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.

[edit] Campus

Exterior

Gallery

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.

[edit] Organization

These are the 6 faculties in which the university is divided into:

• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Letters and Philosophy
• Faculty of Sciences
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Political Sciences

[edit] Points of interest

• Orto Botanico dell'Università della Calabria

[edit] See also

• List of Italian universities
• Cosenza
• Rende

[edit] External links

• University of Calabria Website (Italian)