The University of Cagliari (UNICA) is a public state University with about 25,000 students and over 2,000 teaching and technical administrative staff.It is located in the island of Sardinia-Italy, in the middle of the Mediterranean. Given its geographic location, it has consolidated relationships and exchanges with the southern Mediterranean countries, at both students and staff levels.An international mix of students coming from foreign HEIs (400 this year) enriches the local community of students. Thanks to more than 1000 partnership agreements, UNICA’s students have various opportunities to study abroad. Besides that, about more than 100 visiting professors come to Cagliari’s University yearly.UNICA offers structures and integrated study plans, training activities closely tied to labor market and research, to increase international competitiveness.The Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences (DSCG-UNICA) was established in 2012, combining Geological and Chemical skills. The mission of the DSCG-UNICA is to advance knowledge on land management and perform researches both basic and applied. The Department has 13 full professors, 31 associate professors and 25 researchers. Research in the Department is highly cooperative and international.

The Università di Basilicata (UNIBAS) was founded after the 1980 earthquake, as a sign of rebirth after the mournful event.
The University of Basilicata aims to promote the development of knowledge and the growth of people and the territory, placing both in an increasingly open and international context. Thanks to its presence in the two capital cities, the university can influence the entire regional territory, which is characterised by rich natural resources, cultural heritage, discrete industrial concentrations and a marked vocation for sustainable agriculture and quality agro-industry. However, the region also presents challenges related to infrastructural and demographic deficits, complex orography, high natural risks and the vulnerability of natural and environmental assets. In this scenario, the University’s mission goes beyond the higher education of the new generations, also assuming the role of a cultural stronghold and a promoter of the region, contributing to economic and social development and fostering internationalisation processes through its research networks.
The Università degli Studi della Basilicata is a public institution that through the implementation of its three institutional missions (Teaching, Research and Third Mission) contributes to the advancement of knowledge while respecting fundamental values.