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Italian, a Romance language with over 85 million global speakers, plays a significant role in arts, commerce, and innovation. Whether your goals include international careers, artistic studies in Italy's rich cultural heritage, genealogical research, reading Dante's masterpieces in their original form, or simply mastering restaurant conversations, learning Italian opens countless doors. The University of Iowa's Italian program, housed within the Department of French and Italian under the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, boasts diverse faculty expertise. Our intimate program size guarantees personalized guidance from every professor.
Iowa's extensive academic offerings allow pairing an Italian degree with complementary majors like global affairs, government studies, economics, art history, media studies, interpersonal communication, or additional foreign languages. This undergraduate program creates a strong base for advanced studies in Italian or any field benefiting from multilingual proficiency.
Students must meet the following requirements for admission: completion of academic upper secondary school (generally a total of 12-13 years of primary and secondary education); a corresponding secondary school diploma or leaving certificate; completion of minimum high school course requirements of the following: 4 years of English/language arts; 2 years in a single language of world languages; 3 years including courses in physical science, biology, chemistry, environmental science and physics of natural science; 3 years of social studies; 2 years of algebra; and 1 year of geometry.
English Language Requirements: