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College of Charleston Bilateral Exchange Program FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN-BOLZANO Bolzano,

The Free University of Bolzano aims to offer students a multilingual, practice-oriented education that meets the demands of the local and the European labor market. Lec- tures and seminars are held in German, Italian and Eng- lish. Bolzano-Bozen is the of South , the Ger- man speaking region in the northern part of Italy. Bolza- no/Bozen is the largest city in the region and its archeologi- cal museum is famous worldwide, because it is the home of the Iceman "Ötzi". It is also known as the Italian Capital of Christmas thanks to the characteristic Christmas mar- ket. Bolzano's population is around 100,000 (140,000 Eligibility: Students must have a 2.75 including the metropolitan area). 25% of inhabitants speak German as mother language, which is much higher in GPA. the non-urban parts of the province making the city official- ly bi-lingual. Together with , Bolzano/Bozen is Program Dates: Bilateral exchange to officially the capital of the because there is the opera- Bolzano is available during the Spring tive seat of the located there. Also the semesters. worldwide famous Museum of Archaeology with the Iceman and the 's main seat make of Bolzano a world city of mountaineering. Cost: Students pay normal CofC tuition and fees to the College. Students are responsible for their own travel and living expenses while in Bolzano.

Housing: On-campus dormitory housing.

Subjects Offered: Computer Science courses are offered in English. Some courses are available upon request.

Credit: The courses taken at Bolzano must CONTACT INFORMATION Melissa Ochal, Associate Director be pre-approved by the appropriate Email: [email protected] academic department for potential transfer Phone: 843-953-7822 credit. http://www.cofc.edu/international FREE UNIVERSITY BOZEN-BOLZANO Email: [email protected] Application Deadline: October 1st for the http://www.unibz.it spring semester.