GENERAL
PREPARATIONS
LIFE IN GENOA
STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
Program Overview
The FIU Genoa Program offers opportunities for engagement with the city of Genoa and the local community. It is an atypical study abroad program, meaning we can do things here that have become difficult for US students to do in many other Italian cities, such as improving your Italian language skills in local shops and interacting with the local community. Above all, you have the chance to live here.
The success of this depends on your attitude and degree of openness and willingness to engage.
You have chosen to involve yourself with this program, which implies that you have reason to believe that studying in Genoa and Italy will be valuable to your personal growth, general education, and future professional life.
This is a study abroad program, not an exchange program. You will be taking FIU courses taught by FIU personnel, professors from the University of Genoa, or local experts. All courses are taught in English.
The beauties, particularities and difficulties of Genoa are part of the experience.
The program is not a service that delivers a packaged experience. In fact, Genoa is NOT a “packaged” city. We are responsible for and structure certain aspects, we plan others, we suggest certain possibilities, and we let you (and expect you to) deal with a certain amount on your own. Independence and self-sufficiency are important, as well as self-discovery.