near the Capital University of Medical Sciences of Beijing. This has allowed the implementation of a master's degree of the second level in clinical Neurophysiology, with consent to the young Chinese neurologists, to expand the applied techniques and their studies of neuroscience. Institutions participating in the master’s program include the department of neurophysiology of the University of Ferrara, the Neurological institute of Milan and to Beijing. Another active master’s program with its seat in Ferrara is that of the aesthetics and cosmetology signed to Canton through the Ferrara Center of Cosmetology and the Chinese academy Ginzza International Beauty and Hair Academy. Organization These are the 8 faculties which the university is divided into: Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Economics Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Law Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Faculty of Pharmacy As of 2014, there are 12 PhD courses, organized around a special Institute for Advanced Studies, IUSS-Ferrara 1391. Generally speaking, research departments do not coincide with faculties (as is usual in Italy). Specifically, literature, history, philosophy are independent of one another. Furthermore, biologists, physicists, and geologists work in different institutions. Medical research is carried out in cooperation with the city hospital, which offers some of its buildings for use as a teaching hospital. Famous alumni and professors Ludovico Ariosto Patrizio Bianchi Nicolaus Copernicus Doctor of Canon Law (Nicolaus Copernich de Prusia, Jure Canonico ... et doctoratus) Michele Ferrari Theodorus Gaza Marcella Hazan William Latimer Paracelsus Massimo Pigliucci Girolamo Savonarola Points of interest Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ferrara See also ESDP-Network List of Italian universities List of medieval universities References External links Official website Unife on Google+ Ferrara, University of 1391 establishments in Europe Ferrara, University of Ferrara, University of Education in Ferrara Buildings and structures in Ferrara Universities and colleges in Emilia-Romagna