Italian is a Romance language spoken by more than 85 million people around the world.  It is widely used in the arts, business, and technology.  Whether students want to work overseas, study art in the land of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, research their family roots, read Dante’s Divine Comedy in the original, or simply learn to order dinner in an Italian restaurant, the study of Italian will start students on their journey.

Iowa’s Italian program is part of the Department of French and Italian in the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and includes faculty and instructors with a wide range of interests and expertise. The small size of the program ensures that students will receive personal attention from each instructor.