Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

=== Student programmes tourism ===
[[File:Archiginnasio ora blu Bologna.jpg|thumb|[[Bologna University]], established in AD 1088, is the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|world's oldest university in continuous operation]].]]
{{further|Education in Italy|List of universities in Italy}}
A [[student exchange programme]] is a programme in which students from a [[secondary school]] (high school) or university [[study abroad]] at one of their institution's partner institutions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2006 |title=Stella Ting-Toomey, PhD |url=http://www.ces.uc.pt/icopromo/documents/02%20Stella%20Ting-Toomey%20-%20Developing%20Intercultural%20Communication%20Competence%20-%20A%20Mindful%20Systems%20Perspective.pdf |access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> Italy is one of the destinations of secondary school students and university students participating in exchange programmes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://confartigianato.verona.it/categorie-cat/attualita/novita-ospitare-studenti-stranieri-impegnati-in-scambi-culturali-in-italia-potrebbe-interessarti-un-webinar-in-due-orari-per-illustrare-lopportunita/|title=Ospitare studenti stranieri impegnati in scambi culturali in Italia|access-date=22 June 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edisu.pv.it/index.php?page=servizio-di-scambi-di-studenti-con-l-estero|title=Servizio di scambi di studenti con l'estero|access-date=22 June 2022|language=it}}</ref> Students who go to study in Italy also take advantage of their stay to visit the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salernotoday.it/scuola/salerno-erasmus-generation-studenti-stranieri-turismo-13-maggio-2021.html|title="Erasmus Generation", studenti stranieri in arrivo da Firenze: l'iniziativa di "Salerno in comune"|access-date=21 April 2021|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://liguriaoggi.it/2018/03/13/welcome-erasmus-day-comune-e-universita-accolgono-gli-studenti-stranieri/|title="Welcome Erasmus Day", Comune e Università accolgono gli studenti stranieri|access-date=21 April 2021|language=it}}</ref>

Italy is one of the main destinations of the [[Erasmus Programme]], fifth in Europe after [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agi.it/estero/europa/dopo_30_anni_lerasmus_raddoppia_nasce_plus_per_i_lavoratori-1415035/news/2017-01-26/|title=Erasmus compie 30 anni e promuove programma 'plus' per lavoratori|access-date=21 April 2021|language=it}}</ref> The Erasmus Programme is a [[European Union]] (EU) student exchange programme established in 1987.<ref>Council decision, OJ L 166, 25 June 1987</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31987D0327 |title=EUR-Lex - 31987D0327 - DE - EUR-Lex |access-date=17 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017151200/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31987D0327 |archive-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> [[Erasmus+]], or Erasmus Plus, is the new programme combining all the EU's current schemes for education, training, youth and sport, which was started in January 2014.

The first five Italian universities that have hosted the largest number of students of the Erasmus Programme are, respectively, the [[University of Bologna]], the [[Sapienza University of Rome]], the [[University of Florence]], the [[Polytechnic University of Milan]] and the [[University of Padua]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dinehome.com/blog/erasmus-universita|title=Erasmus+: l'Università di Bologna è prima in Italia per studenti in mobilità|access-date=21 April 2021|language=it}}</ref> In particular, the University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest university in continuous operation in the world]], and the first university in the sense of a higher-learning and degree-awarding institute, as the word ''universitas'' was coined at its foundation.<ref name="Top Universities"/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyjnHZ1IIlgC&q=the+oldest+university+in+the+world+Bologna&pg=PA18 |title=The Challenge of Bologna|author=Paul L. Gaston |year=2010 |page=18 |publisher=Stylus |isbn=978-1-57922-366-3 |access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Hunt Janin 2008">Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, {{ISBN|0-7864-3462-7}}, p. 55f.</ref><ref name="Ridder-Symoens 1992">de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde: [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z1VBEbF0HAC ''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middle Ages''], Cambridge University Press, 1992, {{ISBN|0-521-36105-2}}, pp. 47–55</ref> Also, University of Padua, founded in 1222, and [[University of Naples Federico II]], founded in 1224, are the oldest universities in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kamp|first=Norbert|title=Federico II di Svevia, Imperatore, Re di Sicilia e di Gerusalemme, Re dei Romani|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/federico-ii-di-svevia-imperatore-re-di-sicilia-e-di-gerusalemme-re-dei-romani_(Federiciana)|publisher=Treccani|access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cenni Storici|url=http://www.unina.it/ateneo/cenni/index.jsp|publisher=Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II|access-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928175347/http://www.unina.it/ateneo/cenni/index.jsp|archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> 33 Italian universities were ranked among the world's top 500 in 2019, the third-largest number in Europe after the United Kingdom and Germany.<ref name="jakubmarian">{{cite web |url=https://jakubmarian.com/number-of-top-ranked-universities-by-country-in-europe/ |title=Number of top-ranked universities by country in Europe |publisher=jakubmarian.com |date=2019}}</ref>