University of Sassari

The University of Sassari (Università degli Studi di Sassari, UniSS) is a public state university in Sassari, the second largest city of Sardinia, Italy, whose Jesuit Studium Generale began teaching in 1562 and which received royal university status from King Philip III on 9 February 1617.萨萨里大学（Università degli Studi di Sassari，简称 UniSS）是意大利撒丁岛第二大城市萨萨里的公立国立大学，其耶稣会大学堂自 1562 年起授课，并于 1617 年 2 月 9 日获国王腓力三世授予皇家大学地位。

It is organised into 11 departments and enrols about 13,500 students with some 550 professors, offering degrees in agriculture, architecture, law, medicine, veterinary medicine, economics and the humanities.该校按 11 个系组织，注册学生约 1.35 万人，有约 550 名教授，开设农业、建筑、法学、医学、兽医学、经济学与人文等学位课程。

UniSS is placed in the joint 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the 1001-1200 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and 1,266th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 并列区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学排名中位列第 1,266 位。

History

• In 1558 Alessio Fontana, a member of the imperial chancellery of Emperor Charles V and a prominent citizen of Sassari, left his estate to the municipality for the creation of a college of studies entrusted to the Society of Jesus.1558 年，皇帝查理五世帝国枢密院成员、萨萨里显贵阿莱西奥·丰塔纳把遗产遗赠给市政府，用于创办一所交由耶稣会管理的学院。
• The first Jesuit teachers arrived in 1558 and the Studium Generale began its courses in May 1562, the date the university treats as the start of its teaching tradition.首批耶稣会教师于 1558 年抵达，大学堂于 1562 年 5 月开始授课，该校把这一日期视为其教学传统的起点。
• Construction of the Jesuit College of Sassari on the present Piazza Università began in 1611 under the architect Fernando Ponce, and the building was largely completed by 1643.耶稣会萨萨里学院于 1611 年在今大学广场动工，由建筑师费尔南多·蓬塞主持，建筑至 1643 年大体完成。
• A papal bull of 1612 authorised the Jesuits to confer academic degrees in philosophy and theology, the first formal degree-granting power held in Sassari.1612 年的一道教宗诏书授权耶稣会授予哲学与神学学位，这是萨萨里首次获得正式的学位授予权。
• On 9 February 1617 King Philip III of Spain granted the college the status of a royal university for philosophy and theology, the act that created the University of Sassari as a legal institution.1617 年 2 月 9 日，西班牙国王腓力三世授予该学院哲学与神学的皇家大学地位，这一法令使萨萨里大学成为法定机构。
• Archbishop Antonio Canopolo is regarded as the university's second founder, having funded new classrooms, the monumental Aula Magna and a series of donations whose memory remains in the building's entrance hall.大主教安东尼奥·卡诺波洛被视为该校第二位创办人，他出资修建新教室与宏伟的大礼堂并提供多项捐赠，其纪念仍留在该楼门厅。
• A royal charter of 1632 extended degree-granting rights to law and medicine, turning a theology college into a broader studium with four academic fields.1632 年的一道皇家特许状把学位授予权扩展至法学与医学，使这所神学院转变为涵盖四个学术领域的综合性大学堂。
• The medical course created by the 1632 charter followed the Spanish model with three chairs, de Prima, de Visperas and Instituta, and its first professors were Quirico del Rio, Andrea Vico Guidoni and Gavino Farina.1632 年特许状催生的医学课程沿用西班牙模式，设上午、下午与基础三个教席，首批教授为基里科·德尔里奥、安德烈亚·维科·圭多尼与加维诺·法里纳。
• In 1765 the Savoy government restored the university as part of its reforms in Sardinia, approving a new regulation that recognised four faculties and brought Piedmontese professors to Sassari.1765 年，萨伏依政府在撒丁岛改革中整顿该校，批准承认四个学院的新章程，并把皮埃蒙特教授引进萨萨里。
• The restored faculties were Philosophy and Arts, Theology, Jurisprudence and Medicine, and the arrival of mainland scholars connected the island to European scientific culture.整顿后的四个学院为哲学与人文、神学、法学与医学，大陆学者的到来把这座岛屿与欧洲科学文化连接起来。
• When the Savoy minister Giovanni Battista Bogino ordered the building's renovation in 1765, the works supervised by Archbishop Viancini, chancellor until 1772, restored five classrooms facing the piazza and added a covered portico for students.1765 年，萨伏依大臣乔瓦尼·巴蒂斯塔·博吉诺下令整修校舍，由至 1772 年担任校监的维亚恩奇尼大主教监督，修复了面向广场的五间教室，并为学生加建带顶柱廊。
• In 1877 the university obtained parity within the Italian University System, opening a new cycle of renewal after decades as a secondary-level institution.1877 年，该校在意大利大学体系中取得平等地位，在数十年作为次级机构之后开启了新的振兴周期。
• In the early twentieth century the national university system led to the creation of the faculties of Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine, expanding the scientific profile of the institution.20 世纪初，国家大学体系的实施促成药学与兽医学学院的建立，扩大了该校的科学版图。
• In 1950 the Faculty of Agriculture was founded and became a laboratory for Sardinian agrarian reform, producing guidelines later adopted by the autonomous regional government.1950 年，农学院成立并成为撒丁岛农业改革的实验场，其制定的指导方针后来被自治区政府采纳。
• From the 1960s the university expanded beyond its historic palace, adding departments and sites in Alghero, Olbia, Nuoro and Oristano to serve the whole of northern Sardinia.自 20 世纪 60 年代起，该校扩展至历史建筑之外，在阿尔盖罗、奥尔比亚、努奥罗与奥里斯塔诺增设系所与教学点，服务撒丁岛北部全境。
• The Faculty of Architecture in Alghero became a distinctive asset, and the university's presence helped transform the town into a design and restoration centre.设在阿尔盖罗的建筑学院成为该校的特色资产，大学的存在也帮助这座城镇转型为设计与修复中心。
• CENSIS ranked Sassari first among Italian medium-sized universities in 2009-10, a result that brought national visibility to the Sardinian institution.2009 至 2010 年，CENSIS 把萨萨里大学列为意大利中等规模大学第一名，这一结果使这所撒丁岛高校获得全国关注。
• In 2011-12 the university celebrated its 450th anniversary with ceremonies, exhibitions and a programme of public lectures on its history and its Sardinian roots.2011 至 2012 学年，该校举行建校 450 周年庆典，包括仪式、展览以及关于校史与撒丁岛根基的系列公开讲座。
• Under national Law 240/2010 the faculties were replaced by departments from January 2012, and the university reorganised its teaching and research into the current departmental structure.依据第 240/2010 号国家法律，各学院自 2012 年 1 月起由系取代，该校把教学与研究重组为现行的系所架构。
• Gavino Mariotti became rector in 2020 and has led the university through a period focused on digital services, international recruitment and the renewal of its scientific infrastructure.加维诺·马里奥蒂于 2020 年出任校长，带领该校进入以数字服务、国际招生与科研基础设施更新为重点的阶段。
• In 2024-25 CENSIS placed Sassari third among Italian medium-sized universities, confirming its standing in national evaluations of teaching and student services.2024 至 2025 年度，CENSIS 把萨萨里大学列为意大利中等规模大学第三名，确认了其在教学与学生服务全国评估中的地位。
• In 2025 the university marked more than 460 years of continuous academic activity, making it one of the oldest universities in Italy and the oldest in Sardinia.到 2025 年，该校已持续开展学术活动 460 余年，是意大利最古老的大学之一，也是撒丁岛历史最悠久的高校。

Academics

• The university is organised into 11 departments, covering agriculture, architecture and design, chemistry and natural sciences, law, innovation, veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences.该校按 11 个系组织，涵盖农业、建筑与设计、化学与自然科学、法学、创新、兽医学与生物医学等。
• The remaining departments cover economics and business, medical and surgical sciences and pharmacy, humanities and social sciences, and history, human sciences and education.其余各系涵盖经济与企业科学、医学外科学与药学、人文与社会科学，以及历史、人文科学与教育学。
• Institutional data record about 550 professors and 400 technical and administrative staff for 13,507 students in 2021, a ratio of roughly 24 students per teacher.机构数据显示约 550 名教授与 400 名技术与行政人员，2021 年注册学生 13,507 人，师生比约为 24 比 1。
• The university offers 31 first-cycle degree programmes, 23 master's programmes and six single-cycle degrees, together with doctoral and specialisation courses.该校开设 31 个本科课程、23 个硕士课程与 6 个本硕连读课程，另有博士与专业进修课程。
• Its doctoral school runs 10 PhD programmes with about 217 doctoral students, roughly 24 per cent of them foreign and 53 per cent women.该校博士学院开设 10 个博士项目，约有 217 名博士生，其中约 24% 为外国人，53% 为女性。
• Agriculture remains a flagship field, with research and teaching in food technology, viticulture, forestry and animal production suited to Sardinian conditions.农业仍是旗舰领域，食品技术、葡萄栽培、林业与畜牧生产的研究与教学均贴合撒丁岛条件。
• The Architecture, Design and Urban Planning department in Alghero is known for restoration and for work on historic centres and coastal landscapes.设在阿尔盖罗的建筑、设计与城市规划系以修复以及历史中心与海岸景观研究见长。
• Medicine and surgery are taught through the Department of Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with clinical training at the Sassari University Hospital and its affiliated clinics.医学与外科学由医学、外科学与药学系教授，临床培训在萨萨里大学医院及其附属诊所进行。
• Veterinary medicine has its own department, animal hospital and research farms, one of the university's most distinctive applied-science assets.兽医学拥有独立系、动物医院与研究农场，是该校最具特色的应用科学资产之一。
• Law is one of the historic faculties and remains a large programme, and the university's legal library is named after the Sardinian jurist Girolamo Olives.法学是历史悠久的学院之一，至今仍是大型项目，该校法学图书馆以撒丁法学家吉罗拉莫·奥利韦斯命名。
• Economics, business and tourism draw on the island's economy, with courses also delivered at the Olbia and Oristano sites.经济、企业与旅游学科依托岛屿经济，并在奥尔比亚与奥里斯塔诺教学点开课。
• The humanities and education departments maintain the university's philological and historical tradition, including Sardinian language and literature studies.人文与教育各系延续该校的语言学与历史学传统，其中包括撒丁语与撒丁文学研究。
• The library system comprises 12 libraries holding about 616,300 items, 3,750 print periodicals, 37,000 full-text electronic journals, 60 online databases and more than 9,000 e-books, including the Fernando Clemente architecture library in Alghero and the Antonio Pigliaru social sciences library.图书馆系统由 12 座图书馆组成，藏有约 616,300 件资料、3750 种纸质期刊、37,000 种全文电子期刊、60 个在线数据库与 9000 余种电子书，其中包括阿尔盖罗的费尔南多·克莱门特建筑图书馆与安东尼奥·皮利亚鲁社会科学图书馆。
• The Botanical Garden of the University of Sassari maintains Mediterranean and exotic collections and supports teaching in botany, ecology and pharmacy.萨萨里大学植物园保存地中海与外来植物收藏，并支撑植物学、生态学与药学的教学。
• The university runs a human hospital, a veterinary hospital, three research farms and a business incubator, linking academic work to regional health and agriculture.该校运营一所人类医院、一所动物医院、三个研究农场与一个企业孵化器，把学术工作与大区卫生和农业连接起来。
• International mobility is supported by Erasmus agreements, and the university's language centre offers Italian courses to foreign students throughout the academic year.国际流动由伊拉斯谟协议支持，该校语言中心全年为外国学生开设意大利语课程。
• Research activity is organised around the departments and their laboratories, with projects funded by national programmes, the Sardinian regional government and the European Union, while public-health teaching follows the reference framework of the Italian National Institute of Health.研究活动围绕各系及其实验室组织，项目由国家计划、撒丁自治区政府与欧盟资助，公共卫生教学则参照意大利国家卫生研究院的框架。
• The university's 29,878 indexed works and 2,122,449 citations in OpenAlex place it among the larger research producers in Sardinia.该校在 OpenAlex 中收录的 29,878 项成果与 2,122,449 次被引，使其成为撒丁岛科研产出较大的机构之一。
• CENSIS evaluations have repeatedly placed UniSS near the top of Italy's medium-sized universities, with particular credit for its library services and student support.CENSIS 评估多次把萨萨里大学列于意大利中等规模大学前列，尤其肯定其图书馆服务与学生支持。

Campus

• The historic seat is the Palazzo dell'Università on Piazza Università, built from 1611 as the Jesuit college and still used for representation and ceremonies.历史校址是大学广场上的大学宫，1611 年起作为耶稣会学院建造，至今仍用于礼仪与庆典。
• Its Aula Magna is decorated with paintings by the Sardinian artist Mario Delitala, who won the competition for the work in 1926 and completed the cycle in 1930.其大礼堂饰有撒丁艺术家马里奥·德利塔拉的画作，他于 1926 年赢得装饰竞赛，1930 年完成整组壁画。
• In 1927 the piazza facade was rebuilt to a design by the engineer Raffaello Oggiano in reinforced concrete with late-Renaissance motifs, and the church of San Giuseppe was demolished to create the present entrance hall.1927 年，面向广场的立面按工程师拉法埃洛·奥贾诺的设计以钢筋混凝土重建，饰以晚期文艺复兴风格母题，圣朱塞佩教堂被拆除以辟出如今的入口门厅。
• The modern scientific campuses spread across Sassari, including the agricultural and veterinary facilities on Viale Italia and the medical area on Viale San Pietro.现代科学校区分布于萨萨里各处，包括意大利大道上的农业与兽医设施以及圣彼得大道上的医学区。
• Alghero hosts the architecture, design and urban planning department in the restored Santa Chiara complex on Piazza Molo, near the historic walls.阿尔盖罗在莫洛广场修复后的圣基亚拉建筑群中设建筑、设计与城市规划系，靠近古城墙。
• Olbia, the main port of northern Sardinia, hosts economics and tourism teaching, connecting the university to the island's hospitality economy.撒丁岛北部主要港口奥尔比亚承担经济与旅游教学，把大学与岛屿的酒店服务业经济连接起来。
• Nuoro, in the island's interior, hosts agriculture, law and medicine courses together with the environmental and forestry library.位于岛内腹地的努奥罗开设农业、法学与医学课程，并设有环境与林业图书馆。
• Oristano, on the western coast, hosts courses in food technology and wine science through the Consorzio UNO library and teaching centre.西海岸的奥里斯塔诺通过 Consorzio UNO 图书馆与教学中心开设食品技术与葡萄酒科学课程。
• Sassari is a hilltop city of about 127,000 people, served by Alghero airport and the ferry port of Porto Torres, which link it to the Italian mainland and Europe.萨萨里是一座约 12.7 万人口的山城，阿尔盖罗机场与托雷斯港渡轮把它与意大利本土及欧洲连接起来。
• Sassari also hosts the Sassari Academy of Fine Arts and the Luigi Canepa Conservatory, which enrich the city's cultural life alongside the university.萨萨里还设有萨萨里美术学院与路易吉·卡内帕音乐学院，这些机构与大学一同丰富城市的文化生活。
• The Orto Botanico and the surrounding Mediterranean landscape give the university outdoor laboratories for botany, agronomy and environmental science within the city.植物园与周边的地中海景观为该校提供城市内的植物学、农学与环境科学露天实验室。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UniSS is placed in the joint 1201-1400 band, its position in the global table published by Quacquarelli Symonds.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，萨萨里大学位列 1201-1400 并列区间，这是其在 Quacquarelli Symonds 全球榜单上的位置。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places the university in the 1001-1200 band, its strongest result among the major global rankings.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入 1001-1200 区间，这是其在各大全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 the university is ranked 1,266th, with particular strength in agricultural and food sciences.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学排名中，该校位列第 1,266 位，在农业与食品科学方面尤为突出。
• The university does not enter the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities main list and therefore holds no ARWU band for that year.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此在该年度没有软科区间名次。
• OpenAlex indexes 29,878 works by UniSS researchers with 2,122,449 citations, an average of about seventy-one citations per work.OpenAlex 收录该校研究人员 29,878 项成果与 2,122,449 次被引，篇均约七十一次。
• CENSIS ranked the university first among Italian medium-sized universities in 2009-10 and third in 2024-25, a record of sustained national standing.CENSIS 于 2009 至 2010 年把该校列为意大利中等规模大学第一，2024 至 2025 年度列为第三，显示其持久的全国地位。
• Two presidents of the Italian Republic, Antonio Segni and Francesco Cossiga, studied at Sassari, a distinction few Italian universities can claim.意大利共和国两位总统安东尼奥·塞尼与弗朗切斯科·科西加曾就读于萨萨里大学，这是少数意大利大学能够拥有的殊荣。
• Its medical school is associated with Adelasia Cocco, one of the first women to graduate in medicine in Italy, and with a long tradition of clinical training in Sardinia.该校医学院与意大利最早的女医学毕业生之一阿德拉西亚·科科相关联，并在撒丁岛拥有悠久的临床培训传统。
• The university has not produced a Nobel laureate, and its reputation rests on national rankings, professional education and research on Sardinian agriculture, health and heritage.该校尚未产生诺贝尔奖得主，其声誉建立在国内排名、职业教育以及对撒丁岛农业、健康与遗产的研究之上。
• Its combination of a 1617 royal charter, two presidential alumni and top CENSIS placings makes it the most prominent university in northern Sardinia.1617 年皇家特许状、两位总统校友与 CENSIS 前列名次的组合，使其成为撒丁岛北部最负盛名的大学。

Student life

• UniSS uses the Latin motto Susceptum perfice munus, meaning that an undertaking must be carried through, together with the Latin name Universitas Turritana Sacerensis.萨萨里大学以拉丁校训「把已承担的任务坚持完成」为标识，并沿用拉丁校名「萨萨里大学堂」。
• The university dates its anniversary to May 1562, when the first Jesuit courses began, and celebrated the 450th anniversary in the 2011-12 academic year.该校把校庆定于 1562 年 5 月首批耶稣会课程开讲之时，并在 2011 至 2012 学年庆祝了 450 周年。
• CUS Sassari, the university sports centre affiliated with the Italian University Sports Centre, organises teams and courses and enters students in the National University Championships.萨萨里大学体育中心隶属意大利大学体育中心，为学生组织运动队与课程，并派队参加全国大学锦标赛。
• Sassari's Cavalcata Sarda, a horse parade held in May, and the Sardinian carnival give students a civic calendar rooted in island traditions.萨萨里每年五月举行的撒丁骑马游行与撒丁狂欢节，为学生提供植根于岛屿传统的公共生活日历。
• The university language centre offers Italian courses at beginner and intermediate levels before each semester, helping Erasmus students settle into local life.该校语言中心在每学期开学前开设初级与中级意大利语课程，帮助伊拉斯谟学生适应当地生活。
• Libraries, study rooms and the botanical garden provide quiet study space in a city where student life mixes with the rhythms of a provincial capital.图书馆、自习室与植物园在这座学生生活与外省首府节奏交织的城市里提供安静的学习空间。
• Student associations organise cultural events, film screenings and orientation weeks, and the university supports associations that represent foreign students.学生社团组织文化活动、电影放映与迎新周，学校也支持代表外国学生的社团。
• The historic Palazzo dell'Università remains a ceremonial heart, hosting graduations, inaugurations and concerts that bring townspeople onto the campus.历史悠久的大学宫仍是礼仪中心，举办毕业典礼、开学典礼与音乐会，把市民吸引到校园中来。
• Life in Sassari combines a compact historic centre, low living costs and access to Sardinian beaches and mountains within an hour of the city.萨萨里的生活结合了紧凑的历史中心、较低的生活成本，以及一小时车程内可达的撒丁海滩与山地。

Notable people

• Alessio Fontana, the imperial chancellery official who left his estate to Sassari in 1558, is honoured as the founder of the university.阿莱西奥·丰塔纳是 1558 年把遗产遗赠给萨萨里的帝国枢密院官员，被尊为该校创办人。
• Antonio Canopolo, archbishop of Sassari, funded the Aula Magna and new classrooms in the early seventeenth century and is remembered as the second founder.萨萨里大主教安东尼奥·卡诺波洛在 17 世纪初出资修建大礼堂与新教室，被铭记为第二位创办人。
• King Philip III of Spain granted the royal university charter in 1617, the legal act that turned the Jesuit college into a studium generale with degree rights.西班牙国王腓力三世于 1617 年授予皇家大学特许状，这一法律行为把耶稣会学院转变为拥有学位授予权的大学堂。
• Mario Delitala, a Sardinian painter, decorated the Aula Magna after winning the competition of 1926, and his frescoes remain among the building's finest features.撒丁画家马里奥·德利塔拉在 1926 年赢得竞赛后装饰大礼堂，其壁画至今仍是该建筑最精美的部分之一。
• Enrico Berlinguer, national secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1972 to 1984, studied at the University of Sassari and is counted among its alumni.恩里科·贝林格于 1972 年至 1984 年任意大利共产党全国书记，曾就读于萨萨里大学，被列为该校校友。
• Francesco Cossiga, President of Italy from 1985 to 1992 and Prime Minister in 1979-80, took his law degree at Sassari at the age of nineteen.弗朗切斯科·科西加于 1985 年至 1992 年任意大利总统、1979 至 1980 年任总理，十九岁时在萨萨里取得法学学位。
• Antonio Segni, President of Italy from 1962 to 1964 and twice Prime Minister, was also a Sassari law graduate and later a professor there.安东尼奥·塞尼于 1962 年至 1964 年任意大利总统并两度出任总理，同样是萨萨里法学毕业生，后来在该校任教。
• Salvatore Satta, jurist and author of the novel The Day of Judgment, and Antonio Pigliaru, jurist and philosopher, both studied at Sassari and are named among its distinguished alumni.法学家、《审判日》作者萨尔瓦托雷·萨塔与法学家、哲学家安东尼奥·皮利亚鲁均曾就读于萨萨里，被列为杰出校友。
• Adelasia Cocco, one of the first women to practise medicine in Italy, graduated from Sassari and is commemorated in the university's medical tradition.阿德拉西亚·科科是意大利最早行医的女性之一，毕业于萨萨里大学，在该校医学传统中受到纪念。
• Gavino Mariotti, rector since 2020, is a professor of the university and has promoted its international recruitment and digital transformation.加维诺·马里奥蒂自 2020 年起任校长，是该校教授，推动了国际招生与数字化转型。