University of Calabria

University of Calabria
Università della Calabria
Established 1972
Type State-supported
Rector Prof. Giovanni Latorre
Admin. staff 800
Students ca 35,000
Location Cosenza, Italy
Sports teams CUS Cosenza (http://www.cuscosenza.it/)
Website www.unical.it

The University of Calabria (Università della Calabria, UNICAL) 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.

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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:

Points of interest

See also

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