The University of Salento ( it, Università del Salento, called until 2007 ''Università degli Studi di Lecce'') is a university located in

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

, Italy. It was founded in 1955 by

Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli (28 March 1913 – 8 February 1988) was an Italian Christian Democrat politician. Biography Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli was the son of Alfredo Codacci Pisanelli, a law professor at the University of Rome, a liberal, u ...

. The university of Salento commenced activities in the academic year 1955-1956 under the "Salentine University Council". In 1960, it became the "Free University of Lecce" and passed to Government authority in the 1967–1968 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. In 2018, it was ranked 501–600, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Organization and Programmes

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

Department of Biological and
Environmental Sciences Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geo ...
and Technologies

*Bachelor's Programmes: ** Biological science ** Biotechnology **

Environmental Sciences Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geo ...

and Technologies ** Viticulture and

Oenology Oenology (also enology; ) is the science and study of wine and winemaking. Oenology is distinct from viticulture, which is the science of the growing, cultivation, and harvesting of grapes. The English word oenology derives from the Greek word ' ...

Begins at the academic year 2017/2018 *Master's Programmes: ** Biology **Coastal and

Marine Biology Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies s ...

and Ecology (taught in English) **

** Medical Biotechnology and

Nanobiotechnology Nanobiotechnology, bionanotechnology, and nanobiology are terms that refer to the intersection of nanotechnology and biology. Given that the subject is one that has only emerged very recently, bionanotechnology and nanobiotechnology serve as blan ...

Department of
Cultural Heritage Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soci ...

*Bachelor's Programmes: **Cultural Heritage **Arts, music and entertainment disciplines *Master's Programmes: **

Archeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

** Art history **Diagnosis of Cultural Heritage **European Heritage,

Digital Media Digital media is any communication media that operate in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, and preserved on a digital electronics device. ' ...

and the Information Society (taught in English)

Department of Economics Sciences

*Bachelor's Programmes: ** Business Economics **Economics And

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

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

Department of Human and Social Sciences

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

Educator A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...

*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

*Bachelor's Programmes: ** Communication Sciences ** Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures ** Literature **

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

** Language Mediation *Master's Programmes: **

Classical Literature Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

**Modern Literature **Modern Languages, literature and Translation **Philosophical Sciences **Public, Economic and Institutional Communication **

Technical Translation Technical translation is a type of specialized translation involving the translation of documents produced by technical writers (owner's manuals, user guides, etc.), or more specifically, texts which relate to technological subject areas or texts w ...

and

Interpreting Interpreting is a translational activity in which one produces a first and final target-language output on the basis of a one-time exposure to an expression in a source language. The most common two modes of interpreting are simultaneous inter ...

Department of Innovation Engineering

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

Information Engineering Information engineering is the engineering discipline that deals with the generation, distribution, analysis, and use of information, data, and knowledge in systems. The field first became identifiable in the early 21st century. The component ...

*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

* Jurisprudence (five years)

Department of
Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
and Physics "Ennio De Giorgi"

*Bachelor's Programmes: **

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

** Optics and

Optometry Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care. In the Uni ...

** Physics *Master's Programmes: **Mathematics **Physics

Sports, clubs, and traditions

The University Sports Centre (in Italian Centro Universitario Sportivo - CUS) houses all the sporting activities that take place for enrolled students at the University of Salento. All courses are 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 Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's muscles (muscle building) by muscle hypertrophy for aesthetic purposes. It is distinct from similar activities such as powerlifting because it focuses o ...

, step, and breathing training. Body building can be found at the "Mario Stasi" sports centre in Via Vincenzo 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's 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

External links

University of Salento Website

Times Higher Education-World University Rankings 2015
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