Zipping scooters, vogue fashions, refreshing gelatos and calming cafés, typify the energy and self-indulgence found in the Mediterranean country of Italy.
Why Study Abroad in Italy?
Even if you have had no previous Italian language experience, you can take advantage of our Italian language programs at one of our two well-known Italian institutions in Florence or Rome. The CEA study abroad program in Italy offers courses taught in English in the following areas of focus:
- Business
- Arts
- Photography
- Literature
- Art history
- Architecture
Regardless of your major, CEA offers programs designed to complement your studies.
Italy Fast Facts
- Country name: Italian Republic
- Area: 301,230 sq km (117,487 sq mi)
- Population: 58,057,477
- Capital city: Rome
- People: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
- Language: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
- Religion: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
- Major industries: tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics
