At http://ecat.com/inventor-andrea-rossi there is a scanned statement from the University of Milan:
> UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO > > Registrato al numero 582 > > Matricola 89930 > > Si attesta risultare dagli atti di questa Segreteria che il Sig. > ROSSI ANDREA nato a Milano il 03/06/1950, ha superato presso questo > Università, in data 10/12/1975, l'esame di laurea in Filosofia con > voti CENTODIECI su CENTODIECI conseguendo la qualifica accademica di > Dottore Magistrale in Filosofia. > > Il presento certificato si rilascia in carta libera, a richiesta > dell'interessato, per gli usi consentiti dalla legge. > > Milano, 14 febbraio 2011 > > IL COMPILATORE > > IL CAPO UFFICIO SEGRETERIA FACOLTA UMANISTICHE Dott. ssa. Filomena > CICORA Google translate produces this: > UNIVERSITY OF MILAN > > Registered number 582 > > Serial number 89930 > > This is to certify that the documents before the Secretary that Mr. > Rossi Andrea was born in Milan on 03/06/1950, has been awarded by > the University, on 10/12/1975, examination degree in Philosophy with > a hundred and ten votes of one hundred and ten achieving the > academic qualification of Doctor of Science in Philosophy. > > This certificate is issued on plain paper at the request of, for the > purposes authorized by law. > > Milan, February 14, 2011 > > THE COMPILER > > THE HEAD OFFICE SECRETARY > Faculty of Humanities > Dr. ssa. Filomena CHICORY According to e-cat.com, he conducted his thesis on relativity. This corroborates the information on Wikipedia: > In 1973, Rossi graduated cum laude in Philosophy of Science and > Engineering at the University of Milan with a thesis on Albert > Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and its interrelationship with > Edmund Husserl’s Phenomenology. His advisor was Professor Ludovico > Geymonat. So where does all this disinformation about Rossi being a chalatan with a fake PhD from a diploma mill coming from? -- Berke Durak