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The University of Naples Federico II (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Established in 1224, it is the oldest public university in the world founded by the head of a state, and is now organized into 26 departments. Noted for being the world's oldest state-funded university and one of the world's oldest universities in continuous operation, it is also believed to be the oldest secular or non-sectarian state university in the world.
It was Europe's first university dedicated to training secular administrative staff, and is one of the world's oldest academic institutions in continuous operation. Federico II is the third University in Italy by number of students enrolled, but despite its size it is still one of the best universities in Italy and the world, in southern Italy it leads 1st Ranking since it started,[citation needed] being particularly notable for research; in 2015 it was ranked among the top 100 universities in the world by citations per paper. According to the CWUR ranking (Center for World University Rankings), in 2022-2023 it is confirmed as the sixth Italian university in the world ranking.
The university is named after its founder Frederick II. In October 2016, the university hosted the first ever Apple IOS Developer Academy and in 2018 the Cisco Digital Transformation Lab.
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