Mission

Our Mission

ISI Florence designates an affiliation between a select group of international institutions of higher education, whose mission is to provide its students with a safe, engaging, and financially accessible international academic program. ISI Florence is committed to:

Outstanding Academic Curriculum

The development of an outstanding and diverse academic curriculum with a core in the liberal arts and sciences with emphasis on:

  • Instruction: ISI Florence pursues academic excellence (both in the liberal arts and scientific disciplines) by partnering with full-time and visiting faculty comprised of distinguished, dedicated, and nationally recognized professors who motivate students to acquire new skills, habits, and intellectual interests that will fuel them for the rest of their lives.
  • Innovation: ISI Florence is dedicated to developing academic and intercultural programs that embrace interdisciplinary approaches and incorporate creative and pioneering pedagogical methods. Innovative international-scope research and scholarship further invigorate curricular offerings. 
  • Transformation and Intercultural Competence: ISI Florence capitalizes on Italy’s outstanding cultural resources to enable a genuinely transformative student experience. For this purpose, it merges academic enterprise with a strong focus on global awareness to facilitate students’ advanced intercultural skills and knowledge.

Community Engagement

ISI Florence supports and collaborates with local communities in order to provide students with unique and culturally immersive opportunities for community engagement and service learning.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access

ISI Florence recognizes that an essential part of the study abroad experience is embracing cultural differences and being open to people, views, and practices that may be different from one’s own experiences. Therefore, ISI Florence is committed to fostering and promoting a diverse, inclusive, and safe learning environment.

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Sustainability

ISI Florence strives to be socially and environmentally responsible. The Institute’s processes and academic offerings encourage the research and study of sustainable travel, consumption, and education.

Accessibility/Affordability

In keeping with its public status mission, ISI Florence is committed to offering affordable and competitive rates, thus making this unique learning experience in Italy accessible to the largest cohort of students possible.

Scholarships