FACULTY-LED PROGRAMS · U.S. UNIVERSITIES
An extension of your home campus — in Italy.
We design customized faculty-led programs for U.S. universities, colleges, and accredited institutions sending cohorts to Italy. We see each program as an extension of your home campus and curriculum: your visiting faculty member retains full academic authority — syllabus, learning outcomes, classroom instruction, assessment, and grading — while our partner desk delivers all the institutional and operational support around it.
Our four sites — Florence (Padri Scolopi campus on Via Bolognese, 17th-century building, on-campus residence, language lab, library, auditorium), Milan (city-centre Academy in Via Durini), Mantua (former Archbishop's Seminary in a UNESCO Renaissance city) and Turin (modern campus near Parco del Valentino) — offer four distinct academic and cultural environments under a unified operational framework and partner-desk relationship.
Explore our faculty-led model
Each link below opens a focused page on one aspect of the model. Pick the one your study-abroad office or curriculum committee is asking about right now.
How it works
The academic model · three phases of program support (pre-departure, on-site, re-entry) · the services we coordinate on the ground · optional academic enrichments.
Program types & disciplines
Six program formats (summer, semester, pre-semester intensive, custom short, full year, hybrid rotation) · eight academic disciplines · sample weekly schedule.
Pricing & process
Pricing model — standard inclusions, optional add-ons, payment terms · eight-step partnership timeline from first enquiry to arriving cohort.
Case studies & testimonials
Representative past programs delivered with U.S. partner institutions · feedback from visiting faculty directors and study-abroad office leads · references on request.
City-specific faculty-led pages
For an in-depth view of how a program runs in one specific city — facilities, regional excursion network, city-specific sample schedule, past programs — see the four city pages below. Two of them follow our campus model (Florence and Mantua, with on-campus residence and meal plan included, more aggressive pricing) and two follow the city model (Milan and Turin, with the Academy as academic anchor and vetted external housing).
Florence — primary hub (campus model)
Our deepest campus infrastructure: Padri Scolopi building, 8,000 m² gardens, 14 classrooms, 150-seat auditorium, on-campus residence, Unicafè. Art history, architecture, heritage studies, Renaissance studies, Italian civilisation, fashion, music. On-campus housing + meal plan included = our most cost-efficient option.
Mantua — "Deep Italy" (campus model)
UNESCO Renaissance city of 50,000, with virtually no English-speaking expat scene. The "Deep Italy" model for cohorts that want full linguistic and cultural immersion. Italian civilisation, Renaissance studies, food and territory, heritage conservation. On-campus housing + optional meal plan = cost-efficient immersion.
Milan — business hub (city model)
Italy's business, fashion, design and finance capital. Academy in elegant Via Durini, 7, a short walk from the Duomo. Business, fashion, design, finance, communications, contemporary Italy. Bocconi, Politecnico, Italian fashion houses, design weeks. Academy classrooms + vetted external housing.
Turin — design & Slow Food (city model)
The elegant Northern alternative — between the Alps and the Langhe. Modern campus on Via Saluzzo, 10 classrooms, library, Aula Magna. Design, Slow Food, architecture, automotive heritage, contemporary art (Castello di Rivoli, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo). Academy classrooms + vetted external housing, more affordable than Milan.
Academic Approval Pack
The structured documentation set we issue to support your institution's curriculum approval, risk-management review, insurance review, and study-abroad office sign-off. Aligned with the language and structure U.S. curriculum committees expect.
Talk to the partner desk
Tell us your institution, the faculty member leading the program, target dates, cohort size, the academic frame (course taught? credit hours? language component? internship integration?), and any constraints from your study-abroad office or curriculum committee. We respond with a concrete proposal — usually within two working days — including a draft Academic Approval Pack tailored to your institution's review process.
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