The European University Institute (EUI) in Florence (Italy) 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 social sciences, in a European perspective. By statute, the EUI is an intergovernmental organisation. This article is about the city in Italy. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... A postdoctoral fellow (colloquially, a post-doc) is a temporary research position held by a person who has completed his or her doctoral studies. ... The European Community (EC) was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into European Union. ...

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Programmes & Fellowships

Doctoral programme

The doctoral programme covers studies in Economics; History and Civilization; Law and Political and Social Sciences. Every year, some 140 recent graduates are enrolled for the four-year doctoral grant. Students who have completed and successfully defended their thesis before an international academic examining board are awarded a research doctorate. Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ... Central New York City. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. ...

Degrees awarded

• Doctor of Economics
• Doctor of History and Civilization
• Doctor of Laws
• Doctor of Political and Social Sciences

Masters Programme in Law (LL.M. degree)

Since 1984 the European University Institute offers law students a one-year programme leading to the degree of Master in Comparative, European and International Law (LL.M. degree level). This article is about the year. ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ...

Postdoctoral fellowships

The EUI has several post-doctoral fellowships in social science: The social sciences are groups of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. ...

• Max Weber Programme fellowships [1]
• Jean Monnet fellowships [2]
• Fernand Braudel Senior fellowships [3]
• Other fellowships

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Departments, Centre, and Services

The Institute has four departments:

• Economics
• History and Civilization
• Law
• Political and Social Sciences

The interdisciplinary centre, the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, pursues research into the key political themes of contemporary European societies, and brings together specialists in given themes, favouring international and comparative aspects of research. The EUI Library has an extensive collection of traditional resources (books, documents and journals on paper or in microform) and a rapidly growing digital collection. The Library collections contain approximately 3,000 current journals, over 70,000 working papers and approximately half a million volumes in law, economics, history and civilization, and social and political sciences.

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, Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

- its main seat - and Villa Schifanoia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

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. The Archives will have a permanent home in the near future in Villa Salviati, another Tuscan landmark.

Organisation

The main bodies are the Academic Council, the Research Council, the Budgetary Committee and the High Council (composed of the Member State delegates). The President of the Institute is Prof. Yves Mény, who is assisted in his duties by the Institute's Secretary General, Marco Del Panta Ridolfi.

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. Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ...

Publications

The EUI publishes:

• EUI Review - a newsletter published three times a year.
• President's Annual Report
• Doctoral grants & postdoctoral fellowships in Florence - an annual Prospectus.
• Robert Schuman Centre Brochure - published annually.

The EUI Publications Repository Cadmus lists bibliographic references and, where possible, links to full text-versions of publications (Working Papers, Books, Contributions to books, E-Books, Articles, Theses) by members of the EUI academic community. For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ...

Alumni

Researchers who have taken doctorates at the Institute are now employed in large numbers as teachers in top universities, as officials in European Institutions or international organizations. Some alumni hold positions in government administration. Approximately one third of the EUI alumni work in a country other than their own. The EUI Alumni Association has 178 members. For the political science journal, see: International Organization An international organization (also called intergovernmental organization) is an organization of international scope or character. ...

Distinguished Faculty

• Philip Alston, Law
• Giuliano Amato, Law
• Jean Blondel, Political science
• Gisela Bock, History
• Carlo Cipolla, History
• Stuart Holland, Political science
• Karl Klare, Law
• Peter Mair, Political science
• Giandomenico Majone, Political science
• Patrick Masterson, Sociology
• Michael Keating, Political science
• Paul Pierson, Political science
• Philippe C. Schmitter, Political science
• Jay Winter, History

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Notable Alumni

• Srđan Cvijić, Serbian political scientist
• Christoph Beat Graber, Swiss academic
• Simon Hix, British political scientist
• Frank Schimmelfennig, Swiss political scientist
• Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Portuguese scholar, minister of defense
• Joseph H. H. Weiler, South African jurist
• Joachim Wuermeling, German politician

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External links

• European University Institute (EUI)
• Economics Department
• Department of History and Civilization
• Law Department
• Department of Political and Social Sciences
• Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
• Max Weber Programme