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ACADEMIC CULTURE
ACADEMIC CULTURE
The course formats at Pavia are structured a little differently than U of I ones.
Course length: University of Pavia courses can run for an entire semester (12 ECTS/6 credit hours) or for a quarter (6 ECTS/3 credit hours). Quarter-long courses can be compared to Part of Term A (POT A)/Part of Term B (POT B) courses at U of I.
Course structure: Depending on the Department, courses may meet one to three times a week for approximately two hours and class meetings may take the form of frontal lectures, discussions, or workshops.
Final exams: Final exams may consist of a written exam, a paper or an oral exam. Past UIUC students have adjusted well to this format with the proper preparation.
University of Pavia Academic Calendar
FALL SEMESTER
University of Pavia Academic Calendar
FALL SEMESTER
Classes start in the second half of September-beginning of October
Classes end in mid-December
Exams: depending on the track
SPRING SEMESTER
Classes start in mid-February-beginning of March
Classes end in mid-late May
Exams: depending on the track
Like many Italian University, the University of Pavia does NOT have a Thanksgiving Break or Spring Break.
Interior courtyard within the campus of the University of Pavia.
The campus
The campus
The University of Pavia campus is divided into two big blocks.
The historic buildings, located in the heart of Pavia downtown, host the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Psychology, and Economics.
Hard Sciences Departments (Molecular Biology & Genetics), instead, are located on the outskirts of Pavia together with the University Sport Center (Campus Aquae).
Building called la nave 'the ship', that hosts departments such as Molecular Biology & Genetics.
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