A Foundation Year program introduces students to an undergraduate degree curriculum. It is offered at a variety of schools all over the world, and it usually takes a full year to complete. It helps ease students from a high school level of study to more challenging college work.
Officially known as the Italian Republic, the country is found in southern Europe. The official language is Italian and the cultural rich capital is Rome. Many of the world's oldest universities are located in Italy, in particular the University of Bologna (founded in 1088). There are three Superior Graduate Schools with "university status", three institutes with the status of Doctoral Colleges, which function at graduate and post-graduate level.
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A Foundation Year acts as a bridge between your current qualifications and 1st level Italian University courses (Bachelor) entry requirements or as a means to fill a gap in the educational background of an international student coming from a country where the higher education system require a shorter period of education than what provided by the «Bologna Process» implemented in the European Union. [+]
The Foundation Year is a ten-month, full immersion preparatory course in Italian for international students willing to enroll in a BA taught in Italian at #UNIPAVIA. The Foundation Year aimed at students who do not meet the minimum requirement – 12 years of schooling – to access the Italian higher education system. [+]
Foundation Course in Sciences (FCS) [+]
Foundation Course in Humanities (FCH) [+]
This program allows students who are 17 or older and who have completed less than 12 years of formal education to earn up to an additional 60 credits in undergraduate courses in order to qualify for admission in our undergraduate degree programs. Refer to the undergraduate admission requirements for further details. [+]
