University of Salento

Università del Salento
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Lupiaensis
Type	State-supported
Established	1955
Rector	Prof. Vincenzo Zara
Students	17,974 (2016)
Location	Lecce , Italy
Campus	Ecotekne and Cittadella della Ricerca
Sports teams	CUS Lecce (http://www.unile.it/cusl/)
Website	https://www.unisalento.it http://international.unisalento.it

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.

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.^[1] In 2018, it was ranked 501-600, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. ^[2]

Organization and Programmes[edit]

The university is divided into 8 departments, which offer the following programmes:

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Biological science
  
  
  • Biotechnology
  
  
  • Environmental Sciences and Technologies
  
  
  • 
    Viticulture and Oenology^[3]
    
  
  
  
  


• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Biology
  
  
  • Coastal and Marine Biology and Ecology (taught in English)
  
  
  • Environmental Sciences
  
  
  • Medical Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology
    
  
  
  
  

Department of Cultural Heritage[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Cultural Heritage
  
  
  • Arts, music and entertainment disciplines^[3]
    
  
  
  
  


• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Archeology
  
  
  • Art history
  
  
  • Diagnosis of Cultural Heritage
  
  
  • European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society (taught in English)
  
  
  
  

Department of Economics Sciences[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Business Economics
  
  
  • Economics And Finance
    
  
  
  • Tourism management^[3]
    
  
  
  
  


• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Business Management
  
  
  • Economics, Finance and Insurance
    
  
  
  • Management of Tourist and Cultural Activities
  
  
  
  

Department of History, Society and Human Studies[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • 
    Political Science And International Relations
    
  
  
  • Psychological Science and Techniques
  
  
  • Social Service
  
  
  • Sociology
  
  
  • Socio-Cultural Educator
    
  
  
  
  


• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Pedagogical Counseling and Planning Of Educational Processes
  
  
  • Planning and Management Of Social Policies and Services
  
  
  • 
    Primary Education Sciences (five years)
  
  
  • Methodology of The Psychological Intervention
  
  
  • 
    Geopolitical and International Studies
    
  
  
  • Sociology and Social Research
  
  
  
  

Department of Humanities[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Communication Sciences
  
  
  • 
    Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures
  
  
  • Literature
  
  
  • Philosophy
  
  
  • Language Mediation
  
  
  
  


• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Classical Literature
  
  
  • Modern Literature
  
  
  • Modern Languages, literature and Translation
    
  
  
  • Philosophical Sciences
  
  
  • Public, Economic and Institutional Communication
  
  
  • 
    Technical Translation and Interpreting
    
  
  
  
  

Department of Innovation Engineering[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Civil Engineering
  
  
  • 
    Industrial Engineering (Cittadella della ricerca campus)
  
  
  • 
    Industrial Engineering (Ecotekne campus)
  
  
  • Information Engineering
  
  
  
  

• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • 
    Aerospace Engineering (taught in English)
  
  
  • Civil Engineering
  
  
  • 
    Communication Engineering and Electronic Technologies (taught in English)
  
  
  • 
    Computer Engineering (taught in English)
  
  
  • 
    Management Engineering (taught in English)
  
  
  • 
    Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology (taught in English)
  
  
  • Mechanical Engineering
  
  
  
  

Department of Juridical Sciences[edit]

• 
  Jurisprudence (five years)

Department of Mathematics and Physics "Ennio De Giorgi"[edit]

• Bachelor's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Mathematics
  
  
  • 
    Optics and Optometry
    
  
  
  • Physics
  
  
  
  

• Master's Programmes:
  
  
  
  • Mathematics
  
  
  • Physics
  
  
  
  

Sports, clubs, and traditions[edit]

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)

See also[edit]

• Higher education in Italy


• Lecce


• List of aerospace engineering schools


• List of engineering schools


• List of Italian universities


• Lists of law schools


• List of optometry schools


• List of schools of international relations


• Salento

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 
  University of Salento Website (in Italian)
  


• Times Higher Education-World University Rankings 2015

Coordinates: 40°21′29″N 18°09′53″E / 40.35806°N 18.16472°E / 40.35806; 18.16472