The University of Calabria () is a state-run university in Italy. Located in Arcavacata, a hamlet of Rende and a suburb of

Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...

, the university was founded in 1972. Among its founders there were Beniamino Andreatta, Giorgio Gagliani, Pietro Bucci and Paolo Sylos Labini. 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 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 ...

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 institution is situated in the hills near Arcavacata, a small village at 10 km from

, and 4 km from the city center of Rende.

Organization

The University is organized in the following departments: *Biology, ecology and geosciences *Chemistry and chemical technologies *Culture, education and society *Pharmacy, health and nutritional sciences *Physics *Civil Engineering *Computer, modeling, electronics and systems engineering *Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering *Environment engineering *Mathematics and Computer Science *Business and Law *Economics, Statistics and Finance *Political and Social Sciences *Humanities

Research

Reparto corse

The Unical reparto corse is a project of The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Management and Energy (DIMEG) that started in 2005. The group involves students and professors applying the knowledge gained in their studies to develop race cars that compete in European races.

Points of interest

* Botanical Garden * Museum of Paleontology * Arts, Music and Entertainment Center * Sports Center

List of Honoris Causa Degrees awarded by the University of Calabria

*1981 Gerhard Rohlfs in Literature *1986 Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza in

Natural Science Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

*1991

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in Management Engineering *1994 Carlo Dionisotti in Literature *1996 Gianni Amelio in Literature *2000 Eric P. Hamp in Literature *2003

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Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

*2003 Gianvito Resta in Literature *2008 Boris Ulianich in History *2010 Saverio Strati in Modern Philology *2012 Roberto Benigni in Modern Philology *2012 Salomon Resnik in Philosophy *2012

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in Arts, Cinema and Media languages *2013 Vandana Shiva in Nutrition Science

References

External links

Official Web Site
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