University of Calabria

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University of Calabria

Università della Calabria
Type	Public
Established	1972
Rector	Prof. Nicola Leone
Administrative staff	800
Students	ca 35,000
Location	Rende , Italy
Campus	Rural
Sports teams	CUS Cosenza[1]
Website	Official website

The University of Calabria (Italian: Università della Calabria, UNICAL) is a state-run university in Italy. Located in Arcavacata, a hamlet of Rende and a suburb of Cosenza, the university was founded in 1972. Among its founders there were Beniamino Andreatta, Giorgio Gagliani, Pietro Bucci and Paolo Sylos Labini. It currently has about 35,000 students, 800 teaching and research staff and about 700 administrative staff.