Kore University of Enna

Kore University of Enna

Università Kore di Enna
Latin: Studiorum Universitas Hennae
Type	State-supported
Established	1995
Rector	Prof. Cataldo Salerno
Location	Enna , Italy
Website	http://www.unikore.it

The Kore University of Enna, in Italian Università Kore di Enna, is a university founded in 1995 in Enna, the capital city of the Province of Enna, in the center of Sicily and has been visited by two Italian Presidents (Oscar Luigi Scalfaro before, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi for the final inauguration). The university has very modern facilities; it also has a strong relationships with governments and universities of the Mediterranean Sea countries (Malta, Cyprus, Tunisia) and with some of European and U.S. areas.

The President of the University and the President of the University Foundation is Cataldo Salerno, an Sicilian professor who is also the President of the Province of Enna. The university has laboratories, auditoriums and a conference and concert hall where important musicians play; other Kore facilities include a sports centre and a residential building for students. Kore is planned to be a large campus in the American style with two Student Houses and many facilities for students. The international relationship of Kore University involves many countries of the Mediterranean Area (Tunisia, Malta, Cyprus, Morocco, etc.) and also American, European and Asian universities. The Kore University of Enna is the newest Sicilian university: in fact, it's the first university founded in Sicily after the unification of Italy, and it was founded 200 years after the foundation of the last Sicilian university, the University of Palermo.

External links

• (Italian) University of Enna Website
• (Italian) Kore University Website
• [1], bestofsicily.com; accessed 27 February 2014.