University of Salerno - Italy. Region: Campania Salerno Situated on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea 146.000 inhabitants Main town close to.

University of Salerno - Italy

Region: Campania

Salerno

• Situated on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea

• 146.000 inhabitants

• Main town close to Amalfi Coast (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

• Mostly known for its “Schola Medica Salernitana” (the first University of Medicine in the world).

Salerno has very ancient origins, very probably Greek.In 8th century the “Schola Medica Salernitana” was founded, first medieval medical school in the cosmopolitan coastal south Italian city of Salerno, which provided the most important source of medical knowledge in Western Europe at the time.

Even today Salerno’s beautiful historic centre bears signs of this glorious past with its medieval charm intact.

“Salerno rhyme of the winter, oh! sweetest winter. Salerno rhyme of eternity”

These were the last verses written by the renowned Salernitan poet, Alfonso Gatto, about his city…

Climate Average C°

January 6/13°February 6/14°March 7/16°

April 10/19°May 13/24°June 17/28°July 19/30°

August 19/30°September 17/27°October 13/23°November 10/18°December 7/15°

The cost of living in Salerno is quite low compared to other Italian towns. Accommodation in single room about € 250,00

Accommodation in double room about €180,00

Monthly bus pass € 25,40

Weekly bus pass € 9,20

Daily ticket € 2,60

Single ticket € 1,10

Cinema ticket € 7.00

Cinema On Wednesday € 3,50

Newspaper € 1,00

Milk 1 lt. € 1,35

Bread 1 kg € 2,00

Pizza and a beer (restaurant) € 10,00

Food…nothing better to introduce Campania and its traditions…

Voices from the past ….

Two among the most important archeological sites in the world are nearby Salerno: Pompeii,

where time stopped on 24 August 79 during Vesuvio eruption, and Paestum

(Greek period) although less known, visiting it is like engaging an

extraordinary journey through time: a walk through its temples at sunset is

unforgettable … its Museum, where you can see the

famous Tuffatore fresco…

The “Schola Medica Salernitana” achieved its utmost splendour between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, during which its fame began to spread more than locally. Salerno gained the title of "Town of Hippocrates" (Hippocratica Civitas or Hippocratica Urbs). People from all over the world came to the "Schola Salerni" in the hope of recovering, and students to learn the art of Medicine.

THE PAST

The University of Salerno is one of the oldest universities in Europe together with Paris and Bologna.

THE PRESENTThe presence of multimedia

facilities, halls of residence, a modern library, sport facilities, as

well as places to meet and eat, and green spaces make it a pleasant

place to study.

University of Salerno

Founded in 1944More than 40.000 students 10 Faculties

31 Degrees 39 Master Degrees

3 Postgraduate Schools16 Ph.D Courses

10 Faculties

1. Economics and Business2. Pharmacy3. Law4. Engineering5. Arts and Philosophy

6. Foreign languages and literature

7. Medicine8. Education9. Mathematics, physics and

biology10. Political science

Living on Campus

The halls of residence are made up of 282 rooms:

210 single rooms and 72 double and triple rooms.

5’ minutes walk and you can reach your class…and more!

SportThe University has a sports centre enablingstudents to practice on campus.

It offers:a covered swimming pooltwo five-a-side football groundsa hard tennis courta ground for different sports a cycling and running tracktwo” gyms for such activities asAerobics, Step aerobics, Bodybuilding, Table tennis, etc.a sports hall with a 1200 square metresurface for Aerobics, Step aerobics,Spinning, Basket ball, Volley ball;an open air basketball ground

Language CentreThe language centre

organises courses and practice sessions for the teaching of foreign languages in its multimedia and audiovisual rooms, either with a teacher or on a self-access basis.

Computer rooms are available to international students here.

MusicThe University of Salerno is keen to encourage students to learn and play music.Every year, thanks to the

‘Musicateneo’ Association and other groups of teachers and students involved, the university formsan orchestra made up of Erasmus students and given the name “Erasmus Band”; other university orchestras

areThe “Camerata strumentale”The “Principe Sanseverino” vocal ensembleThe New Jazz OrchestraThe “Musicateneo Big Band”The “Musicateneo Percussion ensemble”The “Jazz Orchestra”The ‘Musicateneo’ Association has also produced two CDs, called Take the U Train and Next Station.Other musical events include: Courses in jazz improvisation, Campusinfesta”, a festival of folk music, “Live at

Fisciano Village”, a festival of all kinds of university bands.During the academic year concerts, seminars and master-classes are organised, with the participationof musicians of international fame.

TheatreThe theatre can seat

300 and it is fitted with the most up-to-date theatrical and acoustic equipment.

Foreign students may also take part free of charge in the Drama School.

This takes place from October through March. “Auditions” for admission to the school are held in October.

International Relations- Erasmus Office

5 Staff Members

Main tasks: Welcome point for International Students/Staff on mobility and/or full enrolled

Management of Erasmus and other International Programmes

Postgraduate Student Placement Abroad (Foreign Affairs Ministry and Assocamerestero)

International Relations

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International Cooperation Agreements

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The University of Salerno promotes a rich variety of academic collaboration agreements with foreign universities, promoting professor, researcher and

student mobility.

LLP ProgrammeErasmus Intensive Programmes Call 2009Languages“Interkulturelle Mnemo-Graphie Transmediale Darstellungen Portugals, Italiens und Deutschlands seit dem 19. Jahrhundert “UNISA - Universidade do Minho (P) – Universität Hamburg (D) Salerno, 3-15 Maggio 2010 ;

Science“Interdisciplinary approaches to microarray data analysis”UNISA University of Helsinki (SF) – University of Warwick (UK) – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II° (I) Università degli Studi di Milano (I)

Comenius Call 2009 (Education)MOST – Motivation to study UNISA - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (E) Bulgarian and Italian Secondary schools

Grundtvig Call 2008 (Education)CHANGE – Care of Health Advertising New Goals for Elderly PeopleUNISA - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (E) - Uniwersytet Jagiellonski Collegium Medicum (PL) Vilniaus universiteto (LT)

Grundtvig Call 2009 (Sociology)EEPP - E learning education for prisoners and prisoners professionals UNISA -University of Montpellier 3 (F) – Italian and Rumanian prisons

Erasmus Curriculum Development (Humanities) MA European Youth Studies (MA EYS) UNISA - University of Innsbruck (A) – Gent (B) – Plovdiv (BG) – Thessaloniki (GR) – Lleida (E) – Luxembourg , Oslo (N) – Tampere (SF) Glamorgan (UK)

Maynooth (IRL)

International Research Projects

FP 7 - NMP ADDNANO Development and scale-up of innovative nanotechnology-based processes into the value chain of the lubricants market.

FP 7 - NMP EUMET Olefin metathesis as a practical synthetic tool

FP 7 - ICT FRONTS Foundations of adaptive networked societies of tiny artefacts

FP 7 - ICT CATHERINE Carbon nanotube technology for high-speed next-generation nano-interconnects

FP 7 - ICT ECRYPT II European network of excellence in cryptology - Phase II

FP 7 - SST DELTA Concerted coordination for the promotion of efficient multimodal interfaces

FP 7 - ICT HIP Hybrid information processing

Azione Integrata Italia- Spagna 2006

Role of the endocannabinoid system in neurodegenerative diseases

International Research ProjectsAzione Integrata Italia- Spagna 2008

Testi filosofici e storico-letterari greci nelle traduzioni e nell’iconografia di età umanistica

Azione Integrata Italia- Spagna 2009

Modellazione numerica avanzata di fenomeni franosi altamente distruttivi

International Cooperation(Education and Research Italian Ministry)

Controllo dei sottoprodotti della disinfezione nelle acque e nelle acque reflue destinate al riutilizzo

International Cooperation(Education and Research Italian Ministry)

Conseguenze economiche dell’invecchiamento della popolazione: previdenza, salute, risparmio e scelte di portafoglio

International Cooperation(Education and Research Italian Ministry)

European Master in Information Systems

International Cooperation(Education and Research Italian Ministry)

Sintesi, Caratterizzazione e Modellazione Molecolare di Polimeri di Interesse Industriale

International Cooperation(Education and Research Italian Ministry)

Modelli non Lineari per Applicazioni Tecnologiche e Biomediche di Materiali non Convenzionali

International Cooperation(Education and Research Italian Ministry)

Master Internazionale in Economics and Complexity

Asia-Link URO - A new curriculum to improve the “quality of life” for people with URinary incOntinence.

AEGEEEtats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe

AEGEE Salerno is an independent European student

association. Its members include many former Erasmus students.

The AEGEE office is situatedinside the International

Relations - Erasmus Office. The main aim of the

association is to help international students coming from different

European universities to find accommodation and to solve any

problems which might arise during their stay.

It also cooperates with the International Relations - Erasmus Office to organise the welcoming of incoming

students.

NON SOLO SOLE 2010 XXII Edition

AEGEE Salerno organizes summer courses of Italian language and culture for foreign students. These courses are based on an innovative structure: tuition in class is combined with an afternoon program of cultural trips and activities.

AEGEEEtats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe

Incoming students can apply for the halls of residence or can be helped to find accommodation in private rented rooms by “AEGEE Salerno”, whose main purposes are:To assist incoming students to find suitable accommodation;To promote and speed up their integration process.“AEGEE SALERNO” realizes these objectives collaborating very close with the IRO and every morning students belonging to AEGEE are at students’ disposal, organizing:

guided tour through the University Campus to make incoming students fully aware of all services and facilities offered by the University (residence, Canteen, Wi FI, library, sport facilities, medical centre, bank and post office);

Erasmus Action Weeks (orientation days) and a mailing list through which EM students, Erasmus students and local students may be easily contacted for whatever reason;

Sport and recreational activities, excursions and weekly meeting;

Linguistic students’ exchanges (tandem);

Trip and cultural visits to several Italian regions.

Italian Intensive Language Course

The University of Salerno organizes Italian intensive language courses free of charge for the international student mobility. The aim is to give students a basic competence in Italian in order to guarantee

them a better understanding of courses.The course is organized in two modules of

30 hours each, for a total amount of 60 hours, at the beginning of the first and the

second terms. After attending the course,

students will receive a certificate with a final mark and 12 credits, if they pass the test.

An entrance test will establish to which level students will be assigned to.

Tell me about Erasmus Raccontami Erasmus

The University of Salerno promotes each year a competitionin order to award a prize for a piece of creative writing, Video or Photo Album.

The competition is open to all Erasmus students, PhD students of the University ofSalerno and any foreign students studying at UNISA who have

been awarded an Erasmus grant during the past years. Any foreign student who is not in an Erasmus mobility programme may also

enter for the competition by writing a text describing his/her experience at a university campus. The competition requires candidates to write an original text

(a diary, short story, theatrical piece) or to present a short Video or a Photo album, inspired by a period of study spent abroad with an Erasmus grant.

Winners will receive a certificate and a sum of money during a special public ceremony.

Winners from abroad will receive a € 250,00 refund for travel expenses and two nights free board offered by UNISA.

“Un altro disegno nacque lasera dalle finestre di Salerno ed esso mi risparmierà ogni descrizione di una terradeliziosa e fertilissima.Chi non sarebbe stato disposto a studiare in questa cittadina nel tempo in cui vi fioriva una università?”

W. GoetheViaggio in Italia22 marzo 1787

“Another picture was made in the evening from the windows in Salerno and it will save me giving any description of this delightful and fertile land.Who would not have wished to study in this town in the times when a university flourished there?”

W. GoetheA Voyage to ItalyMarch 22nd, 1787

See you in Salerno, then…

Thank for your attention