Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italian: Libera Università di Bolzano, German: Freie Universität Bozen) is a university located in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded in 1997 and is organized in 4 Faculties and 1 School.

The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano aims to offer students a multilingual, practice-oriented education that meets the demands of the local and the European labour market. Lectures and seminars are held in German, Italian and English. The only exception here being the Faculty of Education, which offers German, Italian and Ladin speaking students separate training sections. The university offers study programmes ranging from bachelor degree up to doctoral.

The emphasis of teaching is to provide theoretically sound and practice-orientated training. A large proportion of educational activities take place as seminars, lectures given by guest-speakers, practical training and workshops. Within the framework of the academic exchange program students are encouraged to spend one or more semesters at universities abroad.

Students at the Free University of Bolzano can count on the support of their teachers throughout the course of their studies. Limited numbers of places available on courses supply conditions for an optimal student-teacher ratio. During the entire time of their studies, students will receive support from tutors whose background is both academic and professional. The university ensures excellent conditions for target-oriented studies by offering a wide range of innovative services. Regular evaluations of study conditions and teaching activities provide for the safeguarding of efficiency and quality.

[edit] Organization

These are the 5 faculties in which the university is divided into:

• School of Economics and Management
• Faculty of Computer Science
• Faculty of Design and Art
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Science and Technology

Bolzano Campus

[edit] European Master Programmes

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. There are 3 European Master Programmes in the area of computer science running in this university, under Erasmus Mundus Programme:

• European Masters Program in Computational Logic
• European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies
• European Masters Program in Software Engineering

[edit] References

• Hans Karl Peterlini; Hannes Obermair (eds), Universitas Est. Essays and documents on the history of education in Tyrol/South-Tyrol, 2 Vol. [1] (Bozen-Bolzano University Press, Raetia Verlag, Bozen/Bolzano 2008), ISBN 978-88-7283-316-2

[edit] See also

• List of Italian universities

[edit] External links

• Homepage of the university
• freeunibz, The design students' blog
• Ranking assessments from Italian/German media