| Touro University Rome | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Educating to Lead, to Serve and to Teach |
| Established | 2006 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $ not available |
| Rector | Shalom Bahbout |
| Academic staff | 11 |
| Admin. staff | 5 |
| Students | not available |
| Location | Zagarolo, Lazio, Italy |
| Campus | Suburb |
| Affiliations | Touro College-New York City |
| Website | [1] |
Touro University Rome is a Jewish sponsored undergraduate University located in Zagarolo (Rome), Italy. It's a branch of Touro College located in New York City, which Dr. Bernard Lander founded and presided over.
Institutional accreditation of Touro has been granted by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (3624 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104). The Middle States Association has recognized Touro University Rome as a Touro College branch campus.
On Friday, November 11, 2005 at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University an agreement was signed between Touro College, the Province of Rome and the Municipality of Zagarolo, to give the use of one wing of the sixteen century Rospigliosi Palace.[1]
As an integral part of its project and a prelude to the opening of its new branch, Touro University Rome, in collaboration with the City of Zagarolo, will be organizing, starting in Fall 2008, independent, not-for-credit English courses for the population of Zagarolo and the surrounding area.[2]
The university is starting with the first semester of the School of Business and Management in Fall 2008, open to students of all denominations, the classes will be held in English.
The curriculum includes a choice of Jewish Studies program: Hebrew, Tefillah, Talmud and Jewish history and philosophy or general education courses (philosophy, history, sociology, art, etc.).[3]
The official presentation of the new University was held on May 22, 2008 at a gala dinner in Rome at which Dr. Bernard Lander, Founder and President of Touro College awarded the degree of Doctor of Communication Arts, honoris causa, to Roberto Benigni, winner of an Oscar as Best Actor in 1998 for his movie, “Life Is Beautiful.”[4]