Maria Chiara Carrozza. Scuola Superiore Sant Anna Direttore

Maria Chiara Carrozza Scuola Superiore Sant Anna Direttore International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011

Outline of the Presentation What is Scuola Superiore Sant Anna: tradition and innovation Scuola Superiore Sant Anna in 2010 Strategic Plan: ideas for future development Open issues and critical questions International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 2

Outline of the Presentation What is Scuola Superiore Sant Anna: tradition and innovation Scuola Superiore Sant Anna in 2010 Strategic Plan: ideas for future development Open issues and critical questions International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 3

Scuola Superiore Sant Anna: its origin The origin of Scuola Superiore Sant Anna was in a numbers of honorscolleges covering areas of social and applied sciences that were part of the Scuola NormaleSuperiore. The model was the Ecole Normale Superiéure de Paris. The pre-war Mussolini College for Corporative Sciences and the National Medical College merged to create the CollegioMedico Giuridico A. PacinottiSchool of Applied Sciences (founded in 1951) and the CollegioMedico Giuridicomerged to establish in 1967 the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento In 1987 the Scuola Superiore Sant'Annabecame an independent university with a status similar to Scuola NormaleSuperiore but focused on social and experimental sciences. International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 4

1593 FERDINANDO I COLLEGE 1931 MUSSOLINI COLLEGE FOR CORPORATIVE SCIENCES ScuolaSuperioreSant Anna: historical perspective 1605 PUTEANO COLLEGE 1932 NATIONALMEDICAL COLLEGE 1656 BOARDING SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN Established by the Order of the Benedictine Nuns of the Sant Anna Convent Late 40s COLLEGIO MEDICO GIURIDICO Run by the Scuola Normale Superiore 1951 A. PACINOTTI SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES 1786 SANT ANNA GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL After the abolition of the religious orders by the grand duke Pietro Leopoldo I 1967 SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO 1908 SANT ANNA GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL Under the tutelage of the Ministry of Education 1987 SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO With law no. 41 of 14 February 1987, the School becomes an autonomous university. International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 5

Scuola Superiore Sant Anna: mission (leggen. 41/1987) Cultural development, scientific and technological research, innovation. Higher education and post-secondary education, lifelong learning. Research ad development, technology transfer, protection and exploitation of intellectual property, promotion of Start-up and Spin-off companies. International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 6

Scuola Superiore Sant Anna at a glance EDUCATION: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna is a state university, offering Masters and PhD courses. SELECTION: Candidates for admission at SSSA undergo a rigorous national competitive examination, and only few are selected to integrate their studies at University of Pisa with the extra course and research activities at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, these students are Honors College Students (AllieviOrdinari) CAMPUS: Honors College Studentslive in the campus of the Scuola, they have to get top marks in all their exams, show proficiency in two foreign languages, attend SSSA internal courses and prepare SSSA Diploma that requires involvement in research projects and internships in foreign institutions. AREAS: Economics and Management, Law and Political Sciences for (School of Social Sciences), and Agricultural Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Industrial, Communication and Information Engineering (School of Experimental Sciences). International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 7

Pisa: a melting pot of students, professors and scientists Scuola Normale Superiore Established in 1810 100 professors 400 students University of Pisa Established in 1343 2.100 professors 50.000 students Scuola Superiore Sant Anna Established in 1987 100 professors 300 students National Research Council 15 Research Institutes 1.500 researchers National Institute of Nuclear Physics 300 researchers International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 8

Scientists who studied at ScuolaSuperioreSant Anna(Ex Alumni) G. Tononi Universityof Wisconsin F. Michelassi, Surgeon, CornellUniversity E. Schipani, Harvard University E. Mugnaini, NorthwestUniversity G. De Fraja, LeichesterUniversity M. Fabbri, Ohio State University International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 9

The SSSA model a smooth and systematic transition from high quality education, to frontier research and to the exploitation of educated human resources and research results EDUCATION All SSSA students in history graduated with honours RESEARCH Large number of national/international research projects Scientific publications in top international journals Specific policy for IP protection EXPLOITATION Ability to manage large international projects Collaborations with industry Centers of Excellence Spin-off companies International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 10

SSSA Governance LifelongLearn ing CAMPUS ResearchInstitutes Mastersand Training Division(Pis a) Undergraduate Coursesand Lauree magistrali SANT ANNA RESEARCH PARK (under construction) + Pontedera SIAF (Volterra) Honors College Pisa (educationand dormitories) PhD Schools Graduate programs Pisa Livorno San Piero a Grado, 11 Lucca, etc.

President Governing Body UniversitySenate Director Operational Coordinator Staff DAF FUR Research Div. Polo S.A. Valdera CEIICP Admin. Management Operational Coordinator Operational Coordinator Operational Coordinator Personnel, organization and general services Staff Quality office Centres& Laboratories Financial Statements and Planning Servizi Informatici Generaland LegalAffairs Technical and building office Management Control International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 12

Honors College Students International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 13

EducationProgrammes at SSSA Undergraduate Courses: honors college Master Programmes (Laurea Magistrale) (2009) PhD Programmes (1987) Graduate programs (2010) 18-19 (age of the student) Masters and Life-long training (1990) Laurea (age of the student) International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 14

Geographical mobility of our students Candidates for admission to the HonorsCollege (extra Tuscany about 69/100). PhD Candidates 34,8% ofphdstudentsisforeigner(non EU). In Italian Universities the average is 7,3% (CNVSU) International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 15 (15)

The development of Scuola Sant Anna (from 1993 to 2010) Number 800 700 704 600 500 400 300 266 283 1993 2010 200 155 169 100 0 83 68 18 Honors college PhD Master Total Students Source: SSSA In 17 years(since1993), the increaseofstudentswasabout325%, from169 a 704; International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 16 (59)

Research: ExperimentalSciences Microengineering Biotechnology Virtual Reality Communication and Informatics BioRobotics Agricultural Science International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 17

ResearchInstitutes IICP - Institute of Information, Communication, and Perception Engineering Biorobotics Institute Polo Sant'Anna Valdera International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 18

Outline of the Presentation What is Scuola Superiore Sant Anna: tradition and innovation Scuola Superiore Sant Anna in 2010 Strategic Plan: ideasfor future development Open issues and critical questions International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 19

SSSA numbers... More than 700 under graduate and post-graduate and PhD students More than 1.134 participants to post-graduate courses and life-long education programmes 1:20 student/professor 30% of foreigners students in PhD Programmes More than 12 M Euro of research founds expected in 2010 660 research collaborations in 2009, of which 517 (78%) with foreign institutions 30 Spin-off companies incubated e 50 international patents 103 Faculty (Professors and Assistant Professors) 151 administrative staff 28.000 m² total surface International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 20

Fund Raising capability 1,2 1 LINK Legge 488/1992 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: SSSA International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 21 (21)

Faculty 34 (29 from December 2010) professors and 28 associate professors 10 9 Full professors Profe ssori Ordinari 75 Average Età media age Professori full Ordinari professors 8 7 6 5 4 M F 70 65 60 3 2 55 1 0 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED 50 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED 7 Associate Profe ssori professors Associati 55 Average Età media age of Professori associate Associati professors 6 5 4 M F 50 45 3 40 2 1 35 0 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED 30 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 22

Assistant professors and PhD students 16 Assistant professors(dt) Rice rcatori TD 40 Average age of assistant professors(dt) Età media Ricercatori TD 14 12 10 M F 38 36 8 6 34 4 32 2 0 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED 30 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 PhD students Allievi Pe rfe zionandi GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED M F GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 23 35 33 31 29 27 25 Età Average media allievi age ofperfezionandi PhDstudents

Research fellowships 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Research Assefellowships gnisti GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED M F Average age of research fellowships Età media Assegnisti 35 34 33 32 31 30 GIU ECO S CP AGR ING MED International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 24

Faculty 36 out of 67 Faculty held a position in SSSA before obtaining the current position 25 20 15 10 5 10 16 The positions that have most contributed to the current Faculty 5 4 8 22 NOTE: the same person could have held more positions in the SSSA during his/her career; in this case, the graph on the left counts him/her in more than one column 0 Associate prof essor Assistant prof essor Assistant prof essor (DT) Research fellowship Honors College Student PhD student At the moment, the SSSA Faculty is composed of 34 Full Professors, 28 Associate Professors and 5 (confirmed) Assistant Professor 31 of the current Faculty did NOT hold any position at the SSSA before Only in one case, a full professor has completed his academic career at the SSSA: Honors college student -> PhD student -> Assistant professor -> Associate professor International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 25

Placement(336 alumni 1997-2008) International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 26

ISI Papers/Faculty (science and technology areas) 7,00 6,00 6,22 5,00 4,93 4,00 3,82 3,00 2,00 2,25 1,00 0,00 Scuola Normale Superiore SISSA Scuola Sant'Anna Media Università italiane Source: ISI WoS and MIUR, 2009 International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 27

Scuola Sant Anna is the leader in Italy for research funding available/researcher 150 Scuola Superiore Sant Anna 125 100 75 50 25 0 Source: MIUR 2008 (latest year available) International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 28

Patents and Spin-off companies Source: SSSA 57patents applications(10 licensed (7 to SSSA spin-off companies, 3 to industrial partners), 2 sold, 5 in negotiation) + 2Designs + 3Copyrights + 2Trademarks International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 29 (29) (29)

ResearchExploitation(some examples) International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 30

Spin-off Companies at SSSA Number of Companies: 27 (1991-2009) Product versus Services: 25/2 Employers: 154 Pisa:18 5 1 1 1 1 Areas ICT 6 Electronics( Elettronics/Sensors) 5 Biomedical Instruments 4 Mechatronics 3 Environment/Energy 2 Robotics 2 Optoelectronics 2 Domotics 2 Consultancy- Due Diligence 1 International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 31

Outline of the Presentation What is Scuola Superiore Sant Anna: tradition and innovation Scuola Superiore Sant Anna in 2010 Strategic Plan: ideas for future development Open issues and critical questions International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 32

Sant Anna 2020 Key Issues: 1) Financial support from Italian Ministry of University is used mostly for faculty and for the Honors College and it is decreasing: strategies? 2)Financial support from private and public bodies: which kind of partnerships and projects? 3) How to attract the best professors/researchers? 4) How to attract and select the gifted students? 5)What can we offer more in future to our potential students? 6)How to became a scientific and cultural leading institution in Italy and in Europe? International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 33

Ongoing development: research Institutes Biorobotics Institute Institute of Information, Communication, and Perception Engineering + SANT ANNA RESEARCH PARK (under construction) Pontedera Institute of Economics Pisa Institute Dirpolis Law, Policy and Development Livorno Institute of Management San Piero a Grado, Lucca, etc. Life Sciences Institute International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 34 34

The Sant Anna Model Campus: residential students, rigorous selection with competitive examination, interdisciplinarity, development of transversal skills, international community Long Education Programs: laurea, laureamagistrale (master), PhD, Master and Training, Post-doc, Research associate Combination and integration of research and education: courses and programs, identification of strategic research area, integration and mobility between industry and research Transfer people not technology, invest on people International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 35

Strong points The human and scientific qualities of people To attract, discover, and include gifted students with competitive examination The small dimensions and the strong interaction among its components that stimulate team behavior and the sense of belonging The ability to provide fast reaction to the national and international context changing The ability to pursue interdisciplinary educational and research initiatives The raise funding capabilities for research activities Its characteristics of Campus and of educational community residential The close relationship between professors and students The commitment to achieve better performance at any level The localization in an area characterized by a high density of universities, research centers, and high-tech start-up companies The attention to the internationalization, the capability to attract students and professors from abroad, to promote the creation of joint laboratories with industrial and academic partners, and manage large international research and training projects with several partners International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 36

Weakpoints The springing up of potential "competitors" in Italy The progressive decrease of funding from Ministry of Universityand Research because of the plan of national cuts in 2009-2011 The absence from the international rankings of universities The general public has not a clear idea of the real nature of the SSSA (what is a University with a special statute? Is it a foundation? Is it private? Is it a college? Is it a school of economy?) The current collegial structures are hosting the maximum number of students; to grow up, the SSSA should invest in new infrastructures The structure should be reorganized: development of the researchinstitutes, improvement of the digital procedures, rationalization of the relationships with the multi campus structure (SIAF, CRIBE, Lucca, Livorno,...) The breaking up in laboratories that are distributed in the local area limits the synergies and the development of interdisciplinary activities The absence of a strong policy and strategy to attract talented people (students, researchers, professors) The SSSA is too small to play an important role in the international scene International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 37

Questions? International Advisory Board@ SSSA Pisa, 2011 38