University

Since 2008, the university of Enna offers a PhD in: – Policies and Comparative Rights in the Euromediterranean Area; – Political Party Systems and Policy Communication; – Mobility Systems Architecture; – Aeronautical Technologies and Infrastructures; – Integration Paths and Identity Processes in the Mediterranean System; – Psycho-pedagogy of Integration. The University Kore of Enna is the final result of a ten-year long experiment, the fourth institution of higher learning in Sicily in chronological order after Catania, Messina and Palermo. Kore has earned a national reputation of the highest order through the realization of multi-purpose-designed academic structures, innovative facilities, state-of-the-art laboratories, which have created the basis for teacher/student relationships that are impossible to find in other, larger universities. In this sense, Kore can be seen as an “avant-guard” reality for a modern multicultural and multi-ethnic university, the university of the new millennium. The prime objective of our university is to establish new educational “frontiers” in the Mediterranean basin, a vast region of different customs, traditions, cultures and of the history of ancient civilizations.

The mission of our university is not only to promote a greater awareness of Mediterranean cultural realities, but also to allow a permanent exchange of teaching staff and students between other universities, national or foreign, and also between the cultural institutions of the region. Kore constantly follows the student acadamic path thanks to an efficient tutoring system, guiding him to the point of being able to overcome any eventual learning difficulty. The student will also be kept properly informed about his career prospects, supporting needs which are far from family and home.

According to the Statute, the President is the legal representative of the University and is the guarantor of compliance with the Statute and the fulfilment of its aims.
It has initiative, coordination and implementation functions.

It is responsible for the quality assurance system and thus for the smooth operation and continuous improvement of the University’s two components: academic and administrative.

He chairs the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors, of which he is a full member.

In relation to his responsibilities, the President may attend meetings of all other collegial bodies of the University without voting rights.

The President is elected by secret ballot by the Board of Trustees and remains in office for 4 years.

The current President of the University is prof. Cataldo Salerno, who was also its founder.

Prof. Cataldo Salerno, a pupil of Danilo Dolci, pedagogue and psychologist and former contract professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Catania, became a school manager at the age of 32 and subsequently served for over two decades as senior manager for inspection services at the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, carrying out various study activities, including legislative work, both at the Ministry itself and abroad, particularly in the EU context.
He is the author of numerous scientific publications, some of them in foreign languages.

Prof. Cataldo Salerno, a pupil of Danilo Dolci, pedagogue and psychologist and former contract professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Catania, became a school manager at the age of 32 and subsequently served for over two decades as senior manager for inspection services at the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, carrying out various study activities, including legislative work, both at the Ministry itself and abroad, particularly in the EU context.

He is the author of numerous scientific publications, some of them in foreign languages.

According to the UKE Statute, the Rector is elected by the Board of Trustees and holds office for two years, with the possibility of re-election. The Rector represents the University in ceremonies and in the awarding of academic titles; he supervises and coordinates the University’s teaching and scientific activities and supervises the funding of research; he ensures the coordination of the work of the Academic Senate with the Board of Trustees; he ensures the observance of all regulations on scientific and teaching matters and ensures the implementation of the resolutions of the Academic Senate, the Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees on scientific and teaching matters.

Prof. Tomasello, born in Messina and former Rector of the University in his hometown, is currently Honorary President of the World Federation of Neurosurgery, author of over 250 scientific publications, most of them in accredited international journals. He has performed more than ten thousand surgeries as the first operator in neurosurgery, a field in which he has introduced innovations that have earned him worldwide fame and recognition, so much so that he was elected to the Honorary Presidency of the World Federation by a large majority of the delegates’ votes of the scientific societies on the five continents.

He was President of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery. In 2017, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award, first instituted by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), ‘for outstanding contributions to European Neurosurgery’.

In 2001 he was Member of the European Committee for the Accreditation of Schools of Neurosurgery. Since 2018 he has been Vice-President of the International Society for Neurosurgical Technology based in Brussels.

The position of the Director General, who replaced and complemented that of Administrative Director, was established at the University of Enna with the start of the 2011-2012 academic year. Salvatore Berrittella, who since 2007 has been leading the complex and efficient technical-administrative structure that decisively supports the quality of Kore’s services, has been appointed to this role.

Given his long experience over many of the years that have characterised the University of Enna project, Salvatore Berrittella also represents the historical memory of the University’s structural development, having participated directly in the gradual construction of its technical-administrative machine.

The Director General is appointed by the President of the University, after consulting the Board of Directors