November 2011 the Prime Minister Mario Monti appointed three professors as ministers. The rector Lorenzo Ornaghi was appointed minister for heritage and cultural activities; Renato Balduzzi, professor of constitutional law, was appointed minister of health; and Dino Piero Giarda, professor of public economics at the faculty of economics, became minister for relations with Parliament. After the appointment of Professor Lorenzo Ornaghi as a minister, all the powers and functions belonging to the office of rector were entrusted to the vicar vice-chancellor, Prof. Franco Anelli, for the term of Ornaghi's office. Rector The Magnifico Rettore is the most senior post in this institution, elected every 4 years by the board of directors. The role of the Rector is to represent the university and to convene and chair the board of directors, the management committee, the academic senate, and the board of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic. Organization Schools The UCSC offers a wide range of degrees in 12 faculties. Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Piacenza-Cremona (1951) ‒ Piacenza-Cremona Faculty of Arts and Philosophy (1924) ‒ Milan, Brescia Faculty of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences (1990) ‒ Milan Faculty of Economics (founded in 1947) ‒ Milan, Rome Faculty of Economics and Law (2000) ‒ Piacenza-Cremona Faculty of Educational Sciences (1936) ‒ Milan, Brescia, Piacenza Faculty of Law (1924) ‒ Milan Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures (1991) ‒ Milan, Brescia Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences (1968) ‒ Brescia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (1958) ‒ Rome Faculty of Political and Social Sciences (1931) ‒ Milan, Brescia Faculty of Psychology (1999) ‒ Milan, Brescia Postgraduate Schools Postgraduate Schools (Alte Scuole) are centers of excellence in research and teaching. ALMED - Postgraduate School of Media Communications and Performing Arts (established in 2002) ‒ Milan ALTIS - Postgraduate School Business & Society (2005) ‒ Milan ASA - Postgraduate School of Environmental Studies (2008) ‒ Brescia ASAG - Postgraduate School of Psychology Agostino Gemelli (2001) ‒ Milan ASERI - Postgraduate School of Economics and International Relations (1995) ‒ Milan ALTEMS - Postgraduate School of Health Economics and Management (2009) ‒ Rome SMEA - Postgraduate School of Agricultural and Food Economics (1984) ‒ Cremona Campuses Milan campus Cattolica has campuses in six Italian cities, with its seat in the historic Cistercian monastery near the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in the heart of Milan. Originally a monastery built by Benedictine monks in the 8th