University of Pisa become a member of the Universities Research Association. Among its notable graduates there are several national and foreign political leaders including two Italian presidents, five Popes, five Italian prime ministers and three Nobel Laureates as students, faculty or staff affiliates. Pisa has an intense athletic rivalry with the University of Pavia, which traditionally culminates in the Pisa-Pavia Regatta ("Regata Pisa-Pavia"), the oldest competition of this kind in Italy, and second in Europe only to the Oxford Cambridge boat race. In 2013, the University of Pisa finished with La Sapienza University of Rome in first place among the Italian universities, according
European University Centre European University Centre The European University Centre is a historical institute for European Studies part of Nancy 2 University. It was created in 1950 and it celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2000. For its 60th Anniversary in 2010, it also celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Alumni CEU (, ), which has become the main engine of this institute. The European Centre is located in Nancy, France. This city is located in Lorraine, which borders the countries of Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg as well as the French Region of Alsace. Nancy is very well served by the high-speed train line "TGV