Università degli Studi di Pavia

Pretty good for a short experience as mine was. But I would try to find an apartment if I had to stay longer since in "Collegio" I had to share my room. The lack of privacy is a huge disadvantage if you have other habits than your room mate. Besides that I missed having a kitchen! Eating in canteen everyday isn't so healthy and going to restaurants a pretty expensive solution. All the rest was cool. Specially the place itself: very beautiful and very well located. And the girls were very nice (it was a girls residence).

Pavia is pretty small but it has a few decent bars - Nice One (great cocktails), Marecchaira (even better cocktails!), Irish Pub, and Dublino's are all cool. When I was there Pavia had one club - Ombellico's, but a new club has opended since. Student night's on Wednesday. STEP is the International student organisation and put on weekly events from meals and nights out to weekend trips away to Florence, Venice, and local attractions. And if all else fails, Milan is only a 20 min train ride away!

Although Pavia is a small town, there's plenty do do and see around and about and with it being on the main train line through northern italy, travelling is really easy. Make sure you get your accomodation application in on time, and don't forget the medical certificate from your doctor at home (which MUST be translated into Italian) as they won't even look at your application without it.

Have fun! It's the richer experience that I've ever had.