University of Tuscia (, UNITUS) is a

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located in the city of

Viterbo Viterbo (; Central Italian, Viterbese: ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Lazio region of Italy, the Capital city, capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in ...

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. Founded in 1979, the University comprises 6 academic departments. Much of the campus occupies the former monastic complex of Santa Maria in Gradi. The reference in the University's name to "

Tuscia Tuscia ( , ) is a historical region of central Italy that comprises part of the territories under Etruscan influence, or Etruria, named so since the Roman conquest. From the Middle Ages, the name was used to refer to three macro-areas: the " ...

", evokes the term used for a historical region of

, centered in recent times upon the city of

, but which once referred to the far wider territories that in ancient times were under

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influence, and in post-antiquity included what is now the whole region of

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, a great part of

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and the northern parts of

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. The University's core specialist subject areas reflect in considerable part the current character of the territory which surrounds it. The University conducts its activity in a variety of locations within and around the city, which has a rich and complex history, that among other features bears the stamp of the turbulent medieval period, including the struggle between the Empire and the Papacy, and is marked, too, by the unfolding of the Renaissance, the rise of a unified Italy and the struggle against Nazi aggression. On 26 February 2019, the President of the Republic of Italy

Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician and jurist who has served as the president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 20 ...

chose to inaugurate the Italian academic year at Tuscia University. Following words of formal welcome by Marco Frey, president of the Italian Foundation Global Compact Network, the Head of State gave a widely publicized speech, in which he congratulated the University on the progress it had made in many areas of its activity in the forty years since its foundation and offered his encouragement for the future. After the event, Mattarella made a private visit to the

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of St.

Rose of Viterbo Rose of Viterbo, Third Order of Saint Francis, TOSF (; c. 1233 – 6 March 1251), was a young woman born in Viterbo, then a contested Comune, commune of the Papal States. She spent her brief life as a recluse, and was outspoken in her support of t ...

, located in the city.

Organization

The University has seven (7) departments: * Department of Legal, Social, and Educational Sciences * Department of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences * Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences * Department of Economy, Engineering, Society and Business * Department of Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems * Department of Linguistic, literary, historical, philosophical and legal studies * Department of Humanities, Communication and Tourism

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* Tuscia University Buildings and structures in Viterbo Educational institutions established in 1979 Education in Lazio 1979 establishments in Italy Viterbo {{Italy-university-stub

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