The institution was created in 2004 as a joint initiative of the Compagnia di San Paolo and the University of Turin, at first located in Moncalieri.
Its mission is to foster research and education in social sciences, in accordance with the values and practices of the international academic community, through a threefold action plan: i) the production of first-rate research in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences and Law; ii) the provision of top-level undergraduate and graduate education in the above disciplines, and iii) the contribution to the public policy debate.
Since 2006 the Collegio has hosted hundreds of international speakers, including Nobel laureates, and leaders of financial institutions.
Historically, prior to the 1990s, the Collegio Carlo Alberto referred to a Piedmont boys boarding school.
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