The University of Turin (Italian: Università degli Studi di Torino), abbreviated as UNITO, is located in the center of Turin, the third largest city in Italy and the capital of the Piedmont region, which is the base of European automobile industry manufacturing. As one of the largest universities in Italy, the University of Turin is known for its research in basic disciplines such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, economics, law, agriculture, medicine and psychology, and its economics and business administration programs are well known in Western Europe.