Scuola Normale Superiore Reviews

An universary International istitution sited in an historical building with a decorated facade of XVII century

a wonderful aesthetic to celebrate a school of great world renown

The Napoleonic period
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This is how the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa was born, by Napoleon's will. The term "Normal" refers to its primary teaching mission, to train middle school teachers who educate citizens according to coherent teaching and methodological "norms".

On February 22, 1811, the first competition announcement was issued, but the Pisan Normal began its activity only in 1813, when the first students of Literature and Science settled at the School.



The Normal was reserved for the best students - aged between seventeen and twenty-four - selected at the end of high school courses, which during the two years of studies also achieved degrees in the faculties of Literature and Sciences of the imperial university. The students had particular commitments and were obliged to take additional courses: they were followed by four "repeaters", chosen by the director among the students of the Normale, who repeated the university lessons daily and coordinated conferences, that is a sort of seminars. By virtue of this training, young people undertook to teach, after graduation, in secondary schools for at least ten years [6].

The Napoleonic Normal School had a short life: only the academic 1813-1814, during which the physicist Ranieri Gerbi was director. On 6 April 1814 Napoleon signed the act of abdication: the return of the Grand Duke Ferdinand III on the throne of Tuscany coincides with the closure of the School, despite various attempts to save it in the name of its function.
The grand-ducal period
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The closure of the school after the Napoleonic phase was rather short. The grand-ducal decree of December 22, 1817, re-established the ancient order of the Knights of St. Stephen in Pisa; in 1843, the council of the Order proposed to set up a boarding school for "young nobles" with the attached Scuola Normale at the Palazzo della Carovana.

To assess the feasibility of the new project, Grand Duke Leopold II of Lorraine appointed a commission, which again gave the School the function of training secondary school teachers. On 28 November 1846, a grand-ducal Motuproprio established the Scuola Normale Toscana, also called Imperial Regia Scuola Normale, as it was related to the Austrian system. On November 15, 1847, the new headquarters in the Carovana building were inaugurated.

The new school was defined as "theoretical and practical", intended to "train teachers and teachers of secondary schools" [7]; a boarding school that made available paid places in addition to ten free places, with advantages reserved for the Knights of the Order, which were accessed through a competition, once completed eighteen years.

Commissioned by Napoleon, it is not the branch of the Ecole Normale de Paris. The original site is located in Piazza San Silvestro, 13, Pisa.

Faculties present: Academic Class of Human Sciences, Academic Class of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Academic Class Institute of Human and Social Sciences.

Looking forward to visiting the Scuola and performing at the Teatro Verdi di Pisa!

She was chosen to shoot the scenes of The Genial Friend.

Excellent university, in fact, is the third in the world for physics, chemistry, mathematics ...
Admission test very difficult, but aimed at selecting the researchers of the future.
Very nice location, dating back to the 18th century

Very famous university, a few steps from the tower of Pisa

An Italian excellence. It would take an extra star ...

I did not attend this prestigious reputation university. The architecture of the building and the urban setting of the buildings on the square of clear Renaissance influence evoke suggestions as only a temple of culture can do.

The whole square is charming and the Normale building is really beautiful. A place that transmits history and culture.

It is a beautiful school and for me Pisa for this school and other universities must have many honorifices

The Scuola Normale Superiore commonly known as "la Normale" is a university institution of higher education with around 300 undergraduate and 300 postgraduate (PhD) students. It was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1810 who wanted to educate the italian citizens to increase the influence of the french empire.

Fascinating for its architecture, for its history, as a symbol of great wisdom.

Beautiful building. The cultural and historical aspect is enormous. Here he studied the greatest Italian physicist after Galileo Galilei: Enrico Fermi. Definitely a place to see.

I have never entered inside, but externally it has a very hypnotized appearance.

Too bad there are only five stars. An Italian excellence that produces brains that envy us abroad. Too bad because in Italy they are not appreciated and are so forced to go abroad where they welcome them with open arms. The building that houses it is fascinating. It was officially born, by Napoleonic decree, October 18, 1810, as a branch of the Ecole normal superieure of Paris for the countries in which the use of the Italian language was authorized, but only in 1813 really began its activity, aimed above all to the formation of high school teachers. Now it is one of the most prestigious Italian universities.

beautiful square behind piazza dei miracoli, dominated by the Scuola Normale, a university famous all over the world.

It was born as a branch in Italy of the most famous Scuola Normale Superiore in Paris, and has always been an exclusive address at university level that has formed many members of the Italian ruling class. It is housed in the Palazzo della Carovana, which has a facade as beautiful as it is original on the equally beautiful Piazza dei Cavalieri

Beautiful building, too bad that at the entrance, wanting to ask for information, I felt a sour janitor apostrophize that you could not ask for anything because it was all on the site! Luckily a colleague of his, very kind, answered my question! If they don't know how to be in contact with the public, don't put them there!