The Unipharma projects were started up by Prof. Luciano Saso, Staff Scientist at the Department of Human Phisiology and Pharmacology at "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Teacher of the School of Pharmacy, founding member of Noopolis and Scientific Coordinator of the projects.
They are implemented thanks to the co-operation between Noopolis (Promoter) and "La Sapienza" that, by its International Office is the co-ordinator institution.
The Universities of Rome "Tor Vergata" and "Roma Tre" have participated to all the projects; the Universities of Bari, Catania, Messina and Milano-Bicocca have participated to single projects.
The Promoter - Noopolis
Noopolis is an Italian non profit organization founded in Rome in 1985. One of its main achievements is the creation and management since 1986 of a database containing information about Italian and international scholarships. Noopolis also offers scholarships to talented young people and researchers: over 170 young people have received a total of more than 1.600.000 euro in the last 18 years.
Web site: www.noopolis.eu
La Sapienza University of Rome (coordinator)
"La Sapienza" is at present the largest university in Europe, with over 150.000 students, 21 Faculties and regional sites in other cities. "La Sapienza" maintains cultural and scientific agreements with many foreign Universities. Under the Socrates/Erasmus Programme, it has stipulated around 600 bilateral agreements with other EU Universities. Student mobility has increased in the last years: the percentage of incoming exchange students has increased with 12% per year and outgoing exchange students with 7,5% (1997-2001). "La Sapienza" is also member of several inter-university networks, such as UNICA, CUM, UNIMED, RULE, UNINET-ECA, EUA, Italian Council for Research and Cooperation in Science, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, etc.
Web site: www.uniroma1.it/internazionale
University of Rome Tor Vergata
The University of Rome Tor Vergata has at present more than 30.000 students. The International Relations Office has always been engaged in the development of the European and extra-European culture, through the promotion of the mobility of students, researchers and professors, the scientific and cultural agreements with several foreign Universities, the participation in the European Programmes Erasmus, Leonardo and Tempus (about 150 out-going and 150 in-coming students per year). Under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, Tor Vergata has co-ordinated the projects "UNIROMATRAINING" in 2001/02, 2003/04, 2005/06.
Web site: www.uniroma2.it
University of Roma Tre
The University of Roma Tre has greatly developed in the last years and is by now the second University in Rome, with more than 35.000 students. Its educational offer has since its foundation tried to meet the needs and implement the policy proposed during the process of reform of the Italian university system, through innovative teaching methods and courses, in order to be able to cope with the requests of a global labour market. The activities of the International Relations Office include the participation to international networks, EU Programmes and to bi-lateral agreements; a specific office has been created in order to strenghten the participation of Roma Tre to projects co-financed by EU funds. The University also participates in the networks UNICA, Unimed, Columbus, in the Consorzio Tyrrhenum, in the European programme ALFA and develops research integrated actions in co-operation with Spain. The participation of students, researchers and professors to international training and mobility projects under the Socrates/Erasmus programmes is constantly increasing.
Web site: www.uniroma3.it
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