Cornell University in Rome

  Italy

• Rome: 
Roma (Rome)

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring 
Dates: Fall and Spring terms

Description: Experience the world's most extraordinary art and architecture first-hand. Live in a major international city and center of European history and culture. See Italy's most notable cities, towns, archaeological sites, gardens, and historical and contemporary art collections. Spend a term in an ancient yet contemporary European capital.

Cornell in Rome is a semester long study-abroad program of Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Educating students in Italy for over twenty years, the program has long provided a transformative experience for young, developing artists, architects, urbanists, and scholars. The program is open to students in and outside Cornell in the disciplines of architecture, visual arts, and urban studies, as well as related fields like art history, classics, European studies, medieval studies, and sociology.

Drawing upon the historical and cultural resources of Rome, its museums, art, and architecture, and the city's beauty and complexity as an ancient and yet modern world capital, a semester in Rome has proven to be a pivotal semester for both intellectual and personal growth. The program provides extensive studio work, on-site classes, and a rich field trip itinerary.

Courses are offered both Fall and Spring terms in architecture, art, and urban studies, architecture history, art history, drawing, photography, architecture theory, contemporary Italian culture, European politics, and Italian language.

Maximum enrollment is 55-60 students each semester.

Weekly classes use the city and its wealth of museums and galleries, archaeological sites, villas, churches, and remarkable public spaces for on site study, as well as Rome's many neighborhoods, for field-based learning activities. An extensive field trip program to many different regions of Italy beyond Rome and a varied and dynamic lecture series featuring contemporary architects, artists, and planners complements course offerings.

Cornell in Rome's resident faculty are chosen from the best local and internationally known scholars, critics, architects, and artists, and are all expert at using the city as an unparalleled resource for instruction and inspiration. Additionally, they are joined by distinguished Cornell professors from the Departments of Architecture, Art, and City and Regional Planning, who live and teach in Rome for the entire term.

The program is based at Palazzo Lazzaroni, a handsomely restored, seventeenth-century palazzo, in the historic center of Rome. Large, completely furnished student apartments with wireless access, all within easy walking distance of studio and classroom space, house all participants.

As 5 month-long residents of the center of Rome, students enjoy daily contact with the urban life of a major, European city and its nearly 3000 years of history and extraordinary backdrop of art and architecture. Cornell students say the Rome semester is the best of their undergraduate years. Consider joining us!

Highlights:
* Courses are offered both Fall and Spring terms in architecture, art, and urban studies, architecture history, art history, drawing, photography, architecture theory, contemporary Italian culture, European politics, and Italian language.

* Extensive studio work, on-site classes, and a rich field trip itinerary.

* Enjoy a small school environment in one of the most vibrant and dynamic cities in the world.

* Study with outstanding faculty experienced in using Rome's unparalleled resources.

Cost in US$: $23,750

Experience Required: yes

Students should have completed two years of a university program.

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. - For Cornell students only

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Year Founded: 1986