University of Calabria 

University of Calabria
Università della Calabria

Established: 1972
Type: State-supported
Rector: Prof. Giovanni Latorre
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), 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.


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Campus

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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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