Fondazione per il Centro Studi Città di Orvieto

Our foundation is promoting vocational training for youngsters and university post-degree courses for foreign students and Italian Nationals. We also working with cultural heritage, as we have a very famous excavation of archaeological site of Mediterranean relevance ( Etruscan and Roman Sites). We have already a well-established network of South-Mediterranean and Arab partners because we are collaborating in the scientific network for food security and public health. We now want to open up to cultural projects. We have a financial record of more than 100'000€ per year, and we have a stable 10 persons as permanent staff, plus regular occasional consultancies in the academic and technical field. We are funded by a Bank (Cassa di Risparmio di Orvieto) and by our city council (Comune di Orvieto).We regularly run seminars, international exchanges, scholarships and academic courses.Our main partners are: The University of Rome (La Sapienza); The University of Perugia.MOreover, for years now important semestral and annual “Study Abroad” programs organized by various foreign universities have been held in Orvieto in collaboration with the Centro Studi. They include: Fordham University (New York City), University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona), Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina), Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Kansas State University (Kansas), Rowan University (Glassboro, New Jersey).