Italy

Italy has a very long history when it comes to education. The

first university of Europa was situated in Bologna.
The Italian higher education is more traditional then the Dutch
one. The processing of the lesson material is particularly
emphasized instead of the working on projects.

Schools in the north of Italy are on average better scoring then
the schools and universities in the south of Italy
Italy has a bachelor-master structure similar to the Dutch
system, this enlarges the change of being able to study in Italy
with a Dutch degree. The common spoken language is,
logically, Italian but there are also several programs that are in
English.

TRAVELLING TO ITALY
When it comes to travelling to Italy, the period in which one likes to fly is decisive.
In summer and end of spring, the tickets are twice, sometimes three times as expensive as they
are when flying to Italy in autumn. When school starts in September and you want to travel to
Rome the ticket prices are around 180,-.
Ryanair is by far the cheapest, with 90,39. Ryan air is followed by Vueling and Easyjet who have
set their prices with 145,73 and 159,12.
The flight takes around 2 hours and with most airlines has 1 switch.

UNIVERSITIES
Italy has 57 state owned Universities and 13 private Universities. Lots of different possibilities.
There are unlimited opportunities to do an English study.

Table 1. Education opportunities in English language in Italian universities Year 2007
Education opportunities in English language No. Of
Universitie
s
No. Of
Courses
Availability of first-cycle three-year degree programmes or single units
within
The first cycle programmes
16 -
- of which: availability of at least one full degree programme 8 12
Availability of second-cycle two-year degree programmes or single units
within
The second cycle programmes
21 -
- of which: availability of at least one full degree programme 14 38
(bron: http://www.study-in-italy.it/pdf/CRUI_off_inglese.pdf)
There are also several location where English courses are given. Economics is the faculty that is
most often in English

Table 2. Education opportunities in English language in Italian universities
Year 2007 (Laurea) (Bron: http://www.study-in-
italy.it/pdf/CRUI_off_inglese.pdf)

University Degree courses
Or single units
Faculties
Bergamo 6 units Economics
Bolzano 2 degrees Economics, Information sciences
Brescia 2 units Economics
Camerino 1 degree Sciences
Cassino 7 units Economics, Literature, Engineering
Castellanza 11 units Economics, Engineering
Genova 3 units Economics
Milano Bocconi 3 degrees Economics
Milano Cattolica 5 units Interfaculty
Perugia 2 degrees Biotechnologies, Agricultural Science
Roma Tre 6 units Law, Engineering
Roma LUISS 1 degree Economics
Torino 1 degree Economics
Politecnico Torino 1 degree Engineering
Urbino 1 degree Information sciences
Piemonte Orie ntale 3 units Literature, Political sciences

SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUBSIDIES
In most cases a student can receive a scholarship when going to study abroad. To be eligible to
receive such a scholarship, one must meet several demands. This partly depends on whether you
want to study abroad on long-term or just for one of two years.
If you go temporary, you should be registered as fulltime student at a Dutch university before you
do a temporary study abroad. If you want such a scholarship you can go to the website of DUO to
see what the conditions are.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES AND MEDIA
The official language of Italy is of course Italian. But in some parts of the country German is the
most common language (South-Tirol) and French (Piemonte). This is only 300.000 people.
In the tourist section the English language is most spoken because tourist from all different
countries come to Italy therefore speaking English is most helpful.
Availability of at least one research doctorate programme 24 189
Availability of at least one professionally-oriented post-graduate course
(Master Universitario)
34 106
Winter/summer schools 20 56
The most important Italian newspapers are: La Repubblice (oplage 710.000), Coriella della Sera
(780.000) and the La Stampa (418.000). Next to the Italian newspapers often some English, French
and German newspapers are available as well. The big newspapers stores in the big cities in
holiday periods have De Telegraaf as well

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Italy offers a quite good and extensive public transport system. In the bigger Italian cities busses
and underground trains are well connected. A exception is Venice of course because not the bus
or train is used but the Vaporetti (Canal bus).
Cities like Genua, Rome, Naples and Milan offer a good metro system which enables you to travel
through the city way fasten then by bus. Normally one buys a ticket before they enter the public
transport. The ticket is checked, when someone is checked and he or she is not in possession of a
ticket to minimum penalty is 50 euro!