STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN EUROPE

Each year the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) provides the opportunity for students in architecture (undergraduate & graduate), interior design, and urban design of an educational experience in Europe, based at Palazzo Cerchi, KSU facility in Florence (Italy). These programs provide students with the opportunity to study and experience first hand the historical evolution of European art, architecture and urbanism, as well as the contemporary "design scene" and the on-going modernization of European cities.

Besides the regular semester curriculum, the program features a Fall symposium (THE KENT STATE FORUM ON THE CITY), which is a series of dialogs on current transformations underway in contemporary cities. For more information: http://www.caed.kent.edu/Academic/Int/Int-grad/Int-grad.html

In addition, the program features a Spring Lecture Series of distinguished architects & designers from across Europe. For more information: http://www.caed.kent.edu/Academic/Int/Int-arch/Int-arch-ls.html

Florence is an ideal location for a study abroad program in architecture & design. The city is small enough that students feel very comfortable to live and walk around, and yet it is only a short train ride from Rome, Venice, and Milan.

Convenient airfares across Europe make Florence also an ideal springboard for travelling throughout many other European nations and cultures.

As the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence is one of the most beautiful cities of Europe. The city has more than a hundred museums that cover the fine arts—painting, sculpture, tapestry, and many crafts, as well as architecture, science, geography and more. The center of the city is itself a museum filled with the meticulously preserved architecture dating from the medieval and Renaissance periods to the present.

EXCELLENCE
Sponsored by KSU Office for International Affairs, the “Architecture in Italy Program” has been in continuous operation since 1972. From inception, it has provided an outstanding educational experience. In recognition of this, the school received the “2000 School Award for International Education” from the KSU chapter of Phi Beta Delta. This international honor society is dedicated to the recognition of professional, intellectual, and creative achievement in international education.