Ciao, Studenti!

How would you like to spend three months studying engineering in Rome? Dr. Brian Self is leading a program that explores mechanics in the home of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, along with the amazing architecture, art and food that Italy has to offer.

You will take ME211 – Statics, ME212- Dynamics, CE 204 – Mechanics of Materials I, and Italian Language and Culture (C1, C2, or C5), earning 13 degree-applicable Cal Poly units.

We also do excursions to Florence, Pisa, Venice and Bologna. You can find details of the program from this year (excursions, timing, deadlines, costs) here; it will be updated for 2025 in the near future.

Zoom information sessions for fall are posted on the website and listed below. You can also email Dr. Self at bself@calpoly.edu for more information. The program will be held in fall 2025, and depending on interest, we will do a second cohort led by Dr. Garrett Hall, gjhall@calpoly.edu, in winter 2026.

Information Sessions

Two Zoom meetings:

Thursday, Jan. 16, 9:10 to 10 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 10, 9:10 to 10 a.m.

Zoom Link: https://calpoly.zoom.us/j/84679755405

Meeting ID: 846 7975 5405

One in-person meeting:

Thursday, March 6, 11:10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Building 52, Room E28