Education in Italy includes the following steps: preschool, secondary (school) and higher education.
Preschool and school education
Thus, the education system in Italy means that children age visit from three to six years a local analog of our domestic kindergartens which often are at monasteries, and tutors are served by nuns.
Secondary education in Italy includes study at elementary, younger high and high high school. Elementary school is two grade levels, and they are an example of free education in Italy absolutely for all. At younger high school the pupils gain basic knowledge. At the last stage – at the high high school – there are options. For example, it is possible to get professional education in Italy, having left so-called colleges or institutes that is confirmed by delivery not only the diploma about secondary education, but also certificates on professional qualification. Or at this stage there is a training in profile lyceums (classical, humanitarian, technical and others).
Higher education system
The higher education in Italy usually begins after the termination of lyceum. It is worth noticing that the higher education system in Italy also means existence of several steps:
- the first, lasting three years upon termination of which the analog of degree of the bachelor is appropriated;
- the second which lasts from four to six years;
- – postdegree upon termination of which doctor's degree is appropriated or the diploma of the expert is issued the third.
to graduate at the universities, in particular, technical, university academies and colleges. Traditionally most part of the Italian students studies at the universities which main direction is research activity. However, academies of fine arts where there is a training in four directions (painting, a decor, a scenic decor, a sculpture) are very popular among entrants and conservatory and also. Receipt in higher educational institutions such is possible only following the results of passing of entrance examinations. Training in higher education institutions is conducted most often in Italian. Though some universities offer also English-language programs.
An education in Italy can be got also by foreign citizens. For this purpose it is necessary to have only the secondary ended education and to know Italian. The education system in Italy for foreigners is constructed so that in most higher education institutions it is possible to avoid entrance examinations, however surely it is necessary to take tests for knowledge of language. An exception are some educational institutions which accept results of examinations of CILS. It is more than chances to get an education in Italy in this case at those entrants who successfully finished at least one course of higher education institution in the country. If it is already graduated in other state and there is the corresponding diploma, it is possible to try to get second higher education in Italy or to come to a postgraduate study of the Italian higher education institution. Training cost in the state Italian institutions is about three hundred-four hundred U.S. dollars a year. In private higher education institutions studies even more expensively, year of training will manage in the sum from two to eight thousand dollars. To get free higher education in Italy also perhaps. Such right is granted to the students who gained the greatest number of points following the results of examinations.