entry
June 2007
The
Parthenope University
of Naples
The "Parthenope" is at the
port; it is the building in the
center, next to the castle.
Still referred
to by students simply as the “Navale,”
the Università degli studi di Napoli
“Parthenope” is now one of the fully accredited
universities in Naples. It was founded in 1920 as the
Regio Istituto Superiore Navale, the
Royal Naval Technical Institute, and was further
upgraded in the 1930s to the Istituto
Universitario Navale. In spite of the name (and
the misconceptions of more than a few!) the
institution is not a military academy and is certainly
not the Italian Naval Academy, (which turns out naval
officers and is located in the city of Livorno).
The Navale
in Naples was founded as an institute of
“encouragement”—that is, for the promotion of studies
having to do with maritime economy. With the recent
expansion and completion of facilities, and final
accreditation as a full university (and not just an
“institute”) the current student population of some
15,000 may graduate with degrees in economy, nautical
sciences, international business, law, and environmental
sciences, among others.
The main
premises are directly opposite the passenger port of
Naples, next to the Maschio
Angioino castle, in what used to be the Royal
Foundry and ancient “arsenale”
(shipyards) of the Kingdom
of the Two Sicilies. Additionally, the
“Parthenope” has acquired classroom spaces on the
Posillipo coast (the Villa Doria d’Angri)
and the former church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi in the
center of town. Additional space is being completed
at the new civic center, the Centro
Direzionale.
[update
March, 2013. Also additional
premises at Monte di Dio.]
I promised to put these kids
in pictures.
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