LUMSA Taranto: law, social sciences and Catholic training at the heart of Apulian Magna Graecia
LUMSA's Taranto campus is a small Catholic university with 2,000 students and 8 programmes in law, economics, education sciences, psychology and communication. It brings LUMSA's Catholic training to one of Apulia's most complex and fascinating cities, a city of Greek foundation and capital of the Mar Piccolo.
LUMSA Taranto: law and social sciences in a city between Greek history, the Ionian and industrial transition challenges
The LUMSA Taranto campus — Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta — is a small Catholic university offering programmes in law, economics, education sciences, psychology, humanities, communication and international relations. With approximately 2,000 students and 8 degree programmes, the Taranto campus brings Catholic-inspired university training to a city that needs new cultural and professional impulses.
Taranto is one of southern Italy's most complex cities: the enormous former ILVA steelworks, environmental and social challenges linked to remediation and industrial reconversion, the Greek and medieval cultural heritage of the historic centre — the Old City with the Aragonese Castle, the Magna Graecia museum with the Taranto gold — create a context of extraordinary complexity and potential for those studying social sciences and law.
The employment rate is 68%. 3% of students are international. Law and social sciences programmes are particularly relevant in a city facing major challenges related to employment, environment and urban regeneration. The campus is connected to the main Rome campus, drawing on its faculty and academic support.
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LUMSA in Taranto: Catholic training in a city seeking renewal between the Ionian and Magna Graecia
The LUMSA Taranto campus was born as an extension of the main Roman campus, aiming to bring Catholic university training to one of the Mezzogiorno's cities with the greatest social and cultural challenges. Taranto, marked by the presence of the large steelworks and the resulting environmental and employment issues, needed qualified human resources capable of contributing to the city's economic and social transition.
LUMSA's choice to establish itself in Taranto reflects the Catholic tradition of presence in the most difficult contexts, bringing education and culture to territories most in need. Law and social sciences programmes are particularly relevant for a city facing complex challenges related to employment, the environment and urban regeneration.
Taranto — founded by Greek colonists from Sparta in the 8th century BC as Τάρας — retains an extraordinary Greek cultural heritage: the National Museum of Magna Graecia with the Taranto gold is one of Italy's most important archaeological museums. The Mar Piccolo, the Taranto DOP mussels and the Ionian landscape make Taranto a city of great natural and gastronomic charm.
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