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Type
  
State-supported

Rector
  
Prof. Vincenzo Zara

Location
  
Lecce, Italy

Phone
  
+39 0832 301829

Founded
  
1955

Established
  
1955

Students
  
17,974 (2016)

Total enrollment
  
17,974 (2016)

Province
  
Province of Lecce

Campus
  
Ecotekne and Cittadella della Ricerca

Address
  
Piazza Tancredi, 7, 73100 Lecce LE, Italy

Similar
  
University of Bari, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Naples Federico II, University of Salerno, Università degli studi di Foggia

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The University of Salento (Italian: Università del Salento, called until 2007 Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1955 and is organized in 6 Faculties.

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The University of Salento commenced activities in the academic year 1955-56 under the “Salentine University Council”. In 1960 it became the “Free University of Lecce” and passed to Government authority in the 1967/68 academic year.

Since 2005, the University of Salento is a partner of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC).

University of Salento is ranked 251-275 among the top world's university and fifth in Italy, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on 2015.

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Organization and Programmes

The university is divided into 6 faculties:

Faculty of Economics

  • Bachelor's Programmes:
  • Business Administration
  • Economics And Finance
  • Master's Programmes:
  • Business Management
  • Economics, Finance and Insurance
  • Management of Tourist and Cultural Activities
  • Faculty of Education, Political and Social sciences

  • Bachelor's Programmes:
  • Theories and Educational Practices
  • Science and Psychological Techniques
  • Political Science And International Relations
  • Social Service
  • Sociology
  • Master's Programmes:
  • Design and Management of Training Processes
  • Methodology of Psychological Intervention
  • Geopolitical and International Studies
  • Design and Management of Policies and Social Services
  • Sociology and Social Research
  • Primary Education Sciences (five years)
  • Faculty of Engineering

  • Bachelor's Programmes:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Information Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Master's Programmes:
  • Aerospace Engineering (taught in English)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Communication Engineering (taught in English)
  • Computer Engineering (taught in English)
  • Management Engineering (taught in English)
  • Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology (taught in English)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Cultural Heritage

  • Bachelor's Programmes:
  • Archaeological Heritage
  • Communication Sciences
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Languages, Cultures and Foreign Literature
  • Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Science and Technique of Linguistic Mediation
  • Master's Programmes:
  • Archeology
  • Art history
  • Classical Studies
  • Diagnosis of Cultural Heritage
  • European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society
  • Modern Literature
  • Modern Languages, Literature and Translation
  • Philosophical Sciences
  • Technical-Scientific Translation and Interpreting
  • Faculty of Law

  • Jurisprudence (five years)
  • Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences

  • Bachelor's Programmes:
  • Biological science
  • Biotechnology
  • Mathematics
  • Optics and Optometry
  • Physics
  • Science and Technology for the Environment
  • Master's Programmes:
  • Biology
  • Coastal and Marine Biology and Ecology (taught in English)
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology
  • Physics
  • Sports, clubs, and traditions

    The University Sports Centre houses all the sporting activities that take place for enrolled students at the University of Salento.

    All courses are free and taught by qualified and nationally certified instructors including a variety of disciplines, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, aerobics, funky, tennis, fencing, Latin American dance, swimming, aqua gym, body building, step, and breathing training.

    Body building can be found at the “Mario Stasi” sports centre in Via Cuoco, and there are also agreements with local swimming pools.

    The CUS takes part annually in the Italian University Games and appears annually on the list of National University Champions demonstrating a high level of participation. In addition to this the CUS Lecce also organises a series of game competitions, with individual end of course tournaments and le Cussiardi.

    Also for student members it is also possible to take part in winter and summer camps with agreements with C.U.S.I. It possible to do alpine ski-ing, ski jumping snowboarding and carving in the following localities, Fai della Pagnella (TN), Folgaria (TN), and Valzodana (BL) while it is possible to do windsurfing, canoeing, and sub- aqua courses in Muravera (CA), Terasini (PA), and San Cristoforo- Lake Caldonazzo (TN)

    References

    University of Salento Wikipedia