The Foundation Year is a preparatory course taught in Italian designed for:

• students who do not meet the minimum 12 years of schooling required for enrollment in an Italian University Degree course.
• students who want to access undergraduate degrees at the University of Pavia.
•  students interested in learning Italian or improving their Italian language skills.

For the academic year 2021-22, you can choose among three available options:

• Foundation Year - residential option: you will attend all courses, both Italian and Area Studies courses  in presence* in Pavia from October 2021 until June 2022
• Foundation Year - blended option: you will attend the intensive Italian course online from October 2021 until February 2022; then you will attend in presence* in Pavia the Italian language course and the area study preparatory courses from March until June 2022. 
• Foundation Year - online option: you will attend all courses, both Italian and Area Studies classes entirely online from October 2021 until June 2022. 

*The in-person options will take place only if the sanitary conditions will be favorable and allow for in-person lessons. On the contrary, the program will be held entirely online, without any possibility of reimbursement or reductions of the tuition fees.

Applications for the a.y. 2021-22 are open!