Università di Catania

Travelling outside Catania is a must. Taormina, Enna, Syracusa and Agrigento are all worth seeing and relatively cheap to get to.

It was in an unpleasant location, 40-45 mins. walk from campus with unreliable public transport. There were no non-smoking recreation rooms, not even a dining room. There were no single rooms and the rooms were very cramped. The cooking food storage facilities were completely innadequate for the number of students. There was one computer available to 60-80 students. The manager of the facility was rude and unprofessional.

ugh.

The Italian course provided was mandatory but not free! My level of Italian was basic but the course did not advance past this level. It was time intensive during the first 6 weeks and then ceased. It was completely innadequate for the academic courses I was taking. It should gave begun BEFORE lectures and continued throughout the year, increasing in difficulty. The amount of credits (3) I received for the course was completely disproportionate to the hours I spent doing it (12 hours a week).

The computer facilities on and off campus were a joke. I missed wifi alot!