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Free University of Bozen - Bolzano Latin: Universitas Studiorum Bauzanensis[1] Motto Trilingual and intercultural Type Private promoted by public entity Established 1997 President Ulrike Tappeiner Rector Alex Weissensteiner Director Günther MatháAdministrative staff
646 professors and researchers; 295 technical and administrative Students 4488[2] Location Bozen-BolzanoThe 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 with courses taught in German, Italian, and English. The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano regularly achieves top positions in national and international rankings.
The university has three campuses: in Bolzano, Brixen and Bruneck. The buildings in Bolzano were designed by the architects Matthias Bischoff and Roberto Azzola[3] of Zürich[4] 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.[5]
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).[6] Italian engineer Paolo Lugli was the rector from 2017 until 2024. Alex Weissensteiner has been since 2024 the rector at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Alex Weissensteiner is a professor of quantitative finance. He completed his doctoral studies at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck. In the following years, he conducted research and taught at the Universities of Innsbruck and Liechtenstein.
Economics and Management[edit]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. The Faculty of Economics and Management is currently ranked 176th among the best 1,600 universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. Moreover, the Free University of Bolzano also excels in key performance areas, achieving very high scores of 90 out of 100 in International Outlook and Research Quality.[7]
In the 2017 THE World’s Best Small Universities Rankings, Free University of Bozen-Bozano was ranked among the best 10 small universities worldwide. [8]
The Faculty of Education is based in Brixen and offers three bachelor's, three master's, and one PhD program.
The main research areas of the faculty include:
The Faculty of Engineering is based in Bolzano and offers five bachelor's, five master's, and three PhD degree programs.
Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences[edit]The Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences offers two bachelor's, four master's, and two PhD programs.
The Faculty for Design and Art offers two bachelor's and two master's.
The main research areas of the faculty include:[9]
The faculty also operates a fab lab named Bitz, which is also open to users not affiliated with unibz.
European Master Programmes[edit]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.
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