SUF at a Glance

Location
The SUF Campus is a ten-minute walk from the historic city center, situated on and around Piazza Savonarola. The campus is surrounded by a lovely residential neighborhood, well serviced by a variety of local shops and businesses.

Campus
The SUF Campus is comprised of five buildings all within a five-minute walking distance. The newly renovated garden connects the Villa Rossa, the main administrative building, and the Villino, home of the SUF library.

History
Celebrating nearly fifty years of existence, SUF is one of the oldest study-abroad programs in Italy. In 1959, the first thirty Syracuse University students came by ship to study in Florence. The first program was housed in the family estate of Conte Mario Gigliucci, today’s Villa Rossa, and SUF has been there ever since.

Faculty & Staff
SUF employs 26 administrative staff and approximately 60 faculty.

Academics

• Over 120 classes each semester for undergraduate students

• Graduate Program in Renaissance Art

Three study options:

1.Option I is for students who want to take all of their courses at SUF.
2.Option II is for students who want to take Advanced Intensive Italian Language Courses at the Centro di Cultura per Stranieri of the University of Florence.
3.Option III is for undergraduates and graduate students who want to take courses at the College of Humanities and Political Science at the University of Florence.

• Departments at SUF:

-Studio Arts
-Art History
-Humanities/Social Sciences/Business
-Italian Language
-Architecture

• Students may choose to participate in the internship program and earn from 1 to 3 credits per semester.

• Class-related field studies offered almost every weekend to numerous locations in Italy.

Academic Resources
• The campus offers comprehensive technological support, including a computer lab with 40 PCs in the Villa Rossa and 6 PCs in the architecture studios. All computers have access to the Internet, Windows XP, Office XP and AutoCAD XP. Wireless is available in the Villa Rossa, the garden,the Villino and in the M.Arch.II Studio.

• The SUF library contains 12,000 items including books, DVDs, videos and periodicals. Students can access the catalogue on-line.

• A digital image archive with 8,000 catalogued images and a slide library with nearly 5,000 slides are available in the media lab.

Students
• During the fall/spring semesters, the student body is on average comprised of 320 undergraduates and 15 graduates.

• 30% of the student body comes from Syracuse University.

Student Life
• Extracurricular Activities are offered to provide a better understanding of the Italian culture. Activities include cooking classes, wine tasting, hiking, sports, Italian-English conversation exchange etc.

• Volunteer program: Students can break cultural barriers by adhering to the story-telling volunteer program, where students introduce English books to Italian school children.

• A full-time staff member provides acculturation counseling and medical referrals.

• A medical doctor is available on campus twice a week.

Housing
• 80% of our students live with Italian families. Most architecture students live in apartments.

• Over 165 Florentine families work with SUF to provide students with a home away from home.

Lectures, Special Events & Publications
• SUF organizes each semester a series of lectures that promote a better understanding of Italian history, society and culture.

• Special events not only help students immerse themselves into the Italian culture and society but are also a way of giving back to the community.

• Publications include:

- La Gazzetta, a collection of student writings in Italian.
- Villa Rossa Voice, a newsletter for students, faculty and staff.

Year in Review

2006/07: Building Bridges (0,93 MB)

SUF 2005/06 Expanding Our Boundaries:
A year of unprecedented growth (46 MB)

Tuition & Fees
Go to SU Abroad's web-site for information about tuition & fees:
http://suabroad.syr.edu/programs/florence/cost.asp

How to Apply
Students apply directly to SU Abroad's office.
Go to the following web-site for further information: suabroad.syr.edu