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University of Lecce
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| Established | 1955 |
| Type | State-supported |
| Rector | Prof. Oronzo Limone |
| Students | 27,000 |
| Location | Lecce, Italy |
| Sports teams | CUS Lecce (http://www.unile.it/cusl/) |
| Website | www.unile.it/ |
The University of Lecce (Italian: Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1955 and is organized in 8 Faculties.
The University of Lecce commenced activities in the academic year 1955-56 under the “Salentine University Council”. In 1960 it became the “Free University of Lecce” and passed to Government authority in the 1967/68 academic year.
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These are the 8 faculties in which the university is divided into:
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Cultural Heritage
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Science of Education
The University Sports Centre houses all the sporting activities that take place for enrolled students at the University of Lecce.
All courses are free and taught by qualified and nationally certified instructors including a variety of disciplines, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, aerobics, funky, tennis, fencing, Latin American dance, swimming, aqua gym, body building, step, and breathing training.
Body building can be found at the “Mario Stasi” sports centre in Via Cuoco, and there are also agreements with local swimming pools.
The CUS takes part annually in the Italian University Games and appears annually on the list of National University Champions demonstrating a high level of participation. In addition to this the CUS Lecce also organises a series of game competitions, with individual end of course tournaments and le Cussiardi.
Also for student members it is also possible to take part in winter and summer camps with agreements with C.U.S.I. It possible to do alpine ski-ing, ski jumping snowboarding and carving in the following localities, Fai della Pagnella (TN), Folgaria (TN),and Valzodana (BL) while it is possible to do windsurfing, canoeing, and sub- aqua courses in Muravera (CA), Terasini (PA), and San Cristoforo- Lake Caldonazzo (TN)
- University of Lecce Website (Italian) (English)
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