University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

Founded in 1088, the University of Bologna ('Alma Mater Studiorum' — the nourishing mother of studies) is the OLDEST UNIVERSITY IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION IN THE WORLD and the prototype of all modern Western universities. The Latin word 'universitas' (meaning corporation/guild of teachers and students) was coined here, giving us the word 'university' worldwide. Approximately 90,000 students. **Distinguished alumni across nine centuries include Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Copernicus, Carlo Goldoni, Pico della Mirandola**, and most of Italian and European intellectual life from medieval times forward. The 1999 Bologna Declaration — which established the European Higher Education Area harmonising degree structures across Europe — was signed here, giving the Bologna Process its name. Member of LERU (League of European Research Universities) and Coimbra Group.

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