The buildings in Bolzano were designed by the architects Matthias Bischoff and Roberto Azzola[3] of Zürich[4] and those in Brixen by Regina Kohlmeyer and Jens Oberst from Stuttgart.

[5] Previous rectors of the university were Luxembourg economist Alfred Steinherr (1998 - 2003), Swiss linguist Rita Franceschini (2004 - 2008), and German sociologist Walter Lorenz (2008 - 2016).

In the following years, he conducted research and taught at the Universities of Innsbruck and Liechtenstein The Faculty of Economics and Management is based in Bolzano and Bruneck.

Moreover, the Free University of Bolzano also excels in key performance areas, achieving very high scores of 90 out of 100 in International Outlook and Research Quality.

The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is very active in this way and is amongst the research centers recognized by the European Union as a leader in this program.