Orientation
It is part of the national system of Higher Schools with the task of contributing to the general progress of the university system and promoting cooperation with other Italian and International Schools and Universities.
It is accessed by open competition.
Ordinary students are housed in a university residence located in the historic center.
They have access to the library system, laboratories and computer resources of the Frederick II as well as institutions with which the School has an agreement.
For e-mail contact: orientamento@ssmeridionale.it
- Archaeology and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. Historical research, preservation,
- enjoyment of heritage;
- Global history and governance;
- Law and organizational studies for people with disabilities;
- Texts, traditions, and cultures of the book. Italian studies and novels.
- Mathematics, Physics and Engineering
- Chemical Sciences and Biomedical Sciences Level 1.
Science-Technology Area students who enter the ordianary courses from the fourth year opt for one of the following paths:
- Molecular Sciences For Earth And Space
- Genomic and experimental medicine
Ordinary Course in Mathematics, Physics and Engineering:
- Physics (L-30)
- Mathematics (L-35)
- Engineering (L-7, L-8, L-9, L23)
- Geological Sciences (L-34)
- Chemical Science and Technology (L-27)
- Biological Sciences (L-13)
- Biotechnology (L-2)
- Pharmaceutical Science and Technology(L-29)
- Animal Science and Technology of Animal Production (L-38)
- Chemical Sciences (LM-54),
- Industrial Chemistry Science and Technology (LM-71)
- Biology (LM-6)
- Agro-environmental and Food Biotechnology (LM-7)
- Industrial Biotechnology (LM-8)
- Medical, Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (LM-9)
- Biomedical Engineering (LM-21)
- Chemical Engineering (LM-22)
- Nature Sciences (LM60)
- Agricultural Science and Technology (LM-69)
For three-year and single-cycle master’s degree programs.
- Cultural Heritage (L-1)
- Humanities (L-10)
- Architectural Science (L-17)
- History (L-42)
- Architecture (LM-4 single cycle)
- Archaeology (LM-2)
- Architecture (LM-4)
- Philology, Literature and History of Antiquity (LM-15)
- Economic Sciences for Environment and Culture (LM-76)
- Historical Sciences (LM-84)
- Art History (LM-89)
For three-year and single-cycle master’s degree programs.
- Philosophy (L-5)
- Economics (L-33)
- Political science and international relations (L-36)
- Sociology (L-40)
- History (L-42)
- Law (LMG-1 single cycle)
For master’s degree pathways
- International Relations (LM-52)
- Economics and Finance (LM-56)
- Philosophy (LM-78)
- Historical Sciences (LM-84)
- Sociology and Social Research (LM-88)
For three-year and single-cycle master’s degree programs.
- Science of Economics and Business Management (L-18)
- Law (LMG-1 single cycle)
For master’s degree pathways
- Economic and business sciences (LM-77)
For three-year pathways
- Cultural Heritage (L-1)
- Philosophy (L-5)
- Humanities (L-10)
- Modern Languages and Cultures (L-11)
- History (L-42)
For master’s degree pathways
- Library Science and Archival Studies (LM-5)
- Modern Philology (LM-14)
- Master’s Degrees in Philology, Literature and History of Antiquity (LM-15 )
THE BEAT OF TIME
5 DAYS FOR AN IDEA OF THE FUTURE
NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL AND SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION WEEK
NAPLES – SEPTEMBER 4/8, 2023
Monday, September 4
Department of Humanities (DSU) – Via Porta di Massa 1 (Piovani Hall)
2:30 p.m. Welcoming the students
15.00 Inauguration and greetings from the authorities
16.00 Coffee Break
4:30 p.m. Lectures – Chaired by Prof. Daniela Luigia Caglioti
Prof. Nadia Rega, Story of a light from the sea and other tales of time-resolved photochemistry
Prof. Andrea Mazzucchi, The text over time: between history of tradition and hermeneutic diffractions
Prof. Stefania Pastore, Maps, travels, exiles: the birth of the modern world
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Tuesday, September 5
8:30 a.m. Transfer to Tigem
9 a.m. Visit to Tigem
10:00 a.m. Lectures – Chaired by Prof. Brunella Franco
Prof. Sandro Banfi, Time in biomedical research: the example of inherited eye diseases
Prof. Andrea Ferrara, Do we know our Universe?
Prof. Guglielmo Meardi, Why doesn’t Italy have a legal minimum wage?
Wage regulation between law, bargaining, market
1 p.m. Lunch at Tigem
2 p.m. Transfer at SSM headquarters Complex of SS. Marcellinus and Festus
3 p.m. Southern High School – San Marcellino campus
– Seminars : Humanities Area / Science Area
Prof. Francesca Fortarezza, Social Sciences: Migration, borders and solidarity: between theory and practice
Prof. Giorgio Di Domenico, Art History: Places of contemporary art in Naples: three works by Jannis Kounellis
Prof. Marianna Mignanelli, Neuroscience: A new chapter in the history of neuroscience: the era of man-made organisms
Prof. Samuel Boscarello, History: Cheers! History of Italian health care from cholera to Covid – 19
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Wednesday, September 6
9 a.m. Transfer to Archaeological Park of Pompeii
10.00 The Pompeii excavations – A diorama of the chronologies
1:30 p.m. Packed lunch provided by the host facility (Naples Hotel)
2:30 p.m. Transfer for the Department of Humanities (DSU), Mass Gate 1
3:30 p.m. Department of Humanities (DSU)
– Seminars : Humanities Area / Science Area
Prof. Tommaso Sacconi, Social Sciences: How the power machine works: the role of ministerial cabinets in designing reforms
Prof. Federica Scognamiglio, Greek Literature: In the mine of a classical text: digging for the original?
Prof. Lucrezia Arianna, Italianistics: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio: a (dis)functional family
Prof. Pasquale Miglionico, Computational Science: Predicting protein structure with artificial intelligence
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Thursday, September 7
9 a.m. Transfer for the San Giovanni a Teduccio Complex (Great Hall)
10:00 a.m. Master Lectures – Chair Prof. Cristina Trombetti
Prof. Giovanni Russo, Predicting the Future to Improve Decisions:
Modeling and Engineering of Complex Systems.
Dr. PhD Roberto Pellungrini, Data is the new oil
Prof. Alessandro Cellerino, Aging, longevity and artificial intelligence.
1 p.m. Lunch at the San Giovanni a Teduccio facility
15.00 Meeting with the Apple Academy
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Friday, September 8
Department of Humanities – Via Porta di Massa 1 (Piovani Hall)
9:30 a.m. Keynote Lectures – Prof. Luigi Maria Sicca presiding.
Prof. Fabrizio Oppedisano, The Romans and Time.
Prof. Edward Massimilla, Vicissitudes of the concept of time between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Carlo Rescigno, Virgil, Aeneas and the new excavations on the acropolis of Cumae.
13.00 Lunch at the host facility
15.00 Transfer for Villa Ferretti – Bacoli (NA)
4:00 p.m. Lectures – Chaired by Prof. Giancarlo Alfano
Prof. Francesco Caglioti, Questioning the arts of the past: the knot of practical function
Prof. Carlo Nitsch, Mathematical Pastime
6 p.m. SHOW – The Beat of Time: Words and Music
7:30 p.m. Greeting buffet
University study orientation week
Naples | September 5-9, 2022
Southern High School and the Normal High School present educational offerings
Five antinomies for the coming decades
Monday, Sept. 5, Church of Sts. Marcellinus and Festus
2:30 p.m. Welcoming the students
15.00 Introduction to the proceedings, Prof. Rita Mastrullo presiding.
Greetings from the authorities: Prof. Matteo Lorito, Prof. Luigi Ambrosio,
Prof. Antonio Giordano, Prof. Giovanni Francesco Nicoletti,
Prof. Pierdomenico Perata, Prof. Giuseppe Recinto
Prof. Gaetano Manfredi, Mayor of Naples
15.30 Signing of the Convention between Southern High School and the
Scuola Normale Superiore: Prof. Arturo De Vivo (Head of the Southern High School) and Prof. Luigi Ambrosio (Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore)
16.00 Coffee Break
Identity/Diversity
4:30 p.m. Lectures
Prof. Luigi Ambrosio: Mathematics and the best of all possible worlds: an introduction to the Calculus of Variations
Prof. Brunella Franco: The challenge of biomedical research.
Prof. Emanuele Felice: Are human rights universal?
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Tuesday, Sept. 6, Church of Sts. Marcellinus and Festus
Risk/Safety
10 a.m. Lectures
Prof. Roberto Esposito: Resources and risks of the immune society
Prof. Iunio Iervolino: Risk analysis for aerospace infrastructure design.
Prof. Mario Pianta: Economic risks and social security
13.00 Lunch in the cloister of San Marcellino
2:30 p.m. Humanities-Justice and Science-Technology Area Seminars.
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Wednesday, September 7, Blue Room, Monte Sant’Angelo Complex
Absolute/Relative
9 a.m. Transfer at the Monte S. Angelo Complex (by the host facility)
10 a.m. Lectures
Prof. John Amelino Camelia: Quantum gravity and the Universe.
as a laboratory
Prof. Elisa Donzelli: Poetry and History in the Italian Twentieth Century. An absolute and relative relationship
Prof. Luigi Maria Sicca: “Et pour cela préfère l’Impair”: Inclusion between organizational practices and institutional arrangements
1 p.m. Lunch at the spaces adjacent to the Blue Room
2:30 p.m. Humanities-Justice and Science-Technology Area Seminars.
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Thursday, Sept. 8, Piovani Classroom at Department of Humanities and Aula Magna of Partenope Street Conference Center
Simulations/Reality
9 a.m. Presentation of Schools: “P. Piovani” Classroom, Via Porta di Massa
10:15 a.m. Humanities-Justice and Science-Technology Area Seminars.
12:30 p.m. Gathering Via Porta di Massa cloister for moving
to Via Partenope
1:30 p.m. Lunch at the Via Partenope Conference Center
3:30 p.m. Lectures
Prof. Vincenzo Barone: A virtual journey through space and time in search of the building blocks of life
Prof. Daniela Luigia Caglioti: Individual rights and collective rights in the history of the 20th century
Prof. Laura Minervini: Representation and dissimulation of reality in medieval texts
7:30 p.m. Dinner at the host facility
Friday, September 9, Pompeii Archaeological Park and
Botanical Garden of Naples
Memory/Library
9 a.m. Visit at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
(transfer by the host facility)
1:00 p.m. Packed breakfast (provided by the host facility)
16.00 Tour of the Botanical Garden of Naples
(transfer by the host facility)
5:30 p.m. Lectures
Prof. Tommaso Pizzorusso: The changing brain: brain plasticity
Prof. Gabriele Frasca: The emptied men. Practices of forgetting a genocide
20.00 Greeting buffet by the Management of the Botanical Garden of Naples
Event poster [.pdf 2.18 Mb – 30/09/2022]
September 5, 2022 [.pdf 58.67 Kb – 30/09/2022]
September 6, 2022 [.pdf 57.39 Kb – 30/09/2022]
September 7, 2022 [.pdf 57.86 Kb – 30/09/2022]
September 8, 2022 [.pdf 58.3 Kb – 30/09/2022]
September 9, 2022 [.pdf 57.76 Kb – 30/09/2022]
Tuesday, Sept. 6, Church of Sts. Marcellinus and Festus – Risk/Safety ( Opens link in a new tab)
Friday, Sept. 9, Archaeological Park of Pompeii andOrto Botanico di Napoli – Memoria/Oblio
Toward the exam and beyond … With Southern High School (February 18 – April 16, 2021)
The Southern High School is organizing a series of 16 lectures for students preparing for the State Examination, taught by faculty from the University of Naples Federico II and the School.
Naples, September 6-10, 2021
The Southern High School and the Normal High School are holding an orientation week to present their educational offerings.
Schedule of lectures. [.pdf 4.1 Mb – 6/23/2022]
Poster Naples, September 6-10, 2021 [.jpg 1 Mb – 6/23/2022]
June 6, 2020 – Humanities and Law Area ( Opens link in a new tab)
June 6, 2020 – Science-technology area – Morning session ( Opens link in a new tab)
June 6, 2020 – Science-technology area – Afternoon session ( Opens link in new tab)
June 11, 2020 – Humanities and Law Area ( Opens link in a new tab)