University of Salento

The University of Salento (Italian: Università del Salento, called until 2007 Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1956 and is located in the Apulia region of Italy - the “heel” of the Italian “boot”. It was recognised as a national university in 1967-68. It now has three campuses, 10 faculties and 750 faculty members. It offers up to 40 first- and second-level master’s and PhD programmes.