University of Gastronomic Sciences

University of Gastronomic Sciences

Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche
The main campus building, formerly a palatial summer lodge
Type	Private, non-profit
Established	2004
President	Carlo Petrini
Rector	Bartolomeo Biolatti
Location	Bra , Piedmont , Italy
Website	www.unisg.it

The University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) is an international university located in northern Italy. The campus is in Pollenzo, near Bra, a city in the north-west region of Piedmont. Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement, established the university to focus on gastronomic sciences and the organic relationships between food, ecology, and cultures. More than 2,500 students have taken courses at UNISG since it opened in 2004. UNISG offers a variety of courses leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in areas related to gastronomic sciences, food cultures and heritage, food ecologies, and food communications and management. As part of their curriculum, students every year are engaged in a number of field study trips in Italy and also in other European and extra-European countries.