CALABRIA
Visit the UNICAL Campus
The University of Calabria is one of the most important and dynamic universities in Italy; studying here is an extraordinary educational and human experience.
The largest and best equipped Campus in Italy is organized as a residential campus for both students and professors, and has top quality cultural, sports and health facilities.
The Campus at the University of Calabria is a small-town that offers all the necessary services for an active and lively educational experience. It provides the best possible solutions of accommodation for students and staff living on campus.
Over 2,500 students are accommodated in the Residences at UniCal and they can take advantage of several services such as shuttle buses, cafes and cafeterias, laundrettes, as well as water dispenser kiosks. Catering services are one of the strengths of the University with 5 canteens scattered over the Campus area.
Facilities for cultural and leisure activities are other assets of the Campus with theaters, libraries and a sports center. A health-center, a post office, a bank branch, a church, gyms and an infants’ center complete the wide range of services provided by the University. All facilities have been designed to ensure access to disabled persons.
Check this link for more detailed information:
https://www.unical.it/campus/vivere-il-campus/quartieri/
The Local Context
UniCal Campus is located among the green hills of Arcavacata and connected to a wide urban area that encompasses Cosenza, Rende and several other towns that represents one of the most modern and lively areas of the South of Italy.
Rende and Cosenza, the two main towns, offer a modern system of services and host a large number of shops and commercial business.
In the evening the urban area has a busy social life and several leisure activities are organized, such as concerts and events.
The cultural offering includes movies and theatrical performances created by institutions and associations that organize cultural events all-year-round.
Public and private institutions preserve and convey the cultural history of the territory.
The Campus is located in a strategic position, in a valley surrounded by old villages, among cultivated fields, with several agritourism and farmhouses, as well as wellness and relax facilities concerned about environmental sustainability.
Two extraordinary natural parks and two seas are a few tens of kilometers away from the Campus: the Tyrrhenian sea in the west, and the Ionian Sea, along with the Sibari plain, in the north-east; the Pollino Massif and the Natural Park lie in the north while the largest upland of Europe and the Sila National Park are located in the east of the region.