All professors and lecturers involved in the institutions of higher education are required to take the following oath:
I swear fidelity to the King, to his Royal successors and to the Fascist Regime, and I swear to respect the Statute and the other laws of the State, and to fulfill all my teaching and academic duties with the aim of forming hard-working and virtuous citizens devoted to the Fatherland and to the Fascist Regime. I swear that I do not belong to nor will ever become a member of organizations or parties whose activities are incompatible with the duties of my office.
