Complete immersion in art, culture, and Renaissance tradition
A full academic year at FSFA offers the rare opportunity to slow down and learn within continuity rather than interruption. Living and studying in Florence over time allows students to move beyond first impressions and into deeper forms of understanding—of place, practice, and self.
This extended experience encourages students to inhabit the rhythms of daily life, to return to sites and ideas repeatedly, and to recognize how learning evolves through duration. A year abroad at FSFA is not about accumulation, but about attention: to history, material, language, and lived experience.
Through this immersion, students develop academic focus, cultural awareness, and intellectual independence—qualities essential to thoughtful global citizenship.
