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
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
6/13°
6/14°
7/16°
10/19°
13/24°
17/28°
19/30°
19/30°
17/27°
13/23°
10/18°
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 PRESENT
The 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 1944
More than 40.000 students
10 Faculties
31 Degrees
39 Master Degrees
3 Postgraduate Schools
16 Ph.D Courses
10 Faculties
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Foreign languages and
literature
7. Medicine
8. Education
9. Mathematics, physics and
biology
10. Political science
Economics and Business
Pharmacy
Law
Engineering
Arts and Philosophy
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!
Sport
The University has a sports centre enabling
students to practice on campus.
It offers:
a covered swimming pool
two five-a-side football grounds
a hard tennis court
a ground for different sports
a cycling and running track
two” gyms for such activities as
Aerobics, Step aerobics, Body
building, Table tennis, etc.
a sports hall with a 1200 square metre
surface for Aerobics, Step aerobics,
Spinning, Basket ball, Volley ball;
an open air basketball ground
Language Centre
The 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 selfaccess basis.
Computer rooms are
available to international
students here.
Music
The 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 forms
an orchestra made up of Erasmus students and given the name “Erasmus Band”; other university orchestras are
The “Camerata strumentale”
The “Principe Sanseverino” vocal ensemble
The New Jazz Orchestra
The “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 participation
of musicians of international fame.
Theatre
The 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 RelationsErasmus 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
General information Guides for outgoing and incoming students
Updating of URIE’s website (www.international.unisa.it)
Erasmus programme
academic year 2009/2010
Erasmus for study
Outgoing students n.191 Incoming students n. 179
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10
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2009/2010
Spain
France
UK
Germany
Czech Rep.
Austria
Netherlands
Portugal
Cyprus
Danmark
Finland
Turkey
Belgium
70
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40
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20
10
0
2009/2010
Spain
Turkey
France
Germany
Poland
Romania
Portugal
Belgium
Czech Rep.
Austria
Hungary
UK
Nederlands
Erasmus programme
academic year 2009/2010
Erasmus placement
Outgoing students n. 10
4
3,5
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2,5
Spain
France
Germany
Greece
2
1,5
1
0,5
0
2009/2010
Erasmus programme
academic year 2009/2010
Erasmus Staff Training
(Academic/Non Academic)
Outgoing n. 32
Incoming n. 42
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5
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2
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0
2009/2010
Spain
France
Germany
Poland
Portugal
Hungary
Austria
Cyprus
Norway
UK
14
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10
8
6
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2
0
2009/2010
Spain
Poland
France
Turkey
Czech Rep.
UK
Greece
Portugal
Slovenia
Hungary
International Cooperation Agreements
1
Engineering
1
1
1
5
Arts and Philosophy
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
3
1
1
4
1
Mathematics, physics
and biology
1
1
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2
USA
Ungheria
Venezuela
2
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Political Science
5
16
1
1
2
1
1
2
Foreign languages
and literature
TOT
1
2
1
Ucraina
2
Tunisia
1
Turchia
1
Svezia
Spagna
1
Russia
Rep. Ceca
Regno Unito
Perù
1
1
Law
Portogallo
Olanda
Paesi Mediterr.
Norvegia
Messico
Marocco
1
Romania
2
Lettonia
India
Irlanda
Grecia
2
Georgia
1
Germania
Francia
Egitto
1
Finlandia
Cuba
Danimarca
Croazia
Cipro
Colombia
Cile
Cina
1
Pharmacy
Education
Brasile
Bolivia
1
Belgio
Economic and
Business
Bielorussia
International
Cooperation
Argentina
The University of Salerno promotes a rich variety of
academic collaboration agreements with foreign
universities, promoting professor, researcher and
student mobility.
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LLP Programme
Erasmus Intensive Programmes Call 2009
Languages
“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 People
UNISA - 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 nanotechnologybased 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
FP 7 - ICT
ECRYPT II
Carbon nanotube technology for high-speed nextgeneration nano-interconnects
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 Projects
Azione 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.
AEGEE
Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe
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.
AEGEE Salerno is an independent
European student association. Its
members include many former
Erasmus students.
The AEGEE office is situated
inside 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.
AEGEE
Etats 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 competition
in 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 of
Salerno 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 la
sera dalle finestre di
Salerno ed esso mi
risparmierà ogni
descrizione di una terra
deliziosa e fertilissima.
Chi non sarebbe stato
disposto a studiare in
questa cittadina nel tempo
in cui vi fioriva una
università?”
W. Goethe
Viaggio in Italia
22 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. Goethe
A Voyage to Italy
March 22nd, 1787
See you in Salerno, then…
Thank for your attention