The Directors of the Scuola Normale
Ranieri Gerbi (1813-1814)
Physicist, he was the first Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore.
Ranieri Sbragia (1846-1862)
Theologian, he is the Director of the Grand Ducal Scuola Normale.
Pasquale Villari (1862- 1865)
Historian, he is Director of the Scuola Normale of the Italian Kingdom.
Enrico Betti (1865-1874, 1876-1892)
A mathematician, he is also an important politician.
Ulisse Dini (1874-1876, 1900-1918)
A mathematician, he was the first Director of the Normale who was also a student.
Alessandro D'Ancona (1892-1900)
A man of letters, he was also a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy.
Luigi Bianchi (1918-1928)
Mathematician, he leads the Normale during a period of serious economic crisis.
Giovanni Gentile (1928-1936, 1937-1943)
Philosopher, Minister of Education in the first fascist government.
Giovanni D’Achiardi (1936-1937)
Geologist, Rector of the University of Pisa.
Leonida Tonelli (1943)
Mathematician, appointed director by the Republic of Salò.
Luigi Russo (1943, 1944-1948)
Man of letters, Director by will of the Allied Military Government.
Ettore Remotti (1948-1960)
A biologist and doctor, he directed the Normale for a long time.
Giulio Giannelli (1960-1964)
Historian of antiquity, he directed the Scuola Normale in the early 1960s.
Gilberto Bernardini (1964-1977)
Physicist, he starts a process of expansion of the Normale.
Giovanni Pugliese-Carratelli (1977-1978)
Historian of antiquity, he was director of the SNS for a short period.
Edoardo Vesentini (1978-1987)
Italian mathematician and politician, Senator of the Republic and Academician of the Lincean Academy.
Luigi Arialdo Radicati di Brozolo (1987-1991)
Physicist, former Deputy Director with Gilberto Bernardini.
Emilio Picasso (1991-1995)
Physicist with prestigious international assignments
Giuseppe Franco Bassani (1995-1999)
Physicist, full professor at Normale since 1980.
Salvatore Settis (1999-2010)
Archaeologist and art historian, former student of the ordinary and advanced courses at Normale.
Fabio Beltram (2010-2016)
A physicist of matter, he was called to the Scuola Normale in 1992.
Vincenzo Barone (2016-2019)
Theoretical and computational chemist, full professor at Normale since 2008.