Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa

In order to make possible and maintain the exchange of knowledge and experience, the Scuola provides each student with:

• free accommodation in a single room in one of the college dormitories owned by the Scuola (Collegio Faedo, Collegio Carducci, Collegio Timpano, Collegio Fermi) ;
• free meals in a refectory located in Palazzo D’Ancona and also used by the teachers and the administration workers of the Scuola;
• free admission to the Library of the Scuola (1 million volumes and 4 thousand periodicals) with free check-out of library resources;
• free access to the laboratories and the research structures of both the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Sciences of the Scuola.

Structures:

• Collegio Fermi. Located in via S. Apollonia, 29, it offers 46 single rooms with bathroom.
• Collegio Timpano. Located in Lungarno Pacinotti, 51, it offers 110 single rooms with bathroom.
• Collegio Carducci. Located in via Turati, 35, it offers 91 single rooms with bathroom.
• Collegio Faedo. Located in via del Giardino, 3, it offers 83 single rooms with bathroom.

As an essential part of the teaching and research activities of the Scuola Normale, the Library's collection has increased most especially in those subject areas where the Normale has traditionally carried out research and teaching, like Physics and Mathematics for the Faculty of Sciences and the Humanities for the Faculty of Arts.