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Post-Baccalaureate Program

Tuition & Fees:
Program Costs:  (Valid Through Spring Semester 2013) 
  • € 40       Application Fee (non-refundable)
  • € 600     Non-refundable deposit
  • € 7,700  Tuition 
  • € 1,000  Program Fees

Program fees include:

  •  pick up upon arrival 
  •  three day orientation trip
  •  mid-semester group excursion
  •  extra-curricular receptions
  •  minimum of 3 cultural visits in Siena and in the surrounding areas
  •  medical visits assistance
  •  end of semester exhibition reception
  •  official transcript issuing and shipping (personal and college copies, if applicable)
  •  final dinner
Housing Options:

3,500 €  per semester  Home-stay Accommodation 
Includes:
  •  4 months (one semester) room and halfboard (no lunch) with an Italian host-family.  
  • selection and monitoring of the host-family
(Visit our home-stay page for more details.)

OR

  • 2000 € per semester (500 € per month) for a  Shared Room in a Shared Apartment
  • 3,200 € per semester (800 € per month) for a Private Apartment 

(Visit our apartment page for more details.)
plus please budget appx 960 € (240 € appx per month) for your Food & Misc Living Expenses

(Please click here for further information about Post-Baccalaureate Housing Options)

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Please note:  There is also the Permit of Stay cost of €155 (registration fee for foreigners to reside in Italy.)  This fee rate is set by the Italian government, and the school will assist students in the permit of stay application process.  


Additional Costs 

The Siena Art Institute's program fees do not include:
  • Course Fees (see list below)
  • Cost of additional art supplies
  • Overseas Supplemental Insurance Coverage. See Health Info page for more information.
  • Optional weekly program activities
  • Optional cell phone and call fees.
  • Airfare and Personal Travel expenses

Payments can be made by wire transfer and paypal.  Visit the Financial Matters page for more information.
Course Fees

Most Siena Art Institute courses have a course fee to provide basic materials or transportation necessary for the class.  

For example:
  •  110.00 €    Digital Multimedia and Installation
  •  40.00 €   Painting (covers shared materials used in class.  Students will need to purchase other materials on their own for out-of-class projects)
  • 150.00 €    Photography (development costs, film, materials, plus optional €50 rental of analog camera + €100 security deposit)
  •   50.00 €    Ceramics
  • 150.00 €   Silversmithing
  • 130.00 €    Art History  (excursions) 
  •   80.00 €    Art History III: Art Restoration (materials) 
  •   15.00 €    Creative Writing (for reading material and class printing)
  •   45.00 € *  Italian Language & Culture (books) 
  •          0 €   Art & Society (included in program fees as this required class is part of our core program)

* Italian Language book’s price may change according to the textbook chosen by the teacher. Textbook will be chosen after the placement test.

Sometimes classes progress quickly and students may need a higher-level book than the one they start with; in this case all members of the class will need to purchase another text.   

IMPORTANT:  The Siena Art Institute’s upper-level studio courses will have a small course fee to cover shared materials and transportation for class excursions.  However, our students are responsible for purchasing the majority their own supplies.  Because our students work with many different materials with a wide range of prices, we find that it works best to have our students responsible for procuring their own supplies.  
Optional Costs:

50.00 €  (25.00 € + 25.00 € deposit)  Italian Mobile Phone rental
This includes 1 GSM phone, 1 charger, a personal SIMcard and 5 Euros of credit. Cost includes a 25 Euros deposit that will be returned at the end of the semester when you give back the phone and charger in the same condition you received them.  Cost of calls/texts is not included. Calls/texts are charged via a pay-as-you-go.  Students can expect to pay 15-25 € per month for calls/texts.
   
or 

10.00 €  Italian SIMcard
  This includes a personal SIMcard and 5 Euros of credit. You are responsible for acquiring/bringing a phone compatible with the Italian network standards.   Cost of calls/texts is not included. Calls/texts are charged via a pay-as-you-go.  Students can expect to pay 15-25 € per month for calls.

One week before your departure you will be asked to confirm the choice you made on your application form regarding the cell phones. ·If you request a phone and/or SIMcard and confirm your choice with us but change your mind upon arrival, you will still be held financially responsible. ·Requesting a phone and/or SIMcard upon arrival will cost an additional 10.00 Euro fee.  
   
$ 400 School-of-Record Transcript Registration Fee
It is rare that students require this fee, since it is only necessary if your university requires an additional transcript from our U.S. school of record, Northern Arizona University (NAU).   Please visit our Credit Transfers page for more information.  

Extra Travel Money:
SAI strongly recommends that students include in their personal budget extra expenses for weekend travel during their time in Italy.  It is of course up to the individual student how frequently or how extravagantly they wish to travel on weekends.  Whether you choose to spend the weekends hiking just outside Siena or traveling all the way to Venice, you should anticipate the need for some extra spending money.  The Siena Art Institute's program fee includes the cost of our orientation excursion and our mid-semester group trip.  However, we also sponsor several optional excursions such as cooking classes, trips to nearby cities, etc.  for which there are additional expenses.