University of Bologna, an older university in the world

Italy undeniably is equipped with plenty of delicacies to entrap tourists and international students. Not only are there the monumental legacy of the Roman civilization, Italy possesses a long recorded history of being ahead of the game, with lots of appreciable discoveries, creations and innovations originating in Italy. Well recognized Italians are explorers Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Giovanni da Verrazzano and Marco Polo; Leonardo da Vinci, who accomplished fact that the earth is round instead of flat; Alessandro Volta, who researched electricity and discover unit for electric potential the ‘Volt’named in his honour; and Galileo Galilei, who diagnosed four moons around Jupiter and discovered the thermometer.
Other famous Italian inventors include
Angelo Moriondo , invent Espresso machine
Johann Maria Farina  invent eau de cologne
 Francesco Di Giorgio Martini invent Automobile
Salvino Armati invent Eyeglasses
Bartolomeo Cristofori invent piano
The origin of the word ‘university’ is also attributed to Italy, and the University of Bologna is believed to be one of the very oldest in the world.
Bologna is situated in the Po Valley in the Northern area of Italy. Bologna is one among Italy's most advanced, pleasant, cosmopolitan cities, and on top of this it has got the most ancient University in Europe, the University of Bologna, which had been established in 1088 AD.The University of Bologna prides itself as the oldest academic establishment in the Western world.
The particular calendar day of its erecting is indefinite, although assumed to have actually been 1088. The university obtained a charter from Frederick I Barbarossa in 1158, but in the 19th century, a committee of historians headed by Giosuè Carducci traced the founding of the University dating back to 1088, which would probably insure that it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Europe.
University of Bologna, at Bologna, Italy, originated in the 11th centuries. It originated as a school where law books brought from Ravenna were interpreted. This oldest university possess faculties of law, political science, economics and commerce, arts and philosophy, education, medicine, industrial chemistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, agriculture, engineering, mathematics, statistics and demography, physics, and natural sciences.The motto of the university is 'Nourishing mother of the studies’.The University of Bologna listed 176th in the world and 32nd in the world for Law. The University was evaluated inside the top 200 for the three continuous years.
The University provides many different first-level degrees, second-level degrees, first-level masters, second-level masters and doctorates. The University comprises of 11 schools and 33 departments. It has an enrollment of around 85,000 students, of these 30,000 are postgraduates.
The 11 Schools  are,
   * School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  *  School of Economics, Management and Statistics
   * School of Engineering and Architecture
   * School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Interpretation and Translation
   * School of Law
    *School of Letters and Cultural Heritage
   * School of Medicine and Surgery
    *School of Pharmacy, Biotechnologies and Sport Sciences
    *School of Political Sciences
    *School of Psychology and Education Sciences
    *School of Sciences
The 33 departments are
   * Architecture
    *Cultural Heritage
    *Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician
    *Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari
    *the Arts
    *Pharmacy and Biotechnology
    *Classical Philology and Italian Studies
    *Philosophy and Communication Studies
    *Physics and Astronomy
    *Computer Science and Engineering
    *Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
    *Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
    *Industrial Engineering
    *Interpreting and Translation
    *Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
    *Mathematics
    *Experimental Medicine, Diagnostic Medicine and Specialty Medicine
    *Psychology
    *Agricultural Sciences
    *Management
    *Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences
    *Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
    *Education Studies "Giovanni Maria Bertin
    *Agricultural and Food Sciences
    *Economics
    *Legal Studies
    *Medical and Surgical Sciences
    *Veterinary Medical Sciences
    *Department for Life Quality Studies
    *Political and Social Sciences
    *Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati
    *Sociology and Business Law
    *History and Cultures