Università del Salento

Università del Salento (UniSalento) is a public research university in Lecce, Apulia, southern Italy, founded in 1955. Its main administrative seat is at Piazza Tancredi, n. 7, 73100 Lecce. The university is organised into departments covering Cultural Heritage (Beni Culturali), Engineering for Innovation (Ingegneria dell'Innovazione), Mathematics and Physics (Matematica e Fisica 'Ennio De Giorgi'), Managerial Sciences (Scienze dell'Economia), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), Law Studies (Scienze Giuridiche), Human and Social Sciences (Scienze Umane e Sociali), Humanities (Studi Umanistici), and Experimental Medicine (Medicina Sperimentale). It offers 32 Bachelor's degree courses, 34 Master's degree courses including 9 international programmes, single-cycle Master's degrees, PhD programmes, master's courses (I and II level), and continuing education. UniSalento is active in research (PRIN projects, research centres, spin-offs) and has a dedicated international portal at international.unisalento.it. It participates in the Erasmus+ programme and hosts the ISUFI (Scuola Superiore) and a university sports centre (CUS).