Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (), also referred to as Mediterranea University or University of Reggio Calabria, or simply UNIRC, is an Italian

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, located in

Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria (; ), commonly and officially referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the List of cities in Italy, largest city in Calabria as well as the seat of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. As ...

, Italy. In 2021, it is the third best university in the state. It was founded in 1968, and is one of the youngest universities in the country. UNIRC combines its commitment in research and teaching: three faculties (

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

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Agricultural Science Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professio ...

), are dedicated to the territory, creating a "''Environment Polytechnic''" with a strong propensity to the themes of

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

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associated at the

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. The faculty of

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

, study from the

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to those related to

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and

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. The university provides

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, graduate and

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education, in addition to a range of

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programs. The 2012 edition, of the ranking list of Italian public universities – written by the newspaper ''

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'' – based on indicators of quality, puts ''Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria'', to first place in the

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and

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, and in particular, its ''school of architecture'' is one of the best in the country.

History

The creation of IUSA

On 6 December 1967, with a request of the Commissioner of the prefect of the Consortium for the Institute of Architecture of Reggio Calabria the University of Reggio Calabria was founded. The legal recognition comes with the Presidential Decree (no. 1543), of 17 June 1968 which marks the birth of the Free University Institute of Architecture. Salvatore Boscarino, a professor at the

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, held the first lesson, on 18 December 1967, titled "Elements of Architecture and survey monuments".

The university became 'Mediterranea'

In the 90s, the construction of great and modern buildings started, of the new campus located at Feo di Vito. In 2001, the rector Alessandro Bianchi, professor of

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, who remained in office until May 2006, the date of appointment as Minister of the

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for the

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of the Prodi government, changed the name of the University. The name of the university became "''Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria''", with the ambition to become a cultural and scientific centre in the Mediterranean basin. In 2014, the University started a partnership (research teams, teachers and students mobility, programming of common teaching activities) together with the

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, in China.

Awards and Events

Rankings

The 2012 edition of the Italian public universities ranking list – written by the Italian national newspaper

– based on the analysis of quality indicators – puts Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria in first place in

and

, and 31st nationally. 39.45% of teachers have successfully participated in the "PRIN" (Research Programs of National Interest) and "FIRB" (Fund for Investments in Basic Research). UNIRC was ranked 10th for research funding, with 82.7% of research funded by external bodies. In 2010/2011, the university ranked 18th among 63 public universities for student performance, with 23.3% achieving final marks of 90 or above. For the "dispersion", or missing entries in its second year in 2010/2011, Reggio Calabria was in 16th place with 11.0%, behind universities such as

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and

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

Honorary degrees

The Mediterranean University has conferred honorary degrees on: *Giovanni Astengo *Jaime Gil-Aluja (President of the Royal Academy of Economics and Finance – Spain) *Pasqual Maragal i Mira (Governor of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia and the mayor of Barcelona) *Federico Gorio * Pietro Larizza *

Mimmo Rotella Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella (Catanzaro, 7 October 1918 – Milan, 8 January 2006) was an Italian artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. Best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advert ...

Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, of ...

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*José Carlos Principe

Collaboration agreement

On 30 July 2013, in the presence of the Prefect of Reggio Calabria, Vittorio Piscitelli, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria and the special agency Stazione Sperimentale per le Industrie delle Essenze e dei Derivati dagli Agrumi (SSEA). The agreement provides for an investment of 5 million euros in equipment, and the redevelopment of the SSEA experimental field to include laboratories for analysis and certification of essential oils and food ingredients.

Organization

Faculties

* Faculty of Agricultural Science * Faculty of Architecture * Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Law

Departments

The departments of the University are an organ in which they are awarded, by statute, the duties of promoting, organizing and conducting scientific research. Promotes, coordinates and manages the research activities conducted in their area, while respecting the autonomy of individual teachers and scientific researchers and their right to go directly to research funding. It guarantees the access to resources, according to the criteria set out in the rules. Organizes activities necessary for the attainment of doctoral research. Expresses opinions and proposals on the request, the destination and the filling of posts of professor and researcher role, limited to the scientific areas of expertise of the department. The advisory functions of promotion and coordination of research activities are delegated to the Board of Directors of the department. As part of the reform Gelmini, were adopted from the academic year 2012–2013, 6 departments:

Research

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

International Doctorate of Philosophy (IDP)

Urban Regeneration and Economic Development (Program: ''CLUDs-Commercial Local Urban Districts'') The research project is supposed to last three years, with the intention to extent – after defining and experiencing the CLUDs Action Plan in selected Urban Areas – the research project to develop related aspects such as the impact on public services supply (public transportation, safety, waste, etc.), the impact on the rate of energy safe by increasing the use of appropriate technology for housing and building, the impact on new service to business start up, the impact of structural change in rural-urban pattern of the city. The partnership is characterized by a common scientific field of study that is the city and its multidisciplinary aspects, concerning the general theme of urban policy and planning. With respect this common theme each partner acquires an important role in the academic and scientific international studies. The universities along Mediterranea that participating in the program are: *

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– ''(YtkLand and Use Planning and Use Studies Group)'' *

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– ''(Centro di Ricerca sulla Valorizzazione e gestione dei centri storici minori / Fo.Cu.S.)'' *

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– ''(School of the Built Environment / SOBE)'' *

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– ''(Department of Economics – School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs / NEUSUP)'' *

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– ''(School of Public Affairs / SDSU)''

Schools

School of specialization for the legal profession (I and II year), with national programming exam: * Court – Forensic * Notary School of High Formation in Architecture and Archeology of Classical City

Student Body

Most of the students come from

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and

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

, but there is a good percentage of students coming from other

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. The situation is different for foreigners. With the agreement between the

and the

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, were distributed the provisions governing the university registrations of foreign nationals. The program "''Marco Polo''", provides that the seats allocated for Chinese citizens, who can subscribe to the ''Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria'', are: 30 in the Faculty of

, 50 in the Faculty of

, 18 in the Faculty of

and 20 in the Faculty of

. In addition at the ''UNIRC'' are active, thanks to the Treaty of Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation between Italy and

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, numerous

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for Libyan students who want to study in

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Student facilities

* 4 Libraries: one for each faculty, with a collection of about 60,000

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, 500

periodicals Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of Publication, published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (''issues'' or ''numbers'', often numerically divided into annu ...

, some 5,000

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductors * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic c ...

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and databases disciplines. * Learning Centres: the space is a public meeting and at the same time of cultural production. Individual and group study, meetings and conferences, multimedia presentations, video conferencing, on-line consultation.

Erasmus and Foreign courses

The

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(''European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students'') offers the opportunity to study at a European university or an internship in a country inside the EU. Since 2005, every year, is organized during the summer months, an advanced course in English language, in collaboration with the St. Andrews University in

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. The study-tour is developed in the cities of

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

and

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, as well as the Lakes of the Highlands.

Rectors

Rectors of the new University of Reggio Calabria.

References

External links

University of Reggio Calabria Website
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Buildings and structures in Reggio Calabria Educational institutions established in 1968 Education in Calabria 1968 establishments in Italy