Study Abroad in Rome: Student Life

Extracurricular program

The Resident Director arranges optional visits to museums, art galleries and monuments, gives advice and provides information on planning weekend trips to such places as Tivoli, Ostia Antica, Giglio Island and Assisi. Recreational options include theater, cinema, ballet, Italian cooking classes, wine tasting sessions, lectures and parties with Italian students.

Richmond Study Center

Richmond Study Center is located in Piazza Sant’Andrea della Valle, a few meters from Piazza Navona, right in the center of Rome. Some classes may be held at DILIT International House, a well-known language school established in Rome in 1974. The school is based in a beautiful villa in the center of Rome, a five-minute walk from the central railway station, and conveniently placed for transportation to every other area of the city. It is part of the famous International House Group which includes more than 100 language centers in 20 cities in and outside of Europe. It takes about 30 minutes to commute by bus from the AIFS Richmond Study Center to DILIT International House.

Various facilities are available free of charge to Richmond students outside class time. The school has a study center with a computer lab and a study area equipped with tape recorders, Italian language books and reference books. There is a student club with snack bar, T.V. room, theater and projection room. Richmond students take all their classes either at Sant’Andrea della Valle center or at DILIT, with professors who teach Richmond students exclusively, except for the possibility of mixed classes in Italian language.