“At the beginning of my assignment, the University had 245 students, now there are over 800 and we hope to reach a thousand soon. For those of the degree courses in Civil Engineering, Management Engineering and Construction and Land Management, who mostly commute, the new university spaces of Dogana offer numerous benefits because they are easily accessible and full of services. Students enrolled in Design and the new Communication and Digital Media programme, who are mostly off-site, will instead remain in the historic centre".
The Rector of the University of the Republic of San Marino, Corrado Petrocelli, started from the figures in the speech with which he opened the inauguration ceremony of the university spaces located in the Dogana World Trade Center, which took place yesterday afternoon, Monday 22 October, in front of students, academics and representatives of institutional, economic and social realities. In the over 900 square meters available, the activities of degree courses, masters and advanced training courses will take place, some of which in streaming connection with branch offices in places such as Lodi, Mantua and Como.
"I underline the importance of the synergy of a small university like this with the institutions and economic forces of the territory - explained Angelo Oreste Andrisano, Rector of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, partner of the degree courses in Civil Engineering and Construction and Territorial management – looking at development not only academically but also with repercussions that favor growth and internationalisation”.
The ceremony was attended, among others, by the Italian ambassador to San Marino, Guido Cerboni, the captain of Castello di Serravalle, Vittorio Brigliadori, the director of the Department of Economics, Science and Law, Anna Corradi, the director of the course in Civil Engineering, Angelo Marcello Tarantino, the director of the degree course in Management Engineering, Alberto Dormio, the Rector of the Anglo Catholic University of San Paolo Apostolo, Monsignor Mauro Contili, and the representatives of the San Marino cooperative InVolo and Chicco Cotto, Maurizio Ceccoli and don Andrea Bonsignori, protagonists of a social project involving the University of San Marino for the employment of protected groups.
