The University of Lecce (Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a prestigious Italian public comprehensive university founded in 1955, located in the city of Lecce on the southern Salentine peninsula. The main faculties include the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, the Faculty of Economics and Business, the Faculty of Foreign Languages, the Faculty of Cultural Heritage, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science, and a language center for foreign students to learn Italian. The University also has a language center for foreign students to study Italian;