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Unicollege Study Abroad

An Italian University, Open to the World

The dedicated Unicollege website for students and universities from North America and around the world.

Study Abroad Programs Admissions

90+

Partner institutions

40+

Countries

4

Italian campuses

For partner universities

Spring 2027 nominations close October 31

Nominate your students online in a few minutes. To save time, send the completed Application Form together with the nomination: the video shows how.

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Study Abroad Programs

Two visiting students with Unicollege tote bags on the campus groundsSemester and Year AbroadStudy in Italy for a semester or year through a North American–aligned university pathway, with tuition waivers and scholarships available.Explore A faculty member guiding his students through Piazza Sordello in MantuaFaculty-led ProgramsFaculty-led programs developed directly between universities, peer to peer, with the budget shaped by the faculty leader.Explore A tutor reviewing a placement plan with two students at UnicollegeInternships AbroadAcademically supervised placements in Italy, with credit-bearing options and integrated faculty oversight.Explore Young students walking together along a tree-lined avenue in TurinPre-College & Gap YearUniversity-based programs for school cohorts and 18+ gap-year students, through a North American–aligned academic pathway with tuition waivers and scholarships available.Explore Two institutional representatives shaking hands at a Unicollege campus entranceUniversity-to-University PartnershipsDirect institutional partnerships built peer to peer between universities, supporting student and faculty mobility, joint programming, and financial aid continuity.Explore

Summer School 2027

Serendipity Summer School on Disability Studies

An International Comparative School on Disability, Education, Society, and Human Experience.

18–24 June 2027, Unicollege Mantua Campus and Venice. On Campus | Online | Academic Credit | Faculty-led Program. Call for Contributions: submission deadline 5 February 2027.

Serendipity Summer School Participate as an Attendee

Why Unicollege

An Italian university built for international partnerships.

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Accredited university

Accredited by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), with academic structures designed to remain intelligible across Italian, European, and North American higher-education systems.

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English-speaking university

English is the common language of instruction and international administration. Courses, academic records, advising, and institutional processes are managed within an internationally intelligible framework, with official transcripts issued for recognition across North America and worldwide.

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Direct University Partnerships

University-to-university agreements with 90+ partner institutions across more than 40 countries, including 40+ across the United States and Canada. This direct model removes third-party intermediation and restores a peer-to-peer relationship between universities, ensuring that academic, financial, and programmatic decisions remain directly with the institutions themselves.

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Financial Aid Continuity

As an accredited university, Unicollege supports models that can combine tuition-waived reciprocal opportunities with the continuity of eligible home-institution financial aid, including institutional scholarships and, where applicable, North American financial aid mechanisms subject to home-university policies.

Course & Program Reference Catalog

A guest lecture in the aula magna of the Turin campus3 US/Canadian creditsOrganized Crime and Transnational MafiasExamine how organized crime evolves across borders, economies, institutions, and global networks.Students at the tables under the canopies in the Florence campus garden5 US/Canadian creditsComprehensive Italian Cuisine: Regional Mastery and Culinary InterpretationExplore Italy’s regional cuisines through technique, tradition, ingredients, and culinary interpretation.Piazza della Signoria in Florence with Palazzo Vecchio and the Neptune fountain3 US/Canadian creditsHistory of Art and Visual CulturesExplore art and visual culture across centuries through the societies, ideas, and places that shaped them.A lecturer leading a seminar in the aula magna of the Turin campus3 US/Canadian creditsApplied Geopolitical AnalysisRead contemporary power through geography, resources, conflict, and strategic forecasting.An iron-and-glass galleria dome seen from below3 US/Canadian creditsMuseology and Curatorial Practices for Cultural SpacesExamine museums, collections, curatorial practice, exhibition-making, and the evolving role of cultural spaces.

Semester & Year Abroad

Academic Model

The Unicollege 3As Model - 70 · 20 · 10

Acquire, Apply, Amplify - a coherent framework integrating theoretical instruction, guided academic application and field-based learning across all programs.

Students following a lecture on the Turin campus

70%

Acquire

Instructional core - lectures, seminar discussions, guided readings and case-based analysis.

 Students working together on a project at the Turin campus

20%

Apply

Capstone project - students apply knowledge to a defined research question under faculty supervision.

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10%

Amplify

Field-based learning - site visits, guest lectures and structured cultural engagement.
Discover the Unicollege 3As Model

Student Voices

Hear it from our partner students.

Visiting students from partner institutions document their academic semester at Unicollege, including campus life, English-medium instruction, and structured engagement with the Italian context beyond the classroom.

"Studying at Unicollege gave me an Italian academic experience I couldn't have built anywhere else."