Huffpost: Our universities are at the top thanks to a far-sighted policy

Written on April 11th 2024

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Francesco Profumo: “Our universities are at the top thanks to a far-sighted policy”

Italy is the seventh in the world and second in Europe for university education. Interview with the professor and manager, now president of Uni-Italia: a success born from the reform of university autonomy; we realized early on that it was necessary to hybridize knowledge; we are attractive to the world; the south is also growing

Francesco Profumo, former Minister of Education, University and Research in the Monti government, was first dean of the Faculty of Engineering and then rector from 2005 to 2011 of the Polytechnic of Turin, the university from which he graduated in electrical engineering in 1977. He chaired the Compagnia di San Paolo and the Acri (Association of Foundations and Savings Banks) until March 2024 and is currently president of Uni-Italia and rector of the Open Institute of Technology.

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