Bononia University Press S.p.A. (BUP) is an associate publisher of the University of Bologna (Italy).
The university is situated in the center of Bologna, where it was established in 1998 as an Italian University Press which was created as a limited company and includes private investors among its owners.
The Bononia University Press is driven by corporate-editorial policies as well as three government bodies. These bodies include: the board of directors whom gather the representatives and shareholders of BUP; the Board of Auditors, who are tasked with BUP's financial management; and the Scientific Committee, that analyzes and recommends Bononia University Press' publications to third-parties.
Bononia University Press was established in 1998 as an editorial brand of the University of Bologna. It produces roughly 90 titles per year, and, as of September 2014, holds a catalogue of about 900 titles that includes art and academic texts, narrative literature, history and photography books, illustrated texts for children, and translations from foreign languages.
Bononia University Press collaborates with cultural representatives of the Emilia-Romagna region, such as:
Bononia University Press also cooperates with national institutions, such as:
Since 2006, Bononia University Press has been publishing the books of individuals who have received the Inedited Italian Narrative biennal Award "Arcangela Todaro-Faranda"- in 2014, in occasion of tenth death' anniversary of professor Raffaele Spongano, the foundation creator, it was published a collection of all the contest judges' relations and winners of various editions' opinions; in 2009, Bononia University Press became the editor of Illustrator’s Annual, the official catalogue of Bologna Children's Book Fair's illustrators.
A few authors who have published with Bononia University Press include:
Some individuals who have illustrated volumes for Bononia University Press are:
Bononia University Press publishes scientific and cultural journals. These include: