University of L'Aquila - Points of Interest

Points of Interest

  • Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore
  • Orto Botanico dell'Università dell'Aquila
  • CETEMPS

This Centre of Excellence for the integration of remote sensing techniques and numerical modelling for the early warning of severe meteorological events has the main objective of developing techniques to prevent and predict meteorological phenomena which may lead to flooding and landslides.

  • DEWS(Design Methodologies of Embedded Controllers)

This center is focusing on the use of the advanced electronics in base of the society's interest.During the past five years, the Centre has directed its research towards design, implementation and management of wireless sensor and actuator networks.

  • Microscopy Centre.

This is an inter-departmental service centre of the University of L’Aquila. The main aim is to provide scientific assistance to Departments active in the field of microscopy while also offering service in this area to local, national and international productive, scientific and teaching institutions.

  • Language Centre.

This center presents courses in English,French,German,Spanish,Portuguese,Russian and an Italian course for the foreigner students.

  • Sport Center(C.U.S. centro universitario sportivo)

The structure presents a football and rugby feeld,two feelds for football and rugby on 7 and on 5,two tennis courts,one court for volleyball and basketball,one gym structur for fitness,climbing sortie and martial arts.The university has a convention with the municipal swimming pool and the Campo Imperatore ski resort(about 20 km from the city center),and presentes:athletics,football,volleyball,rugby,karate and table tennis teams with 9 national champions wins(1 on football,1 on football for 5,1 on volleyball and 6 on rugby).

  • An instrumental group.

Founded in 1996 has the purpose to spread the musical cultur in the university with various concert series and classes of fundamentals, music theory and instrument practice.

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