The University Community

CIU is located approximately 25 miles north of Venice in the city of Paderno Del Grappa. Paderno del Grappa is a small community of less than 500 residents, nestled in the foothills of the Dolomite Mountains at the base of Mount Grappa in the Veneto region of Italy. CIU offers a full-service campus, including a 17th century villa where each semester approximately 130 American students come to study business, journalism, and communication. Included on the campus are classrooms, a 450-person theater, a large student cafeteria, dormitory rooms, computer and language labs, and modern athletic facilities including indoor swimming pools, a weight room and a gymnasium.

The location of the campus offers the cultural experience of living in a small Italian community while providing direct access to the well-known art and history treasures of the Veneto region. The Veneto, with its major cities of Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona and Treviso, is considered to be the most economically advanced region in Italy. During the past several years, the Veneto region has enjoyed Europe's highest rate of economic growth with low unemployment. A large part of that economic growth can be directly attributed to the efforts of the local business community in developing international markets.