Organization:Università per Stranieri di Perugia

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Università per Stranieri di Perugia
Perugia Università degli stranieri.jpg
Palazzo Gallenga Stuart, seat of the school
TypeState-supported
Established1925
RectorValerio De Cesaris[1]
Academic staff
2019: 97[2]
Administrative staff
2019: 177[2]
Students2017–2018: 944[3]
Postgraduates2015–2016:61[4]
2015–2016:18[4]
Address
Piazza Fortebraccio
,
Perugia
,
Italy
CampusUrban
AffiliationsAlmaLaurea, UNIMED
Websiteunistrapg.it
Unistrapg logo.png

The Università per Stranieri di Perugia is an Italian university oriented towards study by foreign students of Italian language and culture. It was established by royal decree in 1925,[5] and is housed in the Palazzo Gallenga Stuart (it) in Perugia, in Umbria in central Italy. In the academic year 2017–2018 it had a total of 944 undergraduate and 61 postgraduate students; of the undergraduates, approximately two thirds were women, and little more than one third were from outside Italy.[3][4]

History

The university was established by royal decree in 1925.[5]

In 2021, university officials were charged with helping footballer Luis Suárez to cheat on an Italian-language test.[6]

Alumni

  • Helmut Berger
  • Shirlee Emmons
  • Charles Ginnever
  • Marva Griffin
  • Leka, Crown Prince of Albania
  • Peter Maurer
  • Bront Palarae
  • Arthur Penn
  • Denys Pringle
  • Norma Redpath
  • L. D. Reynolds
  • Iain Duncan Smith (though he did not obtain any qualifications or finish his exams)[7]
  • Ron Terpening
  • Adrian Turner
  • Max Wickert

References

  1. Maria Cristina Messa (23 April 2021). Decreto Ministeriale del 23 aprile 2021 n. 560 (in Italian). Rome: Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed May 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Università per stranieri di Perugia: Personale (in Italian). Rome: Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed May 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Università per stranieri di Perugia: Riepilogo (in Italian). Rome: Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed May 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Università per stranieri di Perugia: Studenti (in Italian). Rome: Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed May 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Letizia Moratti (19 October 2001). Decreto 19 luglio 2001, n.375: Regolamento ai sensi dell' articolo 17, comma 96, lettera d), della legge 15 maggio 1997, n. 127, relativo al riordino delle università per stranieri (in Italian). Gazzetta Ufficiale 244 (19 October 2001).
  6. "Prosecutors seek trial after Luis Suarez language test" (in en). RTÉ News. AFP. 21 June 2021. https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0621/1229514-prosecutors-seek-trial-after-luis-suarez-language-test/. 
  7. [Press Office] (19 December 2002). Newsnight reveals inaccuracies in Iain Duncan Smith's CV. BBC. Accessed May 2021.

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