Timeline
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1785
Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo establishes the Conservatorio Sant'Anna inside a fourteenth-century Benedictine monastery dedicated to Sant'Anna, the current headquarters of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
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1931-1932
The "Mussolini College for Corporate Sciences" and the "National Medical College" are founded in Pisa. Both institutions are annexed to the Scuola Normale Superiore.
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1951
The "Antonio Pacinotti College" is established to accommodate students of the Faculty of Economics, Engineering and Agriculture.
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1967
Italian Law 7 March 1967, n.111: institution of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, from the fusion of the colleges of Pisa and organized in the disciplinary areas "Social Sciences" and "Applied and Experimental Sciences"
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1987
Italian Law n.41 of 14 February 1987: Sant'Anna School of Pisa becomes part of the Italian university system as a special-order university.
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1987 – 1993
Francesco Donato Busnelli - The first Director of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
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1990
Scienzia Machinale srl is founded, the first spin-off of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. The reference sector is medical robotics
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1991
With the Master in Innovation Management, Professional Master’s programmes become part of the educational offer of the School
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1993 – 2004
Riccardo Varaldo – Director
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1996
Launch of the LINK Project, an example of advanced public-private collaboration in the area of technology transfer in the territory, which led to the creation of the Sant'Anna Valdera Pole in 2002.
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1997
The School receives as a donation from Piaggio, on interest of Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, an area of 6,600 square meters where the Polo Sant'Anna Valdera will be built, an example of territorial innovation in collaboration between universities, indust
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2002
Inauguration of Polo Sant'Anna Valdera, a vanguard structure for research and training in high-tech sectors. Start relocation and expansion of research facilities in the logic of the research university
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2003
Institution of Master's degrees in agreement with other Italian universities
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2003
Opening of Palazzo Toscanelli, new headquarters in close proximity to the historic building where the main administrative offices, research laboratories and teaching rooms are located.
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2004 – 2007
Paolo Ancilotti – Director
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2004
Opening of the Research Center of Excellence in the Engineering of Communications and Information Engineering in the CNR area of San Cataldo, a new hub of research and advanced training with an area of 5,000 square meters.
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2004
Opening of a new location on Cardinal Maffi Street a short distance from the headquarters. An entire building with classrooms and offices for the activities of Higher training (university masters and advanced training courses).
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2007 – 2013
Maria Chiara Carrozza - Rector
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2009
Inauguration of the A. Faedo College, a new residence for ordinary course students managed together with the Scuola Normale Superiore. It is dedicated to the famous mathematician and politician Alessandro Faedo, one of the founding fathers of Sant'An
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2010
Opening of Palazzo Alliata, a new location in close proximity to the School's headquarters, home of the Institute of Management.
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2011
Inauguration of the Tiziano Terzani College, the result of the restoration of the Immacolatine complex, dedicated to the famous journalist and writer, former student of the School.
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2011
Establishment of the six Research Institutes: The BioRobotics Institute, Institute of Management, Dirpolis Institute, Institute of Life Sciences, Institute of Economics, TeCIP Institute.
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2013 – 2019
Pierdomenico Perata – Rector
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2016
The Sant'Anna School enters in the International Rankings
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2019 – 2025
Sabina Nuti - Rector
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2019
Establishment of the Talento all'Opera foundation, that identifies Sant'Anna School as ideal partner to support talent and merit
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2020
By DL 76/2020, the Honours degree that the School awards at the end of of the Ordinary Courses is equated with a Level II university master's degree.
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2021
Signed the agreement with the Comune di Pisa for the transfer on free loan of the former convent of Santa Croce in Fossabanda, a very large complex and of enormous potential in which will rise, at the end of the renovation work, the new campus.
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In Progress
