Foundation Year
University of Siena
Key Information
Campus location
Siena, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 3,500
Application deadline
29 Apr 2024
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
The Foundation Course (FC) offered by the School of Economics and Management (SEM) is a one-year, multidisciplinary, pre-university course, fully taught in English.
It is intended for international students who wish to enroll in a SEM BSc course and fall into one of these two categories:
- Students must make up a year to reach the minimum requirement of 12 years of schooling.
- Students who reach the 12 years of schooling but fail to satisfy admission requirements and therefore need some further education.
After completion, students acquire 60 Foundation Course Credits (FCC), computed on the basis of the equivalence 1 FCC 25 hours of total student commitment = 8 hours of classroom lessons + up to 1.6 hours of exercise classes.
Ideal Students
It is intended for international students who wish to enroll in an SEM BSc course and fall into one of these two categories:
- Students must make up a year to reach the minimum requirement of 12 years of schooling.
- Students who reach the 12 years of schooling but fail to satisfy admission requirements and need, therefore, some further education.
Curriculum
- Duration: 1 year
- Credits: 60
Mathematics
- Credits: 15 FCC
- Lessons: 120 hours
- Exercises: 24.0 maximum hours
Economics and Economic History
- Credits: 9 FCC
- Lessons: 72 hours
- Exercises:14.4 maximum hours
Social Sciences and Law
- Credits: 9 FCC
- Lessons: 72 hours
- Exercises: 14.4 maximum hours
Italian Language
- Credits: 18 FCC
- Lessons: 144 hours
- Exercises: 28.8 maximum hours
English Language (B2 level)
- Credits: 9 FCC
- Lessons: 72 hours
- Exercises: 14.4 maximum hours