PAOLO MANTEGAZZA E LA NASCITA DELL’UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO – BICOCCA

In the late 80’s, the number of students enrolled at the University of Milano was close to 90.000. Teaching rooms, labs, studying areas, libraries, canteens, were definitively insufficient for the appropriate development of the activities. In addition, were emerging new multidisciplinary training and research areas that aspired to develop and needed new spaces. To fulfil the need, a new university born in the context of the decongestioning program for Mega-Athenaei and the development plans of the Ministry, seemed to be the best answer. The dean Paolo Mantegazza gave an essential contribution to the start of the new university of Milano-Bicocca by providing the approval of both the academic and institutional bodies and by following along its constitution process.