University of Calabria

Public university in Arcavacata, Italy

University of Calabria
Università della Calabria

Type	Public
Established	1972
Rector	Prof. Nicola Leone
Administrative staff	800
Students	ca 35,000
Location	Rende , Italy
Campus	Rural
Sports teams	CUS Cosenza^[1]
Website	Official website

The University of Calabria (Italian: Università della Calabria, UNICAL) is a state-run university in Italy. Located in Arcavacata, a hamlet of Rende and a suburb of Cosenza, 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 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 Cosenza, 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.