Scholares Vagantes - a UniPd cycling community

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As an expression of the academic community, the Scholares vagantesare comprised of students and staff who are united by their deep sense of belonging to the University of Padua and a passion for cycling.

What began as a cycling relay across the oldest universities in Europe in 2022, the community has continued to spread an active message of sustainability on behalf of the University thatpromotes values related to sport, health, wellness, mobility, and international collaboration.

The Scholares Vagantes are a traveling community, constantly searching for time, places and opportunities, who have chosen the bike as a priviledged and distinctive means of transport to reach their destinations and archieve their own goals. They are ambassadors of a journey whose mission is to spread and raise awareness on the importance of adopting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle in order to generate and promote well-being of everyone, at all ages.

To learn more about the community contact: vagantesunipd@gmail.com

Past events

  RIDE4FUSION: A bicycle trip to promote sustainable mobility and research on clean energy

Ride4Fusion was presented on the occasion of World Bicycle Day. It was an itinerant bicycle trip from Padua to Cadarache in France, which took place from September 10th to 20th 2024 and divided into 9 stages, covering 700 km in 10 days. It is part of the European Mobility Week 2024, with the aim of promoting and raising awareness about the future of clean energy by harnessing solar power and sustainable mobility.

  The Scholares Vagantes at the European Mobility Week 2023

In the contest of the European Mobility Week, from 16 to 22 September 2023, the cycling group Scholares Vagantes has made a cycling route to promote sustainable mobility and sport reaching, during the journey, some University locations

  Leading the way on a sustainable journey from museum to museum
(20 May 2023)

As part of the 2023 Sustainable Development Festival, the Scholares Vagantes led the way on a cycling journey between UniPd Museums from Padua to Chioggia in support of slow mobility.

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  Spreading the message of health and sport between the oldest universities in Europe
(21 April – 18 June 2022)

In celebrating 800 years of its history, the University of Padua organised the Scholares vagantes cycling relay through the oldest universities in Europe. The relay paid homage to the medieval scholares vagantes who crossed the same borders in search of a common culture, and a testament to the international student mobility that Europe enjoys today.

Composed of professors, personnel, and students, the nine cycling teams from the University of Padua led the way week after week.  Passing Oxford, Cambridge, Paris Sorbonne, Salamanca, and Bologna, the relay began on 21 April until they reached their final destination in Italy, arriving at Palazzo Bo in Padua on 18 June.

Read more about the weekly routes taken

First week: OXFORD TO DOVER

Second week: CALAIS TO BONNEVAL

Third week: BONNEVAL TO LA ROCHELLE

Fourth week: LA ROCHELLE TO SAN SEBASTIAN

Fifth week: SAN SEBASTIAN TO MATAPOZUELOS

Sixth week: MATAPOZUELOS TO BARBASTRO

Seventh week: BARBASTRO TO LA GRANDE-MOTTE

Eighth week: LA GRANDE MOTTE TO FINALE LIGURE

Ninth week: FINALE LIGURE TO PADUA

Ufficio Public Engagement

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tel. 049.827.3850-3924-3829
email benessere.sport@unipd.it