Italy is rich in culture and history for summer students.
World travel is one of the definitive experiences of an excellent liberal education. To make your high school or college years truly qualitative, broaden your horizons by spending a summer in Italy, a country rich in culture, fine food, history and scenic beauty. Of the many summer programs available, all offer day trips or longer excursions for immersion in the culture while studying and earning college or high school credit. Your school may offer financial aid for a semester abroad, but apply early. Deadlines begin in March for some programs, and scholarship applications are usually due even earlier.
Study Abroad Italy
Study Abroad Italy's (SAI) summer programs in Florence, Rome, Sicily and Milan focus on language, design, culinary arts, business and other studies, depending on summer offerings at the associated universities. Programs range from three to five weeks and cost from $4,400 to $7,900, excluding airfare, meals and a student visa. SAI offers a combined London and Milan program and will host a three-week high school summer program beginning in 2011 in Florence.
Study Abroad Italy
800-655-8965
saiprograms.com
College Consortium for International Studies
College Consortium for International Studies offer a summer program in Venice.
College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS) presents four Italian summer programs in Florence, Rome, Tuscania and Venice. For four to eight weeks, you can study business, international relations, art, art history, archaeology, culinary arts or other subjects, with instruction in English. Costs begin at $2,050, but housing, airfare and meals are not included and costs can vary widely depending on the city.
College Consortium for International Studies
800-453-6956
ccisstudyabroad.org
CET Academic Programs
CET offers summer programs in Florence, Siena and Catania. The Catania course focuses on language study and requires at least two prior semesters of Italian. The Siena and Florence programs explore the history of art and Italian studies and do not require any previous language study. The programs are six to eight weeks and cost $7,890 to $9,950, not including flights, meals, visa and passport fees. Housing may be in a dormitory, apartment or with a host family. CET offers a high school program for girls that is four weeks long and costs $8,050. These students are housed in an Italian student dormitory. You can apply for scholarships through CET or find other funding sources on its website
CET Academic Programs
800-225-4262
cetacademicprograms.com
Academic Programs International
Students participate in an archaeological excavation at the Summer Archaeological Field School.
Academic Programs International (API) has five or 10-week summer programs in Florence, Rome, Syracuse and Tuscania. The cost is $5,850 for five weeks or $10,200 for 10, not including flights, meals or visa fees. Students take one or two courses focusing either on Italian language study, electives of your choice or a studio art option. The Summer Archaeological Field School in Tuscania also gives students the opportunity to take part in an archaeological excavation. Students are housed with other API students in apartments, except for the Field School, where students live in a hotel. Scholarships are available through API.
Academic Programs International
800-844-4124
academicintl.com
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