Undergraduate tuition and fees 128,250 ITL (2011) Founded 31 October 1997 | Total enrollment 2,801 (2016) Phone +39 0471 011000 | |
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The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italian: Libera Università di Bolzano, German: Freie Universität Bozen, Ladin: Università Liedia de Bulsan) is a university primarily located in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded on 31 October 1997 and is organized into five Faculties.
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- 2nd entrepreneurship evening free university of bozen bolzano
- Campus
- Rectors
- School of Economics
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Computer Science
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Faculty of Design
- European Master Programmes
- Studium Generale
- Research
- Library
- Students activities
- References
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB or unibz) aims to offer students a multilingual, practice-oriented education that meets the demands of the local and the European labour market. Lectures and seminars are held in German, Italian and English. The only exception is the Faculty of Education, which offers German, Italian and Ladin language speaking students separate training sections. The university offers study programmes ranging from bachelor's degrees to doctorates.
The emphasis of teaching is to provide theoretically sound and practice-orientated training. A large proportion of educational activities take place as seminars, lectures given by guest speakers, practical training and workshops. Within the framework of the academic exchange program students are encouraged to spend one or more semesters at universities abroad.
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Campus
The university has three campuses: at Bolzano, Brixen and Bruneck. The buildings in Bolzano were designed by the architects Matthias Bischoff and Roberto Azzola of Zurich and those at Brixen by Regina Kohlmeyer and Jens Oberst from Stuttgart. The latter won in 2005 the 9th architecture prize of the city of Oderzo.
Rectors
The rectors of the university have been Alfred Steinherr, an economist from Luxembourg, from 1998 to 2003, the Swiss linguist Rita Franceschini, from 2004 to 2008, and the German sociologist Walter Lorenz, from 2008.
School of Economics
The School of Economics and Management is based at Bozen-Bolzano and Bruneck-Brunico. It offers three bachelor and two master's degree programs.
Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education is in Brixen-Bressanone and the following courses are active:
Faculty of Computer Science
The Faculty of Computer Science is based in Bozen-Bolzano and has the following courses:
Faculty of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology has the following active courses:
Faculty of Design
The Faculty of Design and Art offers the following courses:
European Master Programmes
The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is very active in this way and is amongst the research centers recognized by the European Union as a leader in this program. There are three European Master Programmes in the area of computer science running in this university, under Erasmus Mundus Programme:
Studium Generale
Since 2011 there has been a Studium Generale (multidisciplinary) course, which offers a wide range of lectures in fields of general interest.
Research
According to the numbers provided on the website, 275 research projects have been conducted within the university since 1998.
Library
According to library ranking system issued by German library networks (BIX project) in 2009, this university has the second best library amongst German-speaking states (Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy).