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.

Duration

Semester, year long, summer.

Dates

Fall semester: late August to early December
Spring semester: early January to late April
Summer: late May to late June

Eligibility

Any student with at least sophomore status in good academic standing with at least a 2.75 GPA may apply.

Language

Courses are taught in English. However, students who have not successfully completed an Italian language course prior to enrollment at the Rome Center must take Italian 101. The people speak Italian, but students will find that even with limited Italian skills, they will be able to communicate sufficiently to get around Rome.

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.

Orientation

There is a week-long mandatory orientation at the beginning of each semester.