The CAPA Florence Program is an incredible and affordable opportunity that awaits you for professional development, progress towards your degree, and the opportunity to travel and live abroad!

Fees Include

• Tuition for up to 15 credits for all courses and internships
• Transfer credit from the University of Minnesota
• Housing for program dates
• Internship placements and professional supervision
• Florence Bus Transportation Pass
• Excursions and program activities
• Access to a CAPA calendar of local cultural activities
• On going support and advising from the CAPA program staff
• Travel and health insurance
• 24 hour emergency care and crisis management

Internships in All Fields

• Work with local Italian people! Enhance your resume!  Build professional skills and gain new ones!  Build a network of international contacts in your field.  
• CAPA is one of the only internships providers in Florence with an extensive network of internship sites available in businesses of every kind, as well as nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations.  Click here to see some CAPA internship sites.

Academic and Experiential Learning

• A variety of courses with local visits and special lectures making them relevant to your study abroad experience. Click here for a complete list of courses
• Courses to engage you in critical thought and challenge you to pursue subjects in depth through academic research and field research in Florence.  Click here to learn more.
• COURSES IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE, VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE, HISTORY, BUSINESS, PSYCHOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE and more….

Credit

• Transfer credit from The University of Minnesota
• Up to 15 credits for the CAPA Florence Program

About Florence

Michelangelo’s David, Giotto’s campanile, Ghiberti’s bronze doors, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus… Discover Florence, where art is a part of everyday life and masterpieces await you around every corner.  The CAPA Program Center is located in the historic area of Sante Croce, just minutes away from the historic cathedral, the Duomo. Our Fine Arts Studio houses all the creative tools required for courses in oil and watercolor painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and fresco design.

IIf you are earning credit through your own college or university rather than from the University of Minnesota through the independent enrollment program, please contact CAPA Student Services line at 800-793-0334 for information specific to your program. For general information on Florence, please click here .