UNIMORE has a longstanding tradition: the first Studium was established in 1175. It stands as a dynamic centre of education and research, with a student population of approximately 26,000, including 3,500 postgraduate students. The university employs around 900 faculty members across a wide range of disciplines, offering numerous academic programmes and advanced research opportunities.
UNIMORE comprises 13 departments, offering a wide range of degree programmes at the undergraduate level, right up to doctoral studies, from the humanities and social sciences to engineering and technology, and from physical and natural sciences to medicine and life sciences.
The Inter-departmental Centre for Research on Digital Humanities (DHMoRe) was founded in 2019. DHMoRe’s mission is to engage in cutting-edge research focused on digital preservation and public access to cultural heritage. Specifically, the centre works on cataloguing and digitising both ancient and modern manuscripts, archives, and other critical documents to ensure that they are preserved and made available for public use, reflecting the university’s commitment to the intersection of technology, culture, and history. DHMoRe manages projects at the intersection of cultural heritage preservation and peace studies.
UNIMORE is also deeply involved in international cooperation and social responsibility. It is a member of the Italian Network of Universities for Peace (RuniPACE) and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED), reinforcing its role as a key player in global academic exchanges and peace-building initiatives. Additionally, the university participates in the University Corridors for Refugee Students programme in collaboration with UNHCR through the UNICORE project. UNIMORE has international experience in hosting researchers at risk, supervising scholars from Ukraine through a programme of fellowships provided by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
UNIMORE’s projects relevant to EGAL-I :
- JERUS-IT-ARTS - Retracing music and arts networks enhancing education and promoting cultural heritage preservation (funded under the NextGeneration EU) traces the artistic dialogue between Italy and Jerusalem, coupling rigorous historical research with contemporary creative practice and the inclusion of artists from the Middle East.
- ITHACA - Interconnecting Histories and Archives for Migrant Agency : Entangled Narratives Across Europe and the Mediterranean Region, H2020 project, based on a consortium involving 11 partners from origin, transit and host migration countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, it focuses on migration narratives in the past and present, analysing them in a rigorous historical, interdisciplinary, comparative and transnational framework.
- CHILD-UP - Children Hybrid Integration : Learning Dialogue as a way of Upgrading policies of Participation, H2020 project, addressing the integration of children with migrant backgrounds in schools, social services and communities, through the identification of relevant data on children’s conditions, policies and best practices, using an interdisciplinary approach.