University of Calabria

University of Calabria

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name =University of Calabria
native_name =Università della Calabria
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motto =
established =1972
type =State-supported
endowment =
staff =800
rector =Prof. Giovanni Latorre
students =ca 35,000
undergrad =
postgrad =
doctoral =
city =Cosenza
state =
country =Italy
campus =
free_label =Sports teams
free =CUS Cosenza (http://www.cuscosenza.it/)
affiliations =
website = [http://www.unical.it www.unical.it]
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The University of Calabria ("Università della Calabria", UNICAL), also known as the University of Cosenza ("Università di Cosenza"), is a state-run university in Italy.Located in Arcavacata di Rende, a suburb of Cosenza, the university was founded in 1972. It currently has about 35,000 students, 800 teaching and research staff and about 700 administrative staff.

Campus

The Campus of the University of Calabria was originally designed by Vittorio Gregotti and Dänen Martensson. The buildings are situated along a suspension bridge, which is currently 1.3 kilometres long. As in British and North-American campuses, students live in specific residential blocks near the University. The whole structure is swathed in greenery of hills near Arcavacata, a small village at 10 km from Cosenza.

Organization

These are the 6 faculties in which the university is divided into:

* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Letters and Philosophy
* Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
* Faculty of Pharmacology
* Faculty of Political Sciences

Points of interest

* Orto Botanico dell'Università della Calabria

See also

* List of Italian universities
* Cosenza
* Rende

External links

* [http://www.unical.it/ University of Calabria Website] it icon


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