Italy is a destination for Pakistani visitors and students: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese

Staff Writer

Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy is a destination for Pakistani visitors and students.

The envoy said to study in Italy is the dream of every Pakistani student who wants to study abroad. “Italy is the land of fashion, brands, innovations, and new trends. This nation has introduced a lot of new ideas and trends in food, style, shoes, automobiles, and much more. It is a dream destination for food lovers, fashion lovers, music lovers, history and culture lovers,” he added.

The Ambassador said Italy was the birthplace of many musicians, artists, scientists, performers, painters, and writers. Italians are living a vibrant, electrifying, and full of fun life.

“They like to eat, drink and dance. The world-famous Italian cuisines are Pizza Margherita, Gelato, Roman meals, Italian Pasta Carbonara, Risotto, and Ravioli. Italy has world-famous football clubs and football is their passion,” he elaborated.

Ambassador Ferrarse said there were so many reasons one should consider Italy as the future study abroad destination. “There are two types of higher educational institutes in Italy, private and public. Along with educational universities and institutes, there are lots of institutes of High Training in Arts and Music in the English Language. There are about 96 public and private universities in Italy that are serving national and international students,” he said.

The envoy said other than universities there were a total of 12 research centers that were fully equipped with modern apparatus and gadgets.

He said the Higher Education System of Italy also follows the European combined education system, the Bologna System. Under this system, students have to complete the Required European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) to take a degree. In Italy, ECTS is called CFU, he said.