University of Calabria

The University of Calabria (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 institution is situated in the 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
 * Culture, education and society
 * Pharmacy, health and nutritional sciences
 * Physics
 * Civil Engineering
 * Computer, modeling, electronics and systems engineering
 * Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering
 * Environment engineering
 * Mathematics and Computer Science
 * Business and Law
 * Economics, Statistics and Finance
 * Political and Social Sciences
 * Humanities

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