University of Calabria

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 whole structure is swathed in greenery of 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

Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition

Physics

Civil Engineering

Computer engineering, modeling, electronics and systems

Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Management Engineering

Engineering for the environment and the territory and chemical engineering

Languages and Education

Mathematics and Computer Science

Business and Law

Economics, Statistics and Finance

Political and Social Sciences

Humanistic studies

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

1991 Silvio Berlusconi in Management Engineering

1994 Carlo Dionisotti in Literature

1996 Gianni Amelio in Literature

2000 Eric P. Hamp in Literature

2003 Frank Iacobucci in Political Science

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 Mario Martone in Arts, Cinema and Media languages

2013 Vandana Shiva in Nutrition Science