Our environment
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The city of science
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Trieste is also known as the City of Science because of its long tradition as a dynamic meeting hub for research, science and innovation, focused on sustainable growth and development, with an impact that extends beyond Italy to the rest of Europe and the developing world. It is internationally renowned for having one of the largest concentrations of scientific institutions in Italy, including the Astronomical Observatory (AOTS) the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), the Elettra Synchrotron Light Laboratory (ELETTRA) and the WWF Marine Reserve in Miramare. Trieste hosts more than 30 national and international centres and companies working in research and higher education, 5000 permanent foreign scientists and some 13000 students and researchers. For these reasons, Trieste is the 2020 European capital of Science, hosting the Euroscience Open Forum, ESOF 2020.
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The University of Trieste
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The University of Trieste (Italian: Università degli Studi di Trieste, or UniTS) was founded in 1924 and is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The University consists of 10 departments, offering a wide and range of university courses.