ACADEMIC CREDITS

If you want to earn credits for our Language Courses, we can help you as we collaborate with the Edgewood College, Madison, WI whereby students registering with us may, under the conditions outlined below, receive credits at the college. Since i'ts a higher educational institution fully accredited in the United States, these credits will normally be transferable to most American colleges and universities. Hereunder you will find the procedures to follow:

First steps prior to start your courses in Italy:

1. You have to contact the Registrar Office of your University or College and ask whether they can grant credits for our courses directly. Attached you will find the syllabus of our Italian courses.
2. If it does not work, you can enroll in our courses through our partner American institution Edgewood College. Please read the procedures below.

PROCEDURE FOR EDGWOOD COLLEGE

In this case you have to apply directly to:

Please note, that you may also attend your credit courses in Florence, Milan or Siena, but only our school in Rome is authorized to collect credit transfer fees.

Which semesters of Italian language can be taken at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci with credits transfer?

Leonardo da Vinci	Edgewood College
Elementare 1	Italian course 101 - first semester Italian
Elementare 2	Italian course 102 - second semester

Italian How many credits can be earned?
The credit course is called "4-week-Standard Course" (80 lessons of 45 minutes each) and corresponds to 60 contact hours which enables you to receive 4 academic credits for each credit course.

Your department head may request a copy of the course syllabi and detailed program descriptions. This information can be obtained from Ellen Fehring, Registrar of Edgewood College. Please feel free to contact her at:

What are the costs for credit transfer?
For the current academic year the tuition to Edgewood College per 4-credit course amounts to US$ 600 (US$ 150 for each credit). This amount will be collected only by Scuola Leonardo da Vinci Rome.
For the language course costs please consult our price list.

What is the procedure?
All students applying for the program Italian 101 or 102 submit the "Credit application form" (download it: PDF | DOC) directly to Scuola Leonardo da Vinci Rome and enclose a copy of the receipt of payment for the amount of the credit transfer. The money needs to be sent with notification that it is for "Fees for credit transfer Edgewood College" by bank transfer via "swift system" to the following bank account:

Bank: IntesaBci, via del Corso 226, 00186 Rome, Italy
Account number: 8775955-01-00 in favour of Scuola Leonardo da Vinci Roma srl, Rome
Swift code: BCIT IT MM700
Bank clearing numbers: ABI 03069 / CAB 05020

Another very important document: the school requests an official transcript from an accredited U.S. college or university or a high school graduation confirmation signed by the school principal. The transcript must be sent directly from the Institution to the school in Rome. The transcript is not considered official if it is mailed from anyone other than the Institution.

Furthermore we require that you also provide us with your application for enrolment in one of our centers (Rome, Florence, Milan or Siena). Together with this application you should send us the amount of Euro 70,00 (= registration fee). Following receipt of your confirmation, the school must receive the paid balance at least 21 days before the beginning of the course.

Please understand, that our schools and Edgewood College cannot accept your application without the receipt of the whole payment in advance.

After course completion, the school submits to Edgewood College the application documents, course information and student's grades as well as course tuition due to Edgewood College.
Grades will be recorded by Edgewood College as normal student transcript and will be included in the Edgewood cumulative grade point average calculation.

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