European University Institute
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The European University Institute is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by the European Community member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the spheres of the human and social sciences, in a European perspective.
- Established: 1976
- President: Yves Mény
- Location: Florence, Italy
- Enrolment: 140 new postgraduate researchers enrolled annually. Eighty postdoctoral researchers enrolled for one year.
- Faculty: 50 from all over the world
- Homepage: http://www.eui.eu/
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[edit] Programmes
Doctoral programmes Every year, some 140 recent graduates are admitted after a selection process, and receive a grant. The course lasts 4 years after which researchers who have completed a thesis and successfully defend it before an international academic examining board are awarded a research doctorate.
The Institute has 4 departments specialising in the following disciplines - Law,Political and Social Sciences, Economics, History and Civilization - and an interdisciplinary centre, the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, which pursues research into the great political themes of contemporary European societies, and brings together specialists in given themes, favouring international and comparative aspects of research.
The training given at the Institute has an international approach and focuses on the important themes of society.
[edit] Postdoctoral programmes
The EUI runs 3 post-doctoral programmes which offer Jean Monnet fellowships, Max Weber fellowships and the Fernand Braudel Senior fellowships. These various fellowships constitute one of the largest post-doc programmes in the social sciences in Europe.
[edit] Campus
The European University Institute campus is situated on a hillside overlooking Florence; many of its buildings are of historical and architectural interest, amongst these the Badia Fiesolana, its main seat with his Library, and Villa Schifanoia. Villa Il Poggiolo houses the Historical Archives of the European Union which are attached to the Institute. The Historical Archives conserve and offer access to the original documents of the European institutions (catalogues can also be consulted on the web site). The Archives will find a permanent home in the near future in Villa Salviati, another Tuscan landmark.
[edit] Degrees awarded
- Doctor in Law
- LLM in Law
- Doctor in Economics
- Doctor in History
- Doctor in Political and Social Sciences
[edit] History
The idea of establishing a teaching and research institution for the first time on a European level, was first launched in 1955 at the Messina Conference, and took shape in 1972 when, after a long series of negotiations, the Member States signed the Convention setting up the European University Institute, with its seat in Florence. The EUI started its activities in autumn 1976. By statute, the EUI is an intergovernmental international organisation.
[edit] Organisation
The President of the Institute is Prof. Yves Mény. The main bodies are the Academic Council, the Research Council, the Budgetary Committee and the High Council (composed of Member State delegates).
[edit] Alumni
Researchers who have taken doctorates at the Institute are now employed in large numbers as teachers in the world’s best-known universities, or officials in the European Institutions and other major international organizations. Others hold positions in government administration, law and other professions. Approximately one-third of EUI alumni currently work in a country other than their own.
