The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is a university primarily located in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. It was founded on 31 October 1997 and is organized into five Faculties.
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (unibz) aims to offer students a multilingual, practice-oriented education that meets the demands of the local and the European labor market. Lectures and seminars are held in Italian, German and English. The only exception is the Faculty of Education, which offers Italian, German and Ladin speaking students separate training sections. The university offers study programmes ranging from bachelor’s degrees to doctorates.
The emphasis of teaching is to provide theoretically sound and practice-orientated training. A large proportion of educational activities take place as seminars, lectures given by guest speakers, practical training and workshops. Within the framework of the academic exchange program students are encouraged to spend one or more semesters at universities abroad.
Faculty of Economics and Management
The Faculty of Economics and Management is based at Bozen-Bolzano and Bruneck-Brunico. It offers three bachelor’s and three master’s degree programs.
- Bachelor in Economics and Management
- Bachelor in Economics and Social Sciences PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics)
- Bachelor in Tourism, Sport and Event Management (in Bruneck-Brunico)
- Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Master in Economics and Management of the Public Sector
- Master in Accounting and Finance
- PhD in Management and Economics
The research clusters of the faculty are:
- Tourism, Marketing and Regional Development
- Law, Economics and Institutions
- Financial Markets and Regulations
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Quantitative Methods and Economic Modelling
Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education is in Brixen-Bressanone and the following courses are active:
- Bachelor in Social Work
- Bachelor for Social Education
- Bachelor in Communication Sciences and Culture
- Master in Primary Education (5 years)
- Master in Innovation and Research for Social Work and Social Education (IRIS)
- Master in Musicology
- PhD in General Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy and General Education
Main research areas at the faculty are:
- Educational and development projects and processes for different age groups and contexts
- Social dynamics, social cohesion, citizenship and solidarity systems
- Languages and communication for a multicultural and multilingual society
Faculty of Computer Science
The Faculty of Computer Science is based in Bozen-Bolzano and has the following courses:
- Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering
- Master in Computer Science
- Master in Computational Data Science
- European Master in Computational Logic
- European Master on Software Engineering
- PhD in Computer Science
The faculty’s research centres are:
- Research Centre for Information and Database Systems Engineering (IDSE)
- Research Centre for Knowledge and Data (KRDB)
- Research Centre for Software and Systems Engineering (SwSE)
Faculty of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology has the following active courses:
- Bachelor in Agricultural and Agro-Environmental Sciences
- Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor in Wood Engineering
- Master in Industrial Mechanical Engineering
- Master in Energy Engineering
- Master in Environmental Management of Mountain Areas
- International Master in Horticulture Science
- Master in Viticulture, Enology and Wine Marketing
- PhD in Mountain Environment and Agriculture
- PhD in Sustainable Energy and Technologies
- Food Engineering and Biotechnology
The main research areas of the faculty are:
- Agricultural Sciences
- Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency
- Food Sciences
- Fundamental Sciences for Innovative Applications
- Management and Technologies for Mountain Environments
- Industrial Engineering and Automation
Faculty of Design and Art
The Faculty of Design and Art offers the following courses:
- Bachelor in Design and Art – Major in Design
- Bachelor in Design and Art – Major in Art
- Master in Eco-Social Design
The main research areas of the faculty are:
- Visual culture and its impact on society
- Phenomena, processes and results of three-dimensional projects
- Theories, forms and languages of design, art and visual culture
The faculty also operates a fab lab named Bitz, which is also open to users not affiliated with unibz.
European Master Programmes
The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is very active in this way and is amongst the research centers recognized by the European Union as a leader in this program. There are two European Master Programmes in the area of computer science running in this university, under Erasmus Mundus Programme: