The John Felice Rome Center Program Overview

The Rome Center’s campus is located 35 minutes from the center of Rome, atop Monte Mario, the city’s highest hill. The center’s intent is to combine a small, American college atmosphere - it typically enrolls 200 students per semester - with a European educational experience. Classes are taught on the center’s campus in fully equipped classrooms. For the “on-site” courses, the city and its sites become the classroom. Students also have opportunities to participate in school-sponsored trips to locales in Italy and Europe led by experienced and energetic Rome Center staff.

Program Type

This program is a Marquette exchange program, administered by Loyola University of Chicago, which means that federal financial aid and Marquette grants and scholarships apply. For more complete information on how this program will affect your financial aid, contact the Office of Student Financial Aid.

Living

Students live in residence halls on campus with other students studying abroad. Some of the Rome Center’s features and services include

• Chapel and resident chaplain
• Full-time staffed, English-language library with 100,000 volumes
• Infirmary staffed by an American physician
• Workout facility, basketball and volleyball courts, and soccer field
• Computer lab with 24-hour access to e-mail, fax and the Internet

See the program's Web site for for more information on student life at the Rome Center.

Grading Scale

The Rome Center uses an A-F Grading Scale. Students will transfer credits back to Marquette for those classes in which the student received a grade of C or higher. Please note that the grades will not be transferred, only the credits for approved classes.

Required Materials for Marquette University

See the Applying for Study Abroad Page to see Marquette's requirements.

Marquette Requirements Deadline

Please complete the above steps by October 1 for the spring semester and March 1 for the fall semester, summer term, or academic year.

Application Requirements for the Rome Center:

Visit the Rome Center application page for detailed application instructions. NOTE: Application materials should be submitted to Marquette's Office of International Education, not Loyola University. Documents must be submitted by September 1 for the spring semester and February 1 for the fall semester, summer term, or academic year.