Università degli Studi di Siena Guide for foreign students

Guide for foreign students

Dear Students,

Together with our University community, I am delighted to welcome you to the University of Siena.
Every year many students choose Siena to spend a study or research period and your presence prompts us to do our best to provide quality programmes and innovative services to meet your particular needs.
Our University is enriched by its eight centuries of history and traditions, which intertwine with those of a unique city, where I hope you will spend a tranquil study period, full of opportunities for your personal education. I am sure that you will be able to study successfully in Siena, meet many new people and learn about our history and way of life, as well as acquiring the methods and tools you need to keep up-to-date in your profession of choice.
This opportunity will allow you to experience different cultures and histories and even try new study and research methods: I hope that your new encounters and experiences will enrich both you as guests in our city and the city itself that welcomes you.
This will help lay the foundations for an increasingly open society and set up effective international cooperation and a European knowledge space that can bring about a real qualitative improvement.
Wishing you all the best for your future, I send you a warm welcome and ask you to read this guide in which you will find useful information about our city and University.

The Rector
Silvano Focardi