Collegio Superiore di Bologna

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Collegio Superiore is a centre of excellence and higher education, founded in 1998 in Bologna by the former head of the University Fabio Roversi Monaco. The Collegio belongs to the University of Bologna, and its principal aim is to allow selected and highly motivated students to live together and to attend, aside traditional university courses, seminars and lectures held both by Italian and foreign professors and researchers.

Students are selected by means of an annual admission exam, exclusively based on merit. Collegio Superiore is financed by the University of Bologna and other institutions, both private and public.

1 Admission to the Collegio
2 Progression to the second year
3 Rights of the Collegio students
4 See also
5 External links

The admission exams for Bachelor's degrees take place every September. The written part starts with a 60-question, multiple-choice test, aimed to test the candidate's general culture and ability of reasoning: if the score is satisfactory, a second part follows, involving the composition of short essays about science or humanities and economy, and the translation of an English text into Italian. Average marks of 7/10 or more in the written tests are required in order to proceed to the oral examination, in which a judging committee further tests the candidates' knowledge, critical sense and motivation. Candidates eligible for the Collegio are those who score a mark of 8/10 or more in this part: among them, up to 24 are granted admission to the first year.

In order to be granted admission to the following academic year in the Collegio, the candidate is required to pass all the university exams on time with an average mark of 28/30 or more. It is also required that the candidate attends four out of six internal courses organised by the Collegio itself every year; these extra exams must be passed with a minimum mark of 27/30.

The Collegio Superiore students are granted free residence at the Residenza di Studi Superiori in Bologna until completion of their studies; they are allowed to attend university without paying local and state taxes; they are also granted an extra allowance and the right to undergo all the cultural initiatives organised by the Collegio. At the end of the courses the students are given a diploma testifying their participation in the Collegio's activities and the cultural life.