Foundation Year

The Foundation Year is a full immersion preparatory program for international students wishing to enroll at the University of Parma or any Italian University or a Music Conservatory. It is organized in collaboration with A. Boito Music Conservatory in Parma.

It addresses prospective students holding a high school diploma but who have linguistic or cultural gaps and/or less than 12 years of schooling, as required by Law to access university in Italy.

Parma is famous all around the world for its art, where music has a leading role and food. It is a medium-size, efficient, vibrant, university city, with a high quality of life.

With more than a thousand years of history, the University of Parma has always been at the forefront of new developments in teaching and research. Responding to students’ needs and helping students develop their own special skills from study life to leisure are among its core values.

Discover more about the course:
http://foundationyear.unipr.it/en/home-en/
or write to [email protected]

Thanks to this program, international students will have the opportunity to:

• Improve their language competence in Italian, up to B2 level, (needed to enroll at an Italian University) and expand their intercultural communicative skills.
• Fill in any cultural and intercultural gaps to better integrate into an academic context in Italy.
• Obtain a one-year certificate of attendance (for students who do not have 12 years of schooling).