ABOUT ITALIA

General Information:

Italy is a country located on the Italian peninsula south of Europe, is one of the most populated countries in Europe. The geographical location is very special, possessing diverse terrain, from the beaches to the mountains undulating, from small villages to areas pristine active volcanoes. Italian residential community also includes many ethnic groups such as Arabs, Byzantine, Greek, Norman ... Italy shares its northern border with the French Alpine, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.

Area: 301 338 km²

Population: 59.83 million people (2013 statistics)

Popular destinations: Rome, Venice, Florence, Milan, Naples, Verona, Bologna, Perugia, Genoa, Turin, ...

Italy has long been considered the most famous destinations in the world, Italy as a tourism treasure gathers all elements of a flawless journey to discover beautiful landscapes, ancient culture, ancient architecture rich, distinctive art and cuisine.

The famous cities of tourism in Italy:

Roma is paradise art, cuisine, history, fashion and culture.

Roma in the Italian city famous tourist attractions in Italy

Venice is the capital city of the capital of romance and popular tourist center in the world. Vince city attracts tourists as it offers up to 150 waterways, 400 bridges and hundreds of palaces and squares were built between the 16th and 17th centuries Vince city deserves a page bearing appearance rate traditionally been the center of European culture.

One corner of Venice:

Milan explore the historic city with ancient ancient features, viewed as a major fashion center full of designer boutiques, Milan is also an Italian tourist attraction in the world famous as his paintings Leonardo da Vinci's painting, the Last Supper, La Scala Theatre, Castello Sforzesco, and one of the largest Gothic cathedral in the world.

 Milan

Florence is the capital city of Tuscany and one of the famous tourist attractions in Italy. Florence is often described as a huge outdoor museum because of the number of works of art and monumental architecture treasure. Artistic masterpieces of Florence is found in all the cities, in many museums, the beautiful church of Santa Maria del Fiore as galleries and internationally renowned art and Pitti Palace as Ufizzi.
 

Florence

 Naples is the capital of the Campania region in southern Italy and also the famous sights in Italy and also one of the city's busiest urban centers in the country, Naples with a vibrant atmosphere of the gates , restaurant and nightlife district. Many foods are favorites in Italy originated from here as pizza, spaghetti and parmigiana.

Verona paradise explore art, cuisine, history, fashion and culture. To Italian students have the opportunity to visit the city's Roman arena and hearing emotional story of Romeo and Juliet, in addition to lots of other interesting things are waiting for you students.

Verona at night

Bologna is one of the fastest growing cities in Italy by quality of life, thriving with natural beauty with lush vegetable gardens, parks, museums, high-rise buildings, churches and shops brand shopping along dozens of kilometers and do not forget the great food.

Bologna

Perugia is the paradise of art, cuisine, history, fashion and culture.

Perugia city of famous buildings

Genoa is one of the mysteries of the Italian city. Genoa is a city classic Italian combination of hills and pastel color houses with terracotta roofs all mixed with a gorgeous churches, gardens, palaces and Baroque Roman ruins shed crushed.

Genoa attractive tourist destinations in Italy.

Currency

The official currency of Italy is the Euro - the official currency of the 15 member states of the European Union. There are 7 par value of euro including 5, 10,20, 50, 100, 200 and 500. In Italy, most of the major shopping stores accept payment by Visa or Master Card. If you need cash, you can convert to a bank or currency exchange points in the city.

 Climate

The climate in regions of Italy are not entirely the same and temperature differences exist. Winter in Italy usually falls between December, lasted until about mid-May 3. The temperature can drop below minus degrees and more than 10 cencius degrees high, depending on the region. Spring in Italy from near the end of March to mid-June, the temperature from 10 cencius degrees to 25 cencius degrees. Summer in this country from mid June to mid-September, the average temperature is about 20 cencius degrees to 38 cencius degrees. From mid-September to mid-December is the time of the fall, the temperature difference compared to spring from about 2 cencius degrees to 5 cencius degrees.

2. EDUCATION SYSTEM

The educational system of this boot-shaped country is divided into two main parts: Academic Institutions and Vocational Institutions. Higher education in Italy lasts range 4-6 years depending on the field of study.

There are 4 types of universities in Italy, including: Public University (accounting for the largest number, about 51 universities); Private Universities; Technical University (very small amounts) and the Institute of Training of different subjects. In Italian universities offer courses in 5 main areas: Health; Science Technology; Humanist; Law, Politics, Social Sciences, Economics and Construction architecture.

Qualification also includes 4 types: the first is the Foundation Degree (also known as the Diploma Universitario) - lasts 2-3 years of study and taking into account links with water; Bachelor of Science - Art (also known as the Diploma di Laurea) program lasts 4-6 years; The Doctoral Studies (also known as di Ricerca Dottorato) Postgraduate Programs, expressed as reported 3-4 years, competition is very high input; finally Specialist Degree (Diploma di Specializzazione).

3. TUITION FEES

Diploma programs: ranging from 7,000-10,000 €/year
Foundation programs: ranging from 6,000-8,000 €/year
Italian programs: the average ranged from 180-300 €/week
 
4. ACCOMODATION FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS

There are two main forms: in the dormitory or homestay, rental rates are also quite varied from 200-500 € / month (~ 5 million - 13 million VND). In addition, students can choose to stay in the church, the monastery with the average cost of 300 € / month (~ 8 million VND). If you live in the big cities, the price will be higher, such as rents in Milan or Rome will be higher than Turin or Naples. So, if you want to save money then you should choose to study in smaller cities, but the quality of education remains the same.

 4. FOOD IN ITALIA

Italian food is usually quite easy to eat and taste the Vietnamese people. Moreover there are many Chinese restaurants, India, Japan and Vietnam, too (though not much). In addition, there are also common in Italian cuisine that favorite Vietnamese students like such as pizza, spaghetti and parmigiana, cupichino café, ...

 5.TRANSPORTATION IN ITALIA

Italy's roads are rated as relatively good, the students often small cars or motorcycles. Besides bus, subway and taxi (all-white) is the public transport popular here.