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Libera Università di Bolzano Freie Universität Bozen Università Liedia de Bulsan | |
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Bauzanensis | |
Motto | Trilingual and intercultural |
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Type | Private promoted by public entity |
Established | 1997 |
President | Ulrike Tappeiner |
Rector | Paolo Lugli |
Director | Günther Mathá |
Administrative staff | 646 professors and researchers; 295 technical and administrative |
Students | 4488 [1] |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Website |
www |
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano ( Italian: Libera Università di Bolzano, German: Freie Universität Bozen, Ladin: Università Liedia de Bulsan) is a university primarily located in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. It was founded on 31 October 1997 and is organized into five faculties.
The university has three campuses: in Bolzano, Brixen and Bruneck. The buildings in Bolzano were designed by the architects Matthias Bischoff and Roberto Azzola [2] of Zürich [3] and those in Brixen by Regina Kohlmeyer and Jens Oberst from Stuttgart. The latter won the 9th architecture prize of the city of Oderzo in 2005. [4]
Previous rectors of the university were Luxembourg economist Alfred Steinherr (1998 - 2003), Swiss linguist Rita Franceschini (2004 - 2008), and German sociologist Walter Lorenz (2008 - 2016). [5] Italian engineer Paolo Lugli has been the rector since 2017.
The Faculty of Economics and Management is based in Bolzano and Bruneck. It offers four bachelor's, five master's, and three PhD degree programs: [6]
The research clusters of the faculty are: [7]
The Faculty of Education is in Brixen and the following courses are active:
Main research areas at the faculty are: [8]
The Faculty of Engineering is based in Bolzano and has the following courses:
The Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences has the following active courses:
The Faculty of Design and Art offers the following courses:
The main research areas of the faculty are: [9]
The faculty also operates a fab lab named Bitz, which is also open to users not affiliated with unibz.
The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is very active in this way and is amongst the research centers recognized by the European Union as a leader in this program.[ citation needed] There are two European Master Programmes in the area of computer science running in this university, under Erasmus Mundus Programme:
Since 2011, there has been a multidisciplinary Studium Generale course, which offers a wide range of lectures in fields of general interest. [10]
A total of 917 projects of basic and applied research have been conducted within the university since 1998. [11]
The university has scientific and technological laboratories at each of its sites, at the NOI Techpark, a local technological and innovation hub, and at the Versuchszentrum Laimburg, an agronomy research institute.
According to library ranking system issued by German library networks (BIX project) in 2009, this university has the second best library amongst German-speaking states ( Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy). [12]
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Libera Università di Bolzano Freie Universität Bozen Università Liedia de Bulsan | |
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Bauzanensis | |
Motto | Trilingual and intercultural |
---|---|
Type | Private promoted by public entity |
Established | 1997 |
President | Ulrike Tappeiner |
Rector | Paolo Lugli |
Director | Günther Mathá |
Administrative staff | 646 professors and researchers; 295 technical and administrative |
Students | 4488 [1] |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Website |
www |
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano ( Italian: Libera Università di Bolzano, German: Freie Universität Bozen, Ladin: Università Liedia de Bulsan) is a university primarily located in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. It was founded on 31 October 1997 and is organized into five faculties.
The university has three campuses: in Bolzano, Brixen and Bruneck. The buildings in Bolzano were designed by the architects Matthias Bischoff and Roberto Azzola [2] of Zürich [3] and those in Brixen by Regina Kohlmeyer and Jens Oberst from Stuttgart. The latter won the 9th architecture prize of the city of Oderzo in 2005. [4]
Previous rectors of the university were Luxembourg economist Alfred Steinherr (1998 - 2003), Swiss linguist Rita Franceschini (2004 - 2008), and German sociologist Walter Lorenz (2008 - 2016). [5] Italian engineer Paolo Lugli has been the rector since 2017.
The Faculty of Economics and Management is based in Bolzano and Bruneck. It offers four bachelor's, five master's, and three PhD degree programs: [6]
The research clusters of the faculty are: [7]
The Faculty of Education is in Brixen and the following courses are active:
Main research areas at the faculty are: [8]
The Faculty of Engineering is based in Bolzano and has the following courses:
The Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences has the following active courses:
The Faculty of Design and Art offers the following courses:
The main research areas of the faculty are: [9]
The faculty also operates a fab lab named Bitz, which is also open to users not affiliated with unibz.
The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is very active in this way and is amongst the research centers recognized by the European Union as a leader in this program.[ citation needed] There are two European Master Programmes in the area of computer science running in this university, under Erasmus Mundus Programme:
Since 2011, there has been a multidisciplinary Studium Generale course, which offers a wide range of lectures in fields of general interest. [10]
A total of 917 projects of basic and applied research have been conducted within the university since 1998. [11]
The university has scientific and technological laboratories at each of its sites, at the NOI Techpark, a local technological and innovation hub, and at the Versuchszentrum Laimburg, an agronomy research institute.
According to library ranking system issued by German library networks (BIX project) in 2009, this university has the second best library amongst German-speaking states ( Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy). [12]