Study in Italy | Higher Education in Italy

(prHWY.com) September 14, 2011 - New Delhi, India -- Italy has played an important role in European higher education. Many people seek to Study in Italy. Studying in Italy gives students access to some of the most influential art, architecture, and history in the world. Italy has many private schools and university-level institutions, some affiliated to American universities, including business and commercial colleges, hotel and catering schools, and language schools, which offer a selection of further education courses for school-leavers, university graduates, workers and the unemployed. Study Abroad in Italy gives you a delighting experience.

EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ITALY

1) Elementary and Secondary

The elementary and secondary distinction is is currently divided into three distinct sections.

The first one is Scuola Elementare which lasts for 5 years and begins at the age of 6. The second scuola media, is a three year stint at the end of which students, assuming all goes well, receive a Diploma di Licenza di Scuola Media and therefore the right to continue their education. Here, at the age of 14, is where obligatory education currently ends and an optional 4 or 5 year course of study begins.

2) Higher Education

Higher Education in Italy is based on a system in which universities are expected to fulfill the twin tasks of teaching and research. Academic autonomy and freedom are not only inherent aspects of this approach but also guaranteed by Italian law. At present, the university sector is made up of 89 university institutions which are classified in:

* 58 State Universities
* 17 Non-State Universities
* 2 Universities for foreigners
* 6 Higher School for Post Graduation
* 6 Telemetric Universities

The non-university sector includes 4 education typologies with their institutions: - higher schools of design: polytechnics for the arts, academies of fine arts, higher institutes for applied arts, music conservatories and recognized music institutes, higher institutes for musical and choreographic studies, national academies, etc. which, along with their respective institutions, falls under the supervision of ministries other than that of Education.

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