The European College of Parma Foundation ( it, Fondazione Collegio Europeo di Parma, french: La Fondation Collège Européen de Parme) is a higher education institution which provides academic training for young European graduates in the field of

European Union law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

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. The educational programme offered by the European College of Parma is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary academic curriculum covering the whole process of European integration. The educational programme provided by the European College is geared to preparing students for careers in EU, national and local

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, professional associations, the corporate world and private practice. The first unit of the college was created in 1988 as a

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of institutions, by the will of the institutions of the territory of Parma and the region

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in order to offer students and community a school of higher education, which promoted the knowledge of the functioning of EU institutions.

Academics

The current offer consists of an interdisciplinary academic curriculum on the process of European integration, aimed particularly at post-graduate Master students: the Advanced Diploma in European Studies (ADES). It was launched on 27 September 2003 with the inauguration of the first academic year, by the President of European Commission, Romano Prodi In 2004 was inaugurated the current site of the college and the institute got the legal form of

foundation Foundation may refer to: * Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization ** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S. ** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause ...

, similarly to the one of the

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Natolin Natolin is a residential neighborhood in Ursynów, the southernmost district of Warsaw. Until the 1980s, Natolin and its neighbouring area Wolica, was a small village located right outside the city limits, with numerous orchards. After that it wa ...

. The goal is to train young European graduates in the fields of law, economics and politics of the European Union. The Scientific Committee is composed by:

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Ana Palacio Ana Isabel de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi (born 22 July 1948) in Madrid, daughter of Luis María de Palacio y de Palacio, 4th Marqués de Matonte, and wife Luisa Mariana del Valle Lersundi y del Valle, was Spain's minister for foreign affairs ...

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, Alfonso Mattera, Cesare Azzali, Franco Mosconi, Andrea Boltho,

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.Website of the European College of Parma

Promotions

Since 2003, similarly to what happens at the

and

, each academic year is called "promotion". These are dedicated to prominent personalities that have contributed to the European integration.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20081204010912/http://www.europeancollege.it/index.php?IDL=1&IDA=2&seq=3&IDObj=22 {{DEFAULTSORT:European College Of Parma Higher education in Italy Educational policies and initiatives of the European Union Parma Universities and colleges in Emilia-Romagna Education in Parma