the Stoic tradition.校友 Massimo Pigliucci 后成为哲学教授，并以面向大众的斯多葛传统写作而知名

• Patrizio Bianchi, who took an economics degree at Ferrara, became an Italian economist and public figure active in regional government.在费拉拉取得经济学学位的 Patrizio Bianchi 后来成为活跃于地方政府的意大利经济学家与公众人物

• Marcella Hazan, who earned a doctorate in biology and chemistry at the university, later became celebrated for introducing Italian cooking to America.Marcella Hazan 曾在此获生物与化学博士学位，后来因将意大利烹饪引入美国而享有盛名

• Other names recorded among its alumni and teachers include William Latimer, Michele Ferrari and Roberto Ferrari, figures of its older scholarly record.其校友与教师中另记载有 William Latimer、Michele Ferrari 与 Roberto Ferrari 等早期学术人物