University of Salento

The University of Salento (Università del Salento / UniSalento) is a public state university located in Lecce, Puglia, southern Italy. Established in 1959, it offers a broad academic offering comprising 32 Bachelor's degree programmes (Corsi di Laurea), 34 Master's degree programmes (Corsi di Laurea Magistrale) including 9 international courses taught in English, single-cycle Master's degrees (Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico), PhD programmes, specialisation schools, and numerous post-graduate Master and perfezionamento courses. The university is organised into departments covering Cultural Heritage (Beni Culturali), Engineering for Innovation (Ingegneria dell'Innovazione), Mathematics and Physics 'Ennio De Giorgi', Managerial Sciences (Scienze dell'Economia), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), Law Studies (Scienze Giuridiche), Human and Social Sciences (Scienze Umane e Sociali), Humanities (Studi Umanistici), and Experimental Medicine (Medicina Sperimentale). It also hosts the ISUFI (Istituto Superiore Universitario di Formazione Interdisciplinare), a university library system, research centres, and actively participates in Erasmus+ and international mobility programmes. The university has a dedicated international office (international.unisalento.it) serving incoming and outgoing students.