CUOA Foundation
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CUOA Foundation is one of the first Business School born in Italy in the 50’s, in an important period for managerial training in Italy.
Founded in 1957 as a post -graduate school for secondary education within the University of Padua
and as a Business School
supported by enterprises, category associations, lending institutions, public bodies and the Universities of Padua, Trento, Trieste, Udine, Venice, Verona and IUAV - University of Venice
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The Foundation, with its more than 50 years of activity, developed relationships with about 3.000 companies and both national and international organisations. Fondazione CUOA manages more than 500 lecturers, didactic and scientific representatives and cooperates with 53 foreign countries and 26 foreign Universities and Business Schools.
The Foundation is a founder member of ASFOR,
, the association of the best Italian Business Schools. It is numbered among the first Italian Business School and it is considered the most important in the north east of Italy.
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Fondazione CUOA is hosted in the Villa Valmarana Morosini in Altavilla Vicentina, in the outskirts of Vicenza.
In 1959 CUOA became a post graduation school of business organization and then a specialization school linked to University of Padua’s Engineering Faculty
In 1970 CUOA became a University Consortium for business organisation studies. The school moved to Lungargine Portello in Padua. The Consortium’s purposes were to assure the functioning of the specialization school in business organisation, to promote researches in the field of organisation, management, control of bodies or companies; to stimulate and implement initiatives and activities aimed at teaching subjects as organisation of industrial and commercial activities of these bodies and companies and to finance their activities.
Since1980 Fondazione CUOA has been hosted in the Villa Valmarana Morosini, a magnificent 18th century building in Atavilla Vicentina . In the 80’s several activities for enterprises, banks and young people were developed thanks to the European Social Fund.
Between 1983 and 1986 the Universities of Venice, Verona, Trento and Udine took part to the consortium.
In the 90’s news changes were promoted: both organizational and about intervention areas.
The training started to gain an international size and the initiatives started to include new sectors, from the banks to other public administration divisions , strengthening at the same time the relationship with small - medium industries.
On 7th November1997 a new phase of institutional renewal started: CUOA became a Foundation in order to strengthen the relationship with the territory and to develops its rule of cultural institution.
Founded in 1957 as a post -graduate school for secondary education within the University of Padua
University of Padua
The University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...
and as a Business School
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
supported by enterprises, category associations, lending institutions, public bodies and the Universities of Padua, Trento, Trieste, Udine, Venice, Verona and IUAV - University of Venice
University of Venice
Ca' Foscari University is a university in Venice, northern Italy. It was founded in 1868 as the first Italian business college. The main building of the University, Ca’ Foscari Palace, is placed in a strategic position on the bend of the Grand Canal, in the heart of the city...
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The Foundation, with its more than 50 years of activity, developed relationships with about 3.000 companies and both national and international organisations. Fondazione CUOA manages more than 500 lecturers, didactic and scientific representatives and cooperates with 53 foreign countries and 26 foreign Universities and Business Schools.
The Foundation is a founder member of ASFOR,
, the association of the best Italian Business Schools. It is numbered among the first Italian Business School and it is considered the most important in the north east of Italy.
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Fondazione CUOA is hosted in the Villa Valmarana Morosini in Altavilla Vicentina, in the outskirts of Vicenza.
History
CUOA Foundation was born in 1957 thanks to Lino Zanussi within the University of Padua’s Engineering Faculty, as a university centre for studies about business administration. Its first purpose was the creation of a post secondary specialization course in business organisation, its first edition started in 1958.In 1959 CUOA became a post graduation school of business organization and then a specialization school linked to University of Padua’s Engineering Faculty
In 1970 CUOA became a University Consortium for business organisation studies. The school moved to Lungargine Portello in Padua. The Consortium’s purposes were to assure the functioning of the specialization school in business organisation, to promote researches in the field of organisation, management, control of bodies or companies; to stimulate and implement initiatives and activities aimed at teaching subjects as organisation of industrial and commercial activities of these bodies and companies and to finance their activities.
Since1980 Fondazione CUOA has been hosted in the Villa Valmarana Morosini, a magnificent 18th century building in Atavilla Vicentina . In the 80’s several activities for enterprises, banks and young people were developed thanks to the European Social Fund.
Between 1983 and 1986 the Universities of Venice, Verona, Trento and Udine took part to the consortium.
In the 90’s news changes were promoted: both organizational and about intervention areas.
The training started to gain an international size and the initiatives started to include new sectors, from the banks to other public administration divisions , strengthening at the same time the relationship with small - medium industries.
On 7th November1997 a new phase of institutional renewal started: CUOA became a Foundation in order to strengthen the relationship with the territory and to develops its rule of cultural institution.
Presidents
- 1957 - 1970 Guido Ferro
- 1970 - 1980 Mario Formenton
- 1980 - 1990 Pilade Riello
- 1990 - 1992 Ottone Visconti D'Oleggio
- 1992 - 2004 Gian Carlo Ferretto
- 2004 - 2007 Elio Marioni
- 2007 - 2010 Vittorio Mincato
Master Honoris Causa
- 2010 - Mario DraghiMario DraghiMario Draghi is an Italian banker and economist who succeeded Jean-Claude Trichet as President of the European Central Bank on 1 November 2011...
- 2009 - Enrico Bondi
- 2007 - Sergio MarchionneSergio MarchionneSergio Marchionne is an international manager best known for his turnaround of the Italian automotive group Fiat and, more recently, for managing the US automotive group Chrysler from bankruptcy to profitability...
- 2006 - Mario Moretti Polegato
- 2005 - Emma Marcegaglia
- 2005 - Vittorio ColaoVittorio ColaoVittorio Colao is an Italian businessman, the current Chief Executive of Vodafone Group.-Biography:The son of an officer in the Carabinieri, Colao was born in Brescia. After studying business at Bocconi University and holding an MBA with Honours from Harvard Business School, he spent time in...
- 2005 - Gianni Zonin
- 2004 - Mario Marangoni
- 2004 - Gianni Mion
- 2003 - Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
- 2003 - Alessandro ProfumoAlessandro ProfumoAlessandro Profumo is an Italian manager who had significant influence in the consolidation of the Italian banking sector.As a representative of the share holder value based management approach he is considered to be ambitious...
- 2002 - Giordano Veronesi
- 2002 - Ennio DorisEnnio DorisEnnio Doris , businessman, founder and chief executive of Mediolanum SpA a large Italian funds management and insurance company.Born in Tombolo, a small village near Padova, Italy on 3 July 1940, Mr. Doris entered the retail asset management field in 1969 when he became a salesman for Fideuram. In...
- 2001 - Vittorio Coin
- 2000 - Dino Marchiorello
- 2000 - Renzo Rosso
- 1999 - Gianfranco Zoppas
- 1997 - Ivano BeggioIvano BeggioIvano Beggio is a company name as well as the name of the former owner and president of what was for a brief period the largest motorcycle company in Europe: Aprilia....
- 1995 - Pietro Marzotto
See also
- List of business schools in Europe
- List of Italian universities
- VicenzaVicenzaVicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...