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Italian Scholastic System
In Italy the scholastic system is of a state type,
even if for every order and degree of school,
private institutes are available.
In 1997 with the reform of the education and
formation system the scholastic obligation had been
raised up to 15 years of age. Also a formative
obligation had been introduced up to 18 years that
can be accomplished through the scholastic system of
education, the system of the professional formation
or the apprenticeship.
In March 2003 a reform project that redefines the
formative obligation was approved and it is similar
to the scholastic obligation, founding the right -
duty to the education and to the formation for at
least twelve years and, however, until the
achievement of a qualification within the eighteenth
year of age.
The secondary education is subdivided (after 14
years) in just 2 paths, from one hand the high
school education that includes 8 big areas (artistic,
classic, economical, linguistics, musical and
choreutical, scientific, technological and human
sciences), from the other hand the professional
education that includes the professional formation
and the apprentice work.
Moreover in our regulation the alternation
school-work has been introduced. The students
between fifteen and eighteen years of age that
attend the system of the high schools or the system
of the professional education will be able to choose
this procedure of formation to acquire a direct
knowledge of the job world.
According to the reform, the system of education and
formation is characterized as follows:
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Age
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Duration
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School level
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Fields
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Prospects
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2.5/3-5 years |
3 years |
School of childhood |
Unique obligatory Cycle |
Primary cycle |
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5.5/6-13 years |
8 years |
Primary cycle (primary school and secondary
school of first degree) |
Unique obligatory Cycle |
State Examination: admission to the
secondary cycle |
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14-18 years |
4 years |
Secondary cycle of Second obligatory degree |
High school education (artistic, classic,
economical, linguistics, musical and
choreutical, scientific, technological and
human sciences) or professional Education (professional
formation or apprenticeship) |
Certification attesting the education
achieved or qualification: admission to high
technical Formation or admission to the last
year of the secondary cycle or work |
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18-19 years |
1 years |
Secondary cycle of Second optional degree |
Deepening of the contents of the chosen
field |
State Examination of state and admission to
the university or admission to the high
technical formation |
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Ever since 18 years |
3 years |
University or high technical Formation |
Varied specializations |
Three-year degree or work |
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2 years |
University |
Varied specializations |
Specialized degree or work |
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After the Degree |
changeable |
Doctor's degree, specializations and first
and second level Master |
Various specializations |
Work |
The accomplishment of the
reform will be gradual. In the academic year 2005/06
the new regulations have been carried out only for
the schools of childhood and for the primary schools,
state and not state. In the secondary schools of
First degree the application of the new rules has
been partly realized. For the secondary schools of
Second degree and for the professional formation are
still valid the previous regulations, in which the
subdivision included High Schools, technical
Institutes, professional Institutes and professional
Formation.
It is possible to have more information through the
site
http://www.miur.it/,
or contacting one of the 140 information centers
distributed on all of the territory of the European
union that aim to satisfy the first answers to any
information request:
Advanced education
University
The university system is carried out through a total
of 76 institutes of university education that are
organized as follows:
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51 state university and 12 free university
placed on all the national territory;
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3 state polytechnics (Bariums, Milan and
Turin);
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4 state university institutes (naval and
oriental in Naples, motor sciences in Rome,
architecture in Venice) and a private one (Naples);
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2 University for foreign people (Perugia
and Siena);
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3 advanced schools (2 in Pisa and 1 in
Trieste).
The enrolment start in the first week of August and
usually finish within October. Terms of anticipated
enrolment are previewed in case of courses with
entrance exams or for courses with semi-annual
organization. Information and forms are provided by
the university secretary.
During the academic year 2001-02 the didactic reform
of the university course has come into force. The
reform has been applied to the first year of the new
university courses. Therefore in the Italian
university the courses of the previous system, that
are about to be over, and the courses of the new
system coexist.
The reform foretells
the following educational qualifications:
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DEGREE (L) - You can obtain it at the end
of a course of triennial duration and you can
have access to it with the diploma of secondary
school;
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SPECIALISTIC (LS) DEGREE - You can obtain
it at the end of a course of biennial duration,
that has the objective to provide the student
with an education of advanced level.
You can have access to it with the triennial
degree and, in some cases, it is necessary also
to have study requirements and is verified the
preparation of the universities.
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SPECIALISTIC DEGREE IN UNIQUE CYCLE (LSU)
- For the courses regulated by norms of the
European Union, that do not preview triennial
degree (medicine and surgery, medicine
veterinary, odontology and dental prosthesis,
pharmacy, chemistry and technology, architecture,
building engineering - architecture) are
available specialistic degree at unique cycle to
which you can have access with the diploma of
secondary school;
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DIPLOMA OF SPECIALIZATION (DS) - You can
obtain it at the end of a specialization course,
that has the objective to provide the student
with knowledge and abilities for functions
required in the exercise of particular
professional activities. It can be set up
exclusively in application of specific norms of
law or directives of the European Union (for
example, medical specialities, legal
professions, education for teachers of secondary
school). You can have access to it with the
specialistic degree;
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DOCTOR'S DEGREE (DR) - It has the
objective to provide the competences necessary
in order to do, at university, local authorities
or private individuals, research activity of
high qualification. You can have access to it
with the specialistic degree or with a title
obtained abroad and considered suitable;
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UNIVERSITY MASTER - They are issued at
the end of a scientific proficiency course and
of high permanent and recurrent education by
universities. They can be of first or second
level and can be attended after the triennial
degree or the specialistic degree.
A further innovation introduced by the reform is the
University Formative Credit that is acquired
after having passed the examination or other form of
assessments.
To the university formative credit corresponds 25
working hours for the student.
The average work amount of learning carried out in a
year by a student kept busy with a full time formula
at university is conventionally fixed at 60 credits.
The necessary credits for the achievement of the
certificates issued by university are as follows:
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Degree (L), 180 credits, including those
regarding the compulsory knowledge of a language
of the European Union besides the Italian one;
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Specialistic degree (LS), 120 credits,
apart from those already got by the student with
the degree and recognized valid for the relative
specialistic degree course;
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Specialistic degree at Unique Cycle (LSU),
300 credits, 360 just for the faculty of
Medicine and surgery;
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Diploma of Specialization (DS), the
number depends on ministerial decrees and must
be comprised between 300 and 600 credits, as
well as those already obtained by the student
and recognized valid for the relative course of
specialization;
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University Master of I and II level, at
least 60 credits besides those obtained in order
to get the degree or the specialistic degree.
In order to encourage the
mobility of the students, the access to further
studies and to make the academic and professional
recognition of the Foreign certificates easier in
Europe, the European Union has created a certificate
called "supplement to the diploma" (http://www.murst.it/atti/2001/dm010530_01_all1.htm)
that is issued in bilingual edition by University.
Besides certificating the status of the studies
carried out and completed by the student is
integrating of the official certificate achieved at
the end of a course of studies in an university or
an institute of advanced education. The supplement
to the diploma corresponds to the European model
developed for initiative of the European Commission,
of the Council of Europe and of Unesco and the
issuing modalities arein compliance with the
didactic regulations.
It consists of eight sections: personal identifying
data, educational qualifications, level of the
certificate, curriculum and marks, functions of the
certificate, additional information, certification,
description of the national system of advanced
education.
It is possible to find furher information regarding
the course and the academic activities of university
and institutes of advanced education inside the web
site
Universo
Ministry of the Education,
of the University and of the
Scientific Research
(MIUR), set up in order to
take up young people interested in enrolling in
university and in helping them in the choice of the
course of studies that most responds to their
interests. You can also find the list of all the
university
boarding schools
legally recognized with information regarding the
location, the available places, the entrance
criteria, the costs, the possibilities to obtain the
scholarships, the services offered, including the
didactic-cultural activities.
It has been prepared a reading system for blind
students: you can access to it from the starting
page.
Information for foreign people (city dweller)
All university institutions accept the enrolment of
foreign students. Each university fixes every year
the number of places available: such number is
defined "contingent" and is consultable on
the web site of the
Ministry of University
and also on the web site of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairi
clicking on the voice foreign policy/ cultural
promotion/university.
Students of the European Union are not liable to
this limitation.
Foreign students must usually apply for enrolment
exclusively to a single degree's course at the
Italian representations in their native countries
(the period of the pre enrolments varies among
April-May-June months). Every year, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs issues relative dispositions
regarding the enrolment formalities of foreign
students and of the Italian students with
educational qualifications obtained abroad.
These dispositions regard in particular the
application terms, the filling in formalities,
qualifications to present, calendars and contents of
the entamce exams, residence permit and entry visa
for study, and so on. It is necessary therefore to
get informed year by year on the precise current
formalities.
You have to enclose to the application, in
authenticated copy, the following documents:
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final educational qualification of
secondary studies in original copy, or
substitutive certificate according to the law;
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pass certificate required for the access
to University in the native Country;
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diplomas of Italian language and culture
obtained at the University of Rome or at the
University for foreign people of Perugia or
Siena, or certificates of expertise in Italian
language of the same Universities, issued by
Italian institutes of Culture abroad, in
accordance with a specific Convention with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or certificates of
attendance issued by other universities that
have set up courses also in convention with
other formative institutions, local authorities
and regions.
Such certifications, in accordance with the
single Universities' independent decisions, can
be useful certificates for getting additional
score with a view to being inserted in the list
of the qualified (in the case of certifications
corresponding to higher levels of competence).
Without it you are supposed to pass at each
Faculty the test aimed to assess the knowledge
of the Italian language;
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2 photographies of which one
authenticated;
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document proving the insurance cover:
without it, you are supposed to enter into a
suitable insurance cover on your arrival in
Italy, as declared in the application form,
namely to opt for the voluntary registration to
the National Health Service.
All the documents written up in foreign language
are to be accompanied by the official
translation in Italian language.
The applications are transmitted by the
diplomatic Representations to the universities.
Usually starting from the month of August the
candidate who turns out to be inserted in the lists
of the admitted to the tests, even if "with
reserve", can ask to the Italian Representation for
the entry visa for reasons of "study" with a
view to being able to take the entrance exam to
University. Such visa will have to be presented to
the competent Police headquarters within eight days
from the entrance in Italy in order to obtain the
corresponding residence permit.
The issue of the residence permit, however, is
subordinated to the demonstration of economic
security.
The simple application for a scholarship of the
Italian Government does not constitute document of
economic cover. Moreover the foreign student
should indicate the existence of a suitable
accommodation in the national territory, let alone
the availability of the sum necessary for the
repatriation, demonstrable also with the
presentation of the return ticket.
The Communitarian Citizens and the non-EEC national
legally living in Italy, can personally present the
enrolment application directly to the Foreign
Offices available in every University, provided
that the educational qualifications have been
authenticated, (translated and legalized) by the
consular Representations competent for territory in
the State the educational qualifications refer to.
Foreign people are allowed to have access to
university courses all things being equal with the
Italian students:
- holder of residence paper, or of residence permit
for subordinated or independent job, familiar
reasons, and so on;
- people regularly living since at least a year
having a diploma of advanced study obtained in
Italy;
- wherever residents, but that they are holders of
final diplomas of Italian schools abroad or of
foreign or international schools, bilateral
agreements or special norms for the recognition of
the educational qualifications and that satisfy the
general conditions requested for the entry for study
reasons.
Recognition of educational qualifications
Each University provides,
through the Foreign Office, information on the
formalities for the recognition of the educational
qualifications. As an alternative there is the
NARIC
net - National Academic Recognition Information
Centres - where it is possible to have information
about the equivalence of the educational
qualifications.
For Italy the Information Centre on Academic
Mobility and Equivalences is a service of the
Rui Foundation.
The CIMEA information service is carried out
daily by letter; it is possible also to telephone or
to ask for a personal talk (on appointment), on
Monday or on Tuesday, from 9.00 to 13.00.
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CIMEA Information
Centre on Mobility and Academic Equivalences of
the Rui Foundation:
http://www.cimea.it/
viale XXI Aprile 36 - 00162 Roma - tel.
+3906/86321281 fax: +3906/863.22.845
E-mail:
cimea@fondazionerui.it
In the page dedicated to the
University, inside the web site of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and of
Ministry of Education,
of the University
and of
Research
, you can find indications for the enrolment of
foreign students to university courses and the
information on the bilateral and multilateral
agreements on the recogniton of the educational
qualifications.
The updated addresses of Italian Universities are
available on the web site
http://sito.cineca.it/strutture/struttura.html
of the Ministry of the Education, of the University
and of the Research in collaboration with the CINECA.
Scholarships for foreign people
The economic aid to students,
both citizens of the European Union and non
communitarians, can be subdivided in two categories:
a) direct aid (scholarships, loans, partial
or total exemption from university taxes, and so
on), generally addressed to students who are in
possession of particular requirement of age, of
income and merit
(http://universo.murst.it/borse.html);
b) indirect aid under the form of services
(accommodation, refectory, cultural and sport
activities, and so on), offered at a price inferior
to the market cost and, in some regions,
differentiated for income bands
(http://universo.murst.it/collegi/index.html).
In the last case students must possess particular
requirements of age, regularity in the studies and
income.
Such services are supplied by the agencies for the
right to study, by universities (both directly and
in compliance with conventions with external
agencies) and by private and public bodies.
It is possible to find the complete list of the
Agencies for the Right to Study inside the site
http://www.miur.it/UserFiles/756.pdf
or
http://www.miur.it/UserFiles/755.rtf:
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MIUR Ministry of
Education, University and Research:
http://www.miur.it/
U.R.S.T. Office for Relations with the Public,
Communication and Pubblications
piazzale Kennedy, 20 - 00144 Roma - tel.
+3906/59912360 - +3906/59912357
E-mail:
urp@murst.it
Supplying Agencies
Among the agencies that supply scholarships to
university students we point out:
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Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs:
http://www.esteri.it/opportu/index.htm
The Ministry of Italian Foreign Affairs supplies
scholarships through the Ministries of
respective foreign countries to foreign and
Italian citizens living abroad. The scholarships
are granted in order to carry out studies or
researches:
- University
- Academies, Conservatories
- Institutes of Restoration
- National School of Cinematography
- Centers or Laboratories of research
- Libraries, archives , museums and other
institutions.
The candidates will have to apply to the Italian
Diplomatic Representations in their Country, for
the addresses consult:
http://www.esteri.it/lafarnesina/indirizzi/index.htm
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European Union:
http://europa.eu.int/
The European Union grants scholarships through
the Socrates program in the fields Erasmus,
Lingua and Comenius; the programs Alpha, Tempus;
the programs of cooperation with Canada and USA
and, moreover, the pilot projects of cooperation
with Australia and Japan.
Information on the projects in the site of the
UE
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/index_en.html;
the addresses of the National Agencies in
different Countries to the address
http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/info/contact/index_it.htm
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National Research
Council:
http://www.cnr.it/
URP Office Relations with the Public
piazzale Aldo Moro n. 7 - 00185 Roma - tel.
+3906/49932019 - +3906/49933077
dal lunedì al venerdì dalle ore 09.00 alle ore
18.30
E-mail:
urp@urp.cnr.it
National agency of Research with general
scientific competence and scientific institutes
scattered on the territory, that carries out
activities of priority interest for the
advancement of science and the progress of the
Country. Through personal programs of research
and scholarships awarding, it carries out
activity of education in university courses of
research doctorate, activity of high
post-university education, permanent, continual,
recurrent education.
It can also carry out activities of advanced
education which has nothing to do with
university.
1) the
NOOPOLIS
data base, that in Italy operates on-line, collects
information on study opportunity, education and
research available in Italy and abroad in all the
disciplines for students and scholars of whichever
nationality. The information present in the database
are constantly updated. The Data base is consultable
by students and graduated people free of charge just
turning to one of the numerous information points (http://www.noopolis.it/istituz.html)
of University, Youth Centres and other Agencies
subscribed to the data base in Italy and abroad
(Argentina and Hungary).
2) the guide STUDY ABROAD,
published by Unesco, in three languages (English,
French, Spanish) collects every two years the
international ban of scholarships and further
financial resources offered by the countries
members.
The guide is marketed all over the world:
http://upo.unesco.org/books.asp
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UNESCO:
http://www.unesco.org/
7, Place de Fontenoy - 75352 Paris 07 SP
(France) - internazional tel.: +331/45681000
3) the GAZZETTA UFFICIALE
DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Of
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC CONTAINING THE TEXT OF NEW
LAWS):
http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/index.jsp
Official publication of the Italian State, contains
all what Italian Institutions or Public agencies
offer to students, graduated people and scholars as
regards scholarships. Consultable in the main
libraries or buyable at specialistic newspaper
stands and bookstores. In the site it is possible to
consult the G.U. published in the last 60 days.
Italian courses for Foreign People
Inside the site of the
Ministry of Foreign Affair
it is possible to have the addresses and the
activities of the Italian Institutes of culture
abroad: besides the organization of cultural events
in various fields (art, music, cinema, theatre,
dance, fashion, design, photography), the Italian
Institutes of Culture offer the opportunity, to
those who wish it, to get to know the language and
the Italian culture, through the organization of
courses, the management of libraries and the offer
of didactic and editorial material.
Courses of Italian language for Italian foreign
students generally organized in Italy by the
Linguistic Centers of the different Universities and
also by the university foreign people:
In Italy courses of Italian language are also
organized by:
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Società ("Society")
Dante Alighieri:http://www.soc-dante-alighieri.it/
piazza Firenze, 27 - 00186 Roma - tel.
+3906/6873694/95 fax: +3906/6873685
E-mail:
progetto.lingua@flashnet.it
Moral Agency, founded in 1889, with the task of
protecting and diffusing the Italian language
and culture in the world
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Academy of Italian
Fashion and Design:
http://www.linguaitaliana.org/
piazza Pitti, 15 - 50125 Firenze - tel.
+39055/284616-211619 fax: +39055/284486
E-mail:
inform@accademiaitaliana.com
International School founded in 1984. It is
operative internationally as European institute
of artistic and professional education that
prepares designers in the field of
fashion,interior decoration and textile design.
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Giacomo Puccini
Centre - italian language school:
http://www.centropuccini.it/ImparareItaliano/imparare_italiano.html
Via Vespucci 173 55049 Viareggio Tel. 0584
430253 Fax 0584 961275
E-mail:
info@centropuccini.it
Italian language school to Viareggio, in
Tuscany, to the sea, offers courses for foreign
people. Learn italian while learning the italian
culture. School recognized of Ministry of
Education.
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Italian Study Centre:
http://www.centrostuditaliani.org/
via Boscarini, 1 - 61049 Urbania (PS) - tel.
+390722/318950 - +390722/317054 fax:
+390722/317286
E-mail:
urbania@centrostuditaliani.org
The centre has started its activity in 1986 as
school of Italian language and culture for
international students. It organizes courses of
Italian language and culture in whichever part
of the world.
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Leonardo da Vinci
School :
http://www.scuolaleonardo.com
Central Marketing Office - via Brunelleschi, 4 -
50123 Firenze - tel. +39055/290305 fax
+39055/290396
E-mail:
scuolaleonardo@scuolaleonardo.com
Italian language school located in Milano,
Florence, Rome, Siena, Italy, offers semester
and summer study abroad programs. Take courses
in language, arts, and humanities with
transferable college credits. Learn italian
while learning the italian culture.
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Centro Italiano - Italian Language and
Culture in Naples:
http://www.centroitaliano.it
Vico S.
Maria
Dell'Aiuto, 17 - 80134 Napoli -
Italy
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tel. +39081/5524331 fax +39081/5523023
E-mail:
info@centroitaliano.it
;
school@centroitaliano.it
Italian language
school founded in 1982. Situated in the heart of
the historical centre, the school organizes
language courses as well as complementary
cultural activities all the year round. School
officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of
Education.
Or course on line with
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RAI International -
Italica:
http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/lingua/comune.htm
Internet editorial office
via Teulada 66 - 00195 Roma - fax.
+3906/33170973
E-mail:
italica@rai.it
Italica was born in 1996 under the Direction of
RAI International with the institutional
objective to diffuse and to promote also in
Internet the knowledge of the Italian language
and culture. The didactic activity, with the
assistance of a tutor, is carried out entirely
on-line, with a final test at Institutes and
Schools of Italian language abroad or in other
agreed agencies.
You can find a list of private
Institutes in Italy where it is possible to attend
courses of Italian language for foreign people
inside the site
http://www.iluss.it/.
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ILUSS
- Italian Language Update School Service
via Boccaccio 44/B - 50133 Firenze - tel.
+39055/578620 - +39328/3913210
fax: +39055/5058391
E-mail:
info@iluss.it
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segreteria@iluss.it
A no profit-making organization that promotes
the Italian language and culture in the world.
It offers to the ones who study or teach Italian
online free access to grammar units, to readings
and to the respective interactive exercises.
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ICON - Italian
Culture on the Net
http://www.italicon.it/
The ICoN Consortium, composed of 24 Italian
Universities, promotes the language and the
Italian culture in the world through a didactic
portal of Italian language and culture, that
gives the possibility to attend a course of
Italian language and to get a degree on the net
(officially recognized and with full legal
value) in "Language and Italian culture for
foreign people".
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