University of the Republic of San Marino

Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino
Motto	Si parva licet componere magnis
Motto in English	If it be allowable to compare small things with great
Type	National University
Established	1985
Rector	Corrado Petrocelli
Location	Città di San Marino, Dogana, Montegiardino
Affiliations	European Higher Education Area (EHEA), European University Association (EUA), Network of Universities of Small Countries and Territories (NUSCT)
Website	unirsm.sm

The University of the Republic of San Marino (in Italian: Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino) is a university in the Republic of San Marino. It was created in 1985, but it started its activities with the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici.

Organization

Following the academic reorganization which took place in 2014 after the approval the same year of new framework legislation on academic education in San Marino, the university has been divided in 3 departments:

• Department of Economics, Sciences and Law
• Department of Human Sciences
• Department of History and of Sanmarinese Culture and History

Previously, there were 6 departments:

• Department of Biomedical Studies
• Department of Communication
• Department of Education and Training
• Department of Economics and Technology
• Department of Historical Studies (composed of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici and the Centro di Studi Storici)
• Department of Law Studies

Its library has more than 30,000 books.

Academic profile

Undergraduate courses

The university offers four undergraduate programmes:

• Civil Engineering (in association with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
• Engineering Management (in association with the University of Parma)
• Design (in association with the University of Bologna)
• Chartered Building Surveyor program (in association with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
• Communication and Digital Media program (in association with the University of Bologna)

Postgraduate courses

The university offers a number of postgraduate courses, most of which in collaboration with other universities:

• Laurea magistrale
  • Civil Engineering (in association with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
  • Engineering Management (in association with the University of Parma)
  • Design
• Master^[1]
  • Aesthetic Medicine (in association with the University of Perugia)
  • Aesthetic Surgery (in association with the University of Perugia)
  • Communication, Management and New Media (in association with the IUAV University of Venice)
  • Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry (in association with the University of Urbino)
  • Geriatric Medicine (in association with the University of Ferrara)
  • Learning Disabilities (in association with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and the University of Urbino)
  • Strategy and Planning of Sports Events and Complexes (in association with the University of Parma)
• PhD
  • Historical Sciences

Research Centres

The university hosts the Research Centre for International Relations, the first Sammarinese institution to win a European tender.^[2][3]

Notable people

• Luciano Canfora, classicist and historian, scientific coordinator of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino since 1999
• Michele Chiaruzzi, historian and diplomat, ambassador of San Marino in Sarajevo
• Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of Rome, former Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy, and former Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.
• Krzysztof Jan Olendzki, politician and diplomat, former Polish minister of Culture and former Poland's ambassador to Tunisia
• Nicola Renzi, former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of San Marino
• Renato Zangheri, historian and politician, mayor of Bologna (1970-1983) and MP (1983-1992), rector of the university (1991-1994)