University

History

The University’s development plan grew from the need to make higher education available within the Region met by the desire to found an institution where knowledge could be discovered and shared: an environment in which novel encounters stimulate the development of the Region socially, culturally and economically within a globalized fabric.

The Regional Administration, primary promoter of this enterprise, involved in its foundation of the University many local organizations; agents of social, economic and cultural development; and faculty members with significant experience.

The University was officially constituted by the Regional Government on the 18th of September, 2000, to receiveon October 31st, 2001, legal privileges of granting degrees. Lessons began that same year.

Vocation

While of recent foundation, the University of Aosta Valley has sprouted up vigorously from roots firm in the local surroundings to survey a European panorama.

Extensive networking with other centres of higher education and international organizations permits every student a viable chance to undertake a period of study or work abroad.

Academic collaboration and international research projects enhance these strategic assets, while in turn enriching instruction and other student services, this being a course along which the university intends to continue to thrive.

The dimensions of the University facilitate student education, favouring face-to-face interaction with faculty and staff alongside that with fellow students.Together with higher learning for students growing up in Aosta Valley and professional qualifications for practitioners in the Region, the University attracts, and aims at attracting, a growing number of students from every Italian region. An exceptional environment assists in achieving this goal: Aosta is a small city which offers a high quality of life in daily contact with an alpine landscape.