LUISS

At your arrival in Rome, stay at the Beehive.com. This is a very cheap and excellent tiny, little youth hostel, run by a couple from LA, California. Lovely!

The communication between professors and students is good, while the overall academic atmosphere very hyrarchical. Communication for me was not a problem, as I lived with Italians and already had some good knowledge before coming to Italy. I belive, this is an important precondition for having a good time at LUISS. You have to study lots of literature and could get stressed without a certain fluency of academic Italian.

Best living area for students is around Piazza Bologna. If you get to Rome one month in advance of the semester start, there will be lots of room notices up on the black board! Many Italians share rooms, as accomodation is rather expensive.

The best place to go to during the weekend is Campo di Fiaro, Villa Ada (jazz concerts during the Roman summer) and Villa Cilimontana (also here, high class concerts)

The accomodation is not arranged directly via the university but by an intermediary person who finds rooms for the ERASMUS students. This service is very convenient and without costs. The available rooms, on the other hand, are very costly. But, that is Rome!