The event is promoted and organized by Skylines, Bulgarian agency for the achievement of studies in Italy, in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, and due to the support of partners Alitalia, the trade magazine “Obrazuvanie”, Job Tiger.bg and the World Trade Center of Sofia (Interpred).
The trade fair event proposes a new format that includes a Virtual Study in Italy Weekend, scheduled for October 10th and 11th 2020, a Post-event presentations in attendance with individual seminars, scheduled for October, November and December 2020 and Study in Italy in attendance in February 2021.
The fair is confirmed to be the only meeting opportunity between Italian Universities and Bulgarian students who, in their high school education in Sofia and in the various Bulgarian cities, chose the Italian language as an enrichment of their linguistic baggage and as a future job opportunity, alongside those interested in knowing, for the first time, Italy and its beauties, as well as the academic culture “made in Italy“. After all, Italy is Bulgaria’s 2nd trading partner, ranking second in both import and export, after Germany. It is on these premises, in addition to the daily use of the Zoom platform by Bulgarian students for online learning at school during these months, that Study in Italy 2020 is presented digitally.
The Virtual Study in Italy weekend scheduled for Saturday October 10th and Sunday October 11th from 10.00 to 17.00 will be the first of the three actions of the exhibition project that will take place via the zoom platform. After a brief official opening entitled “The 5 good reasons for choosing Italy as a country of study” by the General Manager of Skylines, Dimitar Aleksandrov and the Secretary General of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, Rosa Cusmano, the in-depth sessions and workshops organized by the managers of the various participating universities, who, for 40 minutes, will provide the participating students with detailed information on the entry requirements, on the training offer and job opportunities, on the opportunities for scholarships and subsidies, on the study conditions and student life in Italy in the various cities of each Italian university.
Among the participating Italian Universities: the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Politecnico di Milano, the European Institute of Design (IED), the New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA), Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice, University International Languages and Media (IULM), University of Padua, John Cabot American Private University of Rome, LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, Lingua Viva Linguistic Center.
The detailed program of the working days of October 11th and 12th is available here.Interested students can register here.
Even the 9th edition of Study in Italy was chosen by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria as the ideal opportunity for spreading the numerous initiatives promoting Italy in Bulgaria, which make up the chamber’s business plan, professional training activities and co-working experience, social business networking and assistance events for Italian and local companies, which can be workplaces for Bulgarian students once they have acquired Italian skills, as well as special projects dedicated to enhancing the agri-food, wine and tourism culture of Regions of Italy. For additional information on the project activities, please send an email to the Project Manager, Teodora Ivanova, commerciale@camcomit.bg, tel. + 359 2 846 32 80.
