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University of Turin
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Italian:
Università Degli Studi Di Torino
Date:
1404 - present
Notable Alumni:
Renato Dulbecco
Related People:
Claudio Magris
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University of Turin

university, Turin, Italy
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University of Turin, autonomous coeducational state institution of higher learning in Turin, Italy, that was founded in 1404. Erasmus was a graduate of the school in 1506. The university was reorganized and reestablished in 1713. An Institute of Business and Economics was added in 1906, a veterinary medicine faculty was added in 1934, and faculties of agriculture, pharmacy, and commerce were added in 1935. Among the university’s faculties are law, political science, letters and philosophy, education, mathematics and natural sciences, medicine, and veterinary medicine.