The University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italian: Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata) is a public university located in Rome, Italy.
It is one of the largest research-based institutions in the country.
The University is an international center for research and education and
it is well known for scientific studies.
In
recent years the activity of technology transfer and cooperation with
other public and private organizations in different fields has obtained
an increasingly important role.
The
University Hospital is located in a 600-hectares-campus, and it is
considered a flagship of the University. It is well equipped with
diagnostic and therapeutic vanguard structures and it has become a
reference model at national and international levels.
The
University of Rome Tor Vergata was established in 1981 with the goal of
providing high quality education for students preparing to meet the
ever-evolving needs and opportunities of the 21st century workforce.
Located in the South-Eastern suburb of Rome, easily reachable by bus,
the University is an academic establishment which combines a liberal
arts tradition with emphasis on career orientation in the field of
Economics, Engineering, Sciences and Medicine.
The university occupies a large park area outside the Grande Raccordo Anulare highway
connection, in the eastern sector of the city. Its current president is
Renato Lauro, a professor in the Medicine and Surgery faculty.
A new
campus has been inaugurated at the city’s Tor Vegata university in the
south-eastern suburbs of the city. 950 of the planned 1,500 bed spaces
are move-in ready with the remaining 550 coming on stream by March 2011.
The complex opens to the first students during November.
When finished the campus will be the largest in Italy.
Apartments of various types and sizes are available to students and
researchers, who have access to a wide range of local services,
including laundries and supermarkets, as well as a gym, auditorium and
restaurant.
Established in 1981, the state-sponsored university has a student population over 38,000.
In
tandom with the other projects such as the Cittadella dello Sport,
designed by spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, city authorities
continue with their designation of Tor Vegata as a"stategic area" and is
already earmarked for some sport facilities for Rome's bid for the Olympic Games 2020.