Living and Learning in Tuscany
While studying in Prato students will learn, visit, explore, taste and experience new and exciting things everyday.
'Live the Life' in Prato, Italy
ËÄÉ«AV of New Haven opened its first international satellite campus in Prato, Italy in the fall of 2012. The historic city of Prato offers University of New Haven students an authentic Italian cultural experience. Prato, the second largest city in the region, is just 25 minutes from Florence and less than two hours from Rome by train.
While experiencing life abroad, students will have the opportunity to enroll in five classes taught by both University of New Haven and Italian faculty. All University of New Haven tuition and fees remain the same as if students were attending our main campus in West Haven, Connecticut - the only difference in price is the cost of airfare!
While studying in Prato students will learn, visit, explore, taste and experience new and exciting things everyday.
Spending a semester at the University’s campus in Tuscany, Italy, can greatly enhance our students’ educational experience.
Spend your first semester as a first year student in Prato, Italy, the second largest city in Tuscany and just 25 minutes from Florence.
Applications are accepted and approved on a rolling basis meaning that the sooner you turn complete and submit the application, the sooner you’ll be able to finalize your plans for your time abroad.
You will be billed University of New Haven tuition, housing, food, and fees, as if on campus. Your University of New Haven scholarships and aid will be virtually unchanged. Students will cover the cost of the Italian visa. Students will be billed the cost of airfare. In order to ensure that all students arrive in Milan as a group, we shall purchase group tickets.
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Meet Lara Pugi, program coordinator at the University’s campus in Tuscany, Italy. She has lived in Prato for over a decade and appreciates the local parks and the people.
I have memories, friends, lessons, and experiences that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
This experience was externally beneficial.
I was able to branch out of my comfort zone.