Sant'Anna School Of Advanced Studies
The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (Italian: Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna) is a special-statute public university located in Pisa, Italy, operating in the field of applied sciences.
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is presided by Giuliano Amato (twice Prime Minister of Italy and couple of times Minister in numerous Italian Governments), appointed as President on 21 February 2012 by the Academic Senate of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and by a Decree of the Minister Francesco Profumo of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy). The Sant'Anna is part of the Pisa University System, together with the Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Pisa.
It is one of the three officially sanctioned special-statute universities in Italy i.e. it has 'university status', being part of the process of Superior Graduate Schools in Italy (Grandes écoles) or Scuola Superiore Universitaria.
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