A hotbed of talents

Since 1810 around 6000 students have passed through the Normale, including three Nobel Prize winners, a Fields Medal Winner, two Italian Presidents of the Republic and two Italian Prime Ministers, as well as many writers, scientists, politicians and economists.

Nobel Prizewinners
Giosuè Carducci (Literature)
Enrico Fermi (Physics)
Carlo Rubbia (Physics)

Fields Medal winners
Alessio Figalli

Presidents of the Italian Republic
Giovanni Gronchi
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Prime Ministers of Italy
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Massimo D'Alema

The Normale not only prepares its students for their academic career, but also equips them with critical and methodological tools, a driving force that enables them to enter into various production sectors.