Foundation Year
Parma, Italy
Foundation Year
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
* The FY attendance costs 4,000 for the General programme and 3,200 for the Music programme. Music courses not included.
Key Summary
About: The Foundation Year at The University of Parma helps students with a high school diploma who have linguistic or cultural gaps or fewer than 12 years of schooling meet Italian university access rules. Parma is a medium-size university city known for art and food. The university has about 30,000 students and 1,739 staff.
Career Outcomes: The Foundation Year readies students to progress into First Cycle Degree programs and undergraduate study, strengthening language, cultural and study skills. Career opportunities include progression to bachelor’s degrees across disciplines, pathways into English-taught programs at Parma, and stronger prospects for academic success and employability.
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 foundationyear@unipr.it
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).