Italian universities
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Many of the world's oldest universities are located in Italy, in particular the University of Bologna (founded in 1088). Universities are supported by state funding so that students do not have to pay much for tuition. Many italian students frequent a local university, and will typically remain living with their parents while attending university.
Although some official sources suggest The University of Padua was founded in 1222, some others disagree and say Padua is older by more than 200 years and is in fact the oldest university in the world (at least in the European and Western worlds) having celebrated its 1000th (thousandth) anniversary in the 1990s. On some USA campuses in the mid-1990s, T-shirts referring to Padua's 1000th anniversary were worn by faculty who had one or another specific connection with U. Padua.
Some of the cultural features of Italian University is the fact that it is the birthplace of University, the presence of Goliardia, the participation of the State and of Catholic Church, the presence of an high level of humanistic culture.
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