University of Trento
| Università degli Studi di Trento | |
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| Latin: Athesina Studiorum Universitas | |
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Former names
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Istituto Universitario Superiore di Scienze Sociali |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1962 |
| President | Innocenzo Cipolletta |
| Rector | Paolo Collini |
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Academic staff
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586 |
| Students | 16.548 (2015) |
| Location |
Trento and Rovereto, Trentino,   Italy46°04′10″N 11°07′16″E / 46.069426°N 11.121117°ECoordinates: 46°04′10″N 11°07′16″E / 46.069426°N 11.121117°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Sports |
UNI.Sport CUS webpage |
| Affiliations | EUA |
| Website | http://www.unitn.it |
The University of Trento (Italian: Università degli Studi di Trento) is an Italian university located in Trento and nearby Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research, and international relations according to CENSIS and the Italian Ministry of Education.
The didactic and scientific activities are concentrated around three main "areas": the city area, with the Faculties of Economics, Sociology, Law, Arts and Humanities; the hill area, with the Faculties of Mathematical, Physical and Life sciences and the Faculty of Engineering; and the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences at Rovereto.
The University of Trento was founded in 1962 as a Higher University Institute for Social Sciences. It then became the first Faculty of Sociology in Italy. The impact on the city was quite contradictory: the University was seen both as a motivating force for cultural openness and the creation of a new leading class, but also as a fracturing element of protest.
In order to expand the educational opportunities of the University of Trento, in 1972 the Faculty of Science was founded and in 1973 so was the Faculty of Economics. The academic project was expanded in 1984 with the Faculties of Arts and Humanities and Law and in 1985 with the Faculty of Engineering. In 2004 the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences was founded.
Special importance has been given to the International dimension of the University ever since its first years. The University has focused on the development of strategic international alliances in the view of complementarity.
The University has partnerships with prestigious universities and research centers all over the world and is part of important cooperation networks (for instance Consorzio Time, Asea-Uninet GE4).
Aside from the LLP-Erasmus project, since 1997 the University has also supported double degree agreements. The most recent one is the double degree in Civil Engineering with the University of Tongi China (May 2008): students can achieve a Master in Civil Engineering and the two year Master course in Civil Engineering in Trento. The University is part of the Erasmus Mundus programme and the Erasmus Mundus External cooperation window (now called action 2 of Erasmus Mundus II).
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