Italy has played an important role in European higher education: it is one of the four countries that first engaged to create the so-called "European Area of Higher Education" (Sorbonne Declaration, May 1998), thus starting that type of higher education reform which, known as the "Bologna Process" (Bologna Declaration, June 1999), is being implemented all over Europe.
Study abroad - study in Italy
The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) is a marine science center for Research, Education, and Training in bottlenose dolphins ecology and behaviour. A great opportunity is open for dolphin enthusiasts to participate as students, volunteers or interns in hands-on research with free-ranging wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the Emerald Coast, in North Sardinia Island, Italy every year.
Read more: Summer 2010 in Italy - a Different way of Swimming with the Dolphins
Milan has always been the Italian capital of the financial, tertiary and quaternary service sector, as well as of the Fashion and Design industry. Today Milan is a big metropolis with an international dimension that hosts the main entrepreneurial and manufacturing activities in Italy: from advertising to the publishing industry, from small artisan's shops to hi-tech companies.
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Italian Republic
 Form of government: Republic Population: 58,090,681 (2010 estimate) Capital: Rome Area: 301,323 km2, 116,341sq mile Largest cities: Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo Ethnic groups: Italian ( includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Sloven-Italians in the north and Albanian- and Greek-Italians in the south), Sicilian, Sardinian. Languages: Italian (official), German, French, Slovenian, Ladin, regional Italian dialects Religious affiliations: Roman Catholic 98%, Other 2% Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GDP): 4.5% (2005) Number of years of compulsory schooling: 10 years (2007) Monetary unit: 1 euro (€), consisting of 100 cents Economy: Agriculture (Grapes, olives, wheat, tomatoes, maize, sugar beets, apples, peaches, potatoes), Manufacturing (Machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, chemicals) Major trade partners for exports: Germany, France, United States, Spain, and United Kingdom Major trade partners for imports: Germany, France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States |
