47 Humanities Foundation Year Programs

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.

The Foundation Year is a nine-month, full immersion preparatory course in Italian for international students willing to enroll in a BA taught in Italian at #UNIPAVIA. The Foundation Year is aimed at students who do not meet the minimum requirement – 12 years of schooling – to access the Italian higher education system.

The Foundation Year at SSML Pisa is a preparatory program specifically designed for international students who wish to enroll in our flagship undergraduate program — the Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic Mediation (Class L-12) — but need to strengthen their Italian language skills before admission.

Prepare for undergraduate studies in fashion, design, branding, and creative industries through an immersive Foundation Year in Milan. Develop essential creative, technical, visual, and academic skills while building a portfolio and gaining a comprehensive introduction to the fashion and luxury sectors.

Start your journey to academic success with Università Cattolica's Foundation Programme 2026/2027, designed to prepare international students for university studies in Italy. Strengthen English and learn Italian: our programme ensures students develop the language, academic, and cultural skills essential for thriving in an academic environment. 

Italy: synonym of wonder, especially for the new generations who live abroad and who wish to enter into contact with the culture and the educational system that the Beautiful Country is able to offer. The scenario assumed by RUFA to contact students attracted by Made in Italy, starts from this assumption not intended only as a sign of distinction and style, but also as a qualitative approach to life.

The English Foundation Course (Preparatory Year) has been designed for students who wish to study at ELTE or another European university, but do not yet have the necessary level of language competence and study skills to start a BA degree program. With a minimum of 800 contact hours guaranteed, the course can bring you up to speed in as little as two semesters.

The English Foundation Course (Preparatory Year) has been designed for students who wish to study at ELTE or another European university, but do not yet have the necessary level of language competence and study skills to start a BA degree program. With a minimum of 800 contact hours guaranteed, the course can bring you up to speed in as little as two semesters.

Foundation Year is aimed at students attracted by Made in Italy, understood not only as a sign of distinction and style but also as a qualitative approach to life. It is precisely in this context that the Foundation Course fits in: a 60-credit supplementary course that aims to introduce students to the cultural, design, historical and artistic subjects with which they will be confronted, in even greater depth, in the years to come.

Your route to Year 2 of an undergraduate degree at a range of French and international partner universities. This programme includes a range of academic modules specific to the progression degree.

The Undergraduate Foundation Programme is designed to prepare international students who have completed senior secondary education for undergraduate study. All students who successfully complete the UFP are guaranteed placement on a suitable programme of undergraduate study with an OnCampus partner.

The English Foundation Program is not a prerequisite for an EU degree. However, EU is an English-speaking business school and all classes, assignments, exams, lectures and final dissertations are carried out in English. If students need to improve their English to meet EU’s program admission requirements, this specialized program will help them refine their language skills and prepare them for our programs.

The English Foundation Program is not a prerequisite for an EU degree. However, EU is an English-speaking business school and all classes, assignments, exams, lectures and final dissertations are carried out in English. If students need to improve their English to meet EU’s program admission requirements, this specialized program will help them refine their language skills and prepare them for our programs.

The English Foundation Program is not a prerequisite for an EU degree. However, the EU is an English-speaking business school and all classes, assignments, exams, lectures and final dissertations are carried out in English. If students need to improve their English to meet the EU’s program admission requirements, this specialized program will help them refine their language skills and prepare them for our programs.

Your route to an undergraduate degree at a range of partner universities. This programme includes English and three academic subject modules.