Study STEM in beautiful Bologna, Italy
Founded in 1088, the University of Bologna (UniBo) is the oldest university in the Western world. UniBo is reknowned for its research and teaching in the sciences.
Through Wellesley's longstanding partnership with UniBo and the Eastern College Consortium (ECCO), students are able to spend a semester or year studying in one of the most beautiful cities in Italy while developing their Italian language proficiency. STEM courses taken at UniBo can transfer for credit at the 200- or 300-level towards their major or minor. Students may also receive transfer credit for research conducted in a lab.
STEM fields available at the University of Bologna:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies
- Mathematics
- Neruscience
- Physics
- Psychology
Language Requirement
Intermediate-level proficiency in Italian is required. This can be fulfilled in one of the following ways:
1. ITAS 101 & 102 followed by ITAS 201 & 202
2. Same as above with the option of taking ITAS 202 during Wintersession in Rome
3. ITAS 103 and 203 (Intensive Beginner Italian and Intensive Intermediate Italian)
Declared STEM majors may fulfill the language requirement with 2 semesters of prior Italian study (for fall semester study) or 3 semesters (for spring semester study).
For questions about the language pre-requisite, please contact Prof. Sergio Parussa at sparussa@wellesley.edu or Prof. Daniela Bartalesi-Graf at dbartale@wellesley.edu.
Application
Students apply through ECCO. For questions, contact the Office of International Study at ois@wellesley.edu.
Please see below for a non-exhaustive list of STEM courses that are possible to take at UniBo.
Animal Biology (13520)
Biogeography and Macroecology (88270)
Biological Informational Molecules (87613)
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (96024)
Cellular Biochemistry (67017)
Coastal Systems and Global Change (95988)
Comparative Anatomy (99007)
Crispr-Cas Systems: From Bacterial Adaptive Immunity to Genome-Editing Applications (96032) - Taught in English
Cytology and Histology (54576)
Ethology (01257)
Functional Genetics and Genomics (84893)
General Genetics (13731)
General Pathology and Immunology (78786)
General Physiology (00443)
Genetics (38836) - Taught in Italian
Genetics (87615) - Taught in English
Laboratory of Cellular Biology (B2028)
Marine Ecology (18613)
Metagenomics (91405)
Methods and Techniques in Molecular Biology (96240)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (87614)
Physiology (66620)
Plant Biology (12818)
Plant Biology and Diversity (66989)
Plant Interactions with Global Change (88848)
Plant Phylogenesis and Phytogeography (82426)
Analytical Chemistry (27571)
Astrobiology (99128)
Basics and Teaching Tools of Chemistry (73171)
Biochemistry (00061)
Biosensors and Advanced Bioanalytical Methods (90891)
Chemistry Meets the City (91684)
General and Inorganic Chemistry (43049)
General Chemistry (66907)
Innorganic Chemistry (69088)
Introduction to Astrobiology (91436)
Microscopic Kinetics and Thermodynamics (87926)
Molecular Nanotechnology (98678)
Mollecular Modeling (97678)
Organic Chemistry (55393)
Photochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry (67060)
Physical Chemistry (66913)
Physical Chemistry of Devices for the Environment and Energy (67051)
Semiconductor Materials and Nanostructures (98678)
Structural Characterization of Organic Compounds (18039)
Algorithms and Data Structures (11929)
Algorithms and Data Structures in Biology (85301)
Computer Architecture (11925)
Languages and Altorithms for Artificial Intelligence (91251)
Theoretical Computer Science (11933)
Animal Adaptation to Climate Change (88267)
Animal Diversity and Distribution in a Changing Climate (88265)
Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Society and Marine Ecosystems (88272)
Coastal Systems and Global Change (95988)
Environmental and Resource Economics (88268)
Global Change of Human-Modified Ecosystems (88386)
Human Adaptive Interactions to Changing Environment (88266)
Marine Ecology (18613)
Plant Interactions with Global Change (88848)
Politics and Society in the Global World (88269)
Differential Equations (68486)
Geometry 3 (28377)
Graph Theory (06690)
Mathematical Analysis (27210)
Special Relativity (81786)
Electromagnatism (05844)
Lab-based Course on Electromagnetism and Optics (54798)
Wave-Motion Phenomena (15745)