Università degli Studi di Pavia

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Founded in 1361 the University of Pavia is one of the oldest universities in Europe. In the centuries of excellent university teaching Pavia has had many notable scholars. Gerolamo Cardano (1501-76), Physician and mathematician; namesake of the cardanic joint; studied and later became a Professor of Medicine at Pavia. Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Physicist; inventor of the electric battery; was  Chair of Physics at the University of Pavia. The universities has had also scholars that won the nobel prize: Camillo Golgi (1843-1926), winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine; studied, worked, and taught at the University. Giulio Natta (1903-79)  winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on high polymers; was Professor and Director of the Institute of General Chemistry at Pavia. Carlo Rubbia, winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics for aiding the discovery of W and Z particles at CERN, he is Professor of Physics at the University of Pavia. Today over 23,000 students, from both Italy and overseas, study at Pavia university.   Main Campus PAVIA: Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia CREMONA