It is no exaggeration to say that in real measure I owe my success in the field of Italian studies
to the time I spent at the Collegio Nuovo. Not a native speaker of Italian, it was there that I developed true fluency and an understanding of the nuances of Italian and its literature.
At the Collegio Nuovo there blossomed a vivid intellectual life of conferences and rich collegiality.
I remember too the beautiful garden outside my window and the lovely food in the dining hall
in which Italian and international students rejoiced.
Rodica Diaconescu-Blumenfeld
Associate Professor of Italian at Vassar College, New York State

Room in the undergraduate residence				Apartment in the post-graduate residence

Collegio Nuovo hosts 115 Italian and foreign young women who have excelled in the selection procedure, even thanks to the international partnerships signed with prestigious institutions both in Europe and worldwide (from the University of Heidelberg to Barnard College – Columbia University, New York).
A separate residential block houses further 50 male and female students enrolled in postgraduate level studies.
All this has been possible also thanks to the generosity of Sandra Bruni Mattei, a far-sighted industrial entrepreneur, who founded the Collegio Nuovo in 1978.
Student life: a comfortable, inspiring and international College
Collegio Nuovo provides comfortable living and study conditions in a modern environment and an open-minded international milieu enriched by a warm and friendly atmosphere.
The College is set in a spacious green area in the heart of a residential district near all the University's Scientific, Medical and Technological Departments.
The Humanities departments located in the medieval centre of town are easily reached by public transport and bycicle, as testified also by the more than 30% of Collegio Nuovo students enrolled in Literature, Art, Law an Political Sciences.
Services
Students live in single rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Each room is equipped with a telephone and free Internet access.
Students are also provided with a complete seven-day dining service (breakfast, lunch and supper with a rich range of courses, carefully selected), kitchenettes on each floor, weekly room cleaning and laundry facilities.
The apartments in the Post graduate residence have also self-catering facilities.
Emergency medical assistance is supplied.

Resources for study and leisure activities

• Multimedia lecture theatre and four fully-equipped lecture rooms
• Library (8,600 books, 300 Alumnae’s theses and 40 periodicals; 900 films)
• Three computer rooms
• Newspaper reading room, living rooms and three TV lounges
• Inner flower garden

Cultural and academic program
The College promotes a unique cultural program, with many influential figures from the world of culture, arts, science, research, politics and business. In recent years Collegio Nuovo has hosted speakers such as the Nobel Laureate for Medicine Rita Levi-Montalcini; Romano Prodi, tenth President of the European Union; Giulio Tremonti, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance; scientists Edoardo Boncinelli and Margherita Hack; architects Gae Aulenti and Mario Botta; writers David Grossman, Claudio Magris, Niccolò Ammaniti and Valerio M. Manfredi; journalist Beppe Severgnini; film directors Gabriele Salvatores, Liliana Cavani and Cristina Comencini.
Collegio Nuovo complements the teaching activities carried out both at the University of Pavia and the Institute for Advanced Study by organizing seminars accredited by the University and open to all the students.

Sports
Students are offered opportunities to benefit from the excellent facilities of the College and reserved to the students: a large indoor gymnasium, an outdoor tennis court, sports fields for soccer in a spacious green area.
The nearby University Sport Center (CUS), with its two Olympic pools, is a wonderful facility also for the Collegio Nuovo students.

Availability and Fees:
The Collegio Nuovo offers to 5 international students, enrolled in Erasmus Program or in other international Program at the University of Pavia both in undergraduate (3) and in postgraduate studies (2), the opportunity to spend a semester or a whole academic year either in the Undergraduate residence or in the Post-graduate residence according to their enrollment.

Collegio Nuovo - Undergraduate residence (female students): € 950,00 per month all inclusive (accommodation in single room with en-suite bathroom; dining service (full meal plan); dining service; weekly room cleaning; access to all the College leisure and study facilities); € 800,00 per month all inclusive (meal plan limited to breakfast and dinner service).

Collegio Nuovo –Post graduate residence (male and female students enrolled in postgraduate level studies): € 650,00 per month (accommodation in single apartment with en-suite bathroom and self-catering facilities; weekly room cleaning; access to all the College leisure and study facilities). Access to dining service (full meal plan) upon request (€ 350,00 - full meal plan, per month; € 200,00 – meal plan limited to dinner service, per month).

Read more: http://colnuovo.unipv.it/index_en.html

Contacts:
Paola Bernardi, Principal  - rettrice.collegionuovo@unipv.it
Ricciarda Stringhetti, Secretariat - segreteria.collegionuovo@unipv.it