NYU in Florence is located just north of the historic city on a stunning 57-acre estate that includes park-like grounds comprised of beautiful gardens, cypress-studded hills, and olive groves. Students are encouraged to enjoy these open spaces.

The centerpiece of the campus, Villa La Pietra, is a magnificent 15th-century villa and house museum that contains a collection of early Renaissance art and home furnishings. Villa La Pietra has classrooms and offers a wide range of lectures and seminars open to NYU students. You’ll be able to attend a talk on Italian cinema in the villa’s grand and beautifully restored ballroom, or listen to chamber music or a jazz ensemble in the grand salon which is filled with amazing art and period furniture.

Four other villas complete the estate: Ulivi, Sassetti, Natalia, and Colletta. Villa Ulivi, the academic heart of NYU in Florence, is where you'll take the majority of your classes. Ulivi contains classrooms, a reading room/library, computer labs, conference and seminar space, faculty offices and an Italian-style café. There is a separate art studio nearby, and music practice rooms. Ulivi is also home to the student information center where you may attend lectures, meet with faculty and staff for advisement, learn about planned day trips and excursions, or just relax and hang out with your classmates.

In addition to the facilities in Ulivi, the two villas that are residence halls—Villa Natalia and Villa Colletta—are equipped with reading rooms and computer labs.