University of Calabria

The University of Calabria (UniCal), founded in 1972, is a public Italian university located on a large residential campus in Rende (Cosenza), Calabria. One of Italy's few fully residential universities, UniCal provides approximately 2,500 on-campus housing places across 10 residential quarters equipped with canteens, gyms, study rooms and sports facilities. The university enrols over 950 international students from 83 countries and is internationally active through Erasmus+, DUAL double-degree programmes, and the MoST programme. Since 2023, UniCal has been part of the EUPeace European University alliance. It offers degrees at Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level across engineering, sciences, economics, humanities, pharmacy, law and social sciences, and provides 11 international Master's degrees taught entirely in English. UniCal participates in Horizon Europe and other major research funding programmes, and was ranked first in Italy for Computer Science & Engineering in the 2026 Shanghai Global Ranking.