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The '''Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta''', often simply abbreviated as "'''LUMSA'''" is a private university founded in 1939 in Rome, Italy.

The LUMSA University was privately founded but belongs to the national Italian network of universities and is therefore able to confer recognised degree and diploma titles which have full legal force. 

The principal aspects of LUMSA are to be found in its humanist vocation and Catholic orientation.

It has a humanist vocation because in a society which is scientifically and technologically advanced there is a growing awareness of the need for ‘wise knowledge’ which is rooted in an authentic idea of man and is able to promote progress for the real good of man and the human community.

It has a Catholic orientation because it is a free academic community which sees Christian inspiration of the Catholic heritage as a specific feature of its identity.

In particular, LUMSA strives to promote an overall education of the person and for this reason the university devotes especial care to its students and their professional and human education through the employment of constant services of direction and tutoring, and of procedures designed to give full expression to their right to engage in study.

LUMSA belongs to the national and international scientific research network and has research programmes which operate within certain specific areas: education, the social services, the philosophical, philological and literary sciences, mass communications, and the juridical sciences and economics.

LUMSA pays great attention to new professional profiles and requirements and to the emerging needs of the world of work, and is thus constantly engaged in the up-dating of its research and the teaching it offers. In this way, the university strives to make a constructive contribution to meeting individual needs when it comes to qualifications and skills, and to responding to the increasing requirements of specialisation which are ever more evident in today’s complex society.

==Legal Character==
The ‘Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta’ (LUMSA) arose out of the transformation of the previous University Institute which had been established by the RD of 26 October 1939, n. 1760, and subsequent modifications. The studies that are carried out at LUMSA, and the qualifications that are conferred by it, are given official legal value on a level with the corresponding qualifications conferred by state universities.

LUMSA has autonomy at the level of teaching, administration, organisation and self-regulation within the parameters established by law.

Control by the state of LUMSA is carried out by the Ministry for Education, Universities and Research.

The aims of LUMSA are:

* To contribute to the development of scientific research and the development of studies. 
To prepare young people for an informed and knowledgeable integration into the world of work, with special emphasis on teaching, joining public administrations, institutional activities, and the free professions, ensuring that theoretical instruction is accompanied by suitable technical-practical knowledge.

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La '''Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta''' ('''LUMSA''') è un ateneo privato d'ispirazione cattolica che ha sede a Roma. È la seconda Università più antica di Roma. </br>

L'università si articola in tre facoltà: Lettere e Filosofia, Giurisprudenza e Scienze della Formazione. </br>
La sede del Rettorato è situata in uno storico 
Appartiene alla facoltà di lettere, indirizzo Editoria e Giornalismo, l'agenzia di stampa "Lumsa News". Essa ha come obiettivo la formazione teorica e pratica di futuri giornalisti i quali, al termine di un corso della durata di 24 mesi, potranno accedere all'esame di idoneità presso l'Ordine dei Giornalisti, ai fini dell'iscrizione nell'albo professionale. 

==Storia==
L'Istituto Universitario pareggiato di Magistero ''Maria Ss. Assunta'' fu voluto da Luigia Tincani (1889 – 1976) per la formazione delle insegnanti dell'Unione di Santa Caterina da Siena delle Missionarie della Scuola e venne istituito con il Regio Decreto n. 1760 del 26 ottobre 1939: nel 1967 si è aperta anche alle studentesse laiche.