The Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa is a public higher learning institution in Pisa, Italy.
The Scuola Normale, together with the University of Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, is a part of the Pisa University System. It is one of the three officially sanctioned special-statute public universities in Italy, being part of the process of Superior Graduate School in Italy (grandes écoles), or Scuola Superiore Universitaria.
According to the World University Ranking 2016 made by the Times, Normale is considered to be the best university in Italy and one among the best 50 in Europe.