Discover Sant’Anna

Sant’Anna Institute organizes study abroad programs in partnership with American universities.

We offer:

• semester and short-term study abroad programs
• faculty-led and customized group programs
• internships for academic credit
• service learning and community engagement projects
• high school and gap year programs

Sant’Anna Institute provides undergraduate students with the best international experience. Students get to live in a foreign country while improving their linguistic and cross-cultural communication skills providing a perspective that encourages greater opportunities in the world community and enhances the student’s outlook in multiple ways.

All of our courses are offered through Jacksonville University (Florida) that serves as our official school of records. Non-JU students will receive a transcript to transfer course credits to their home institution.

Sant’Anna Institute is an international community of constant cultural exchange between faculty, staff and students. It is located in Sorrento in southern Italy. Our school is an impressive historic structure perched on the cliffs of the Amalfi coast, overlooking the fishing village of Marina Grande and is a short walk from the city center.

At Sant’Anna we strive to provide students from across the world a unique, hands-on learning experience where they can cultivate real world skills and knowledge.

Because the school is located in Sorrento, one of the most harmonious cities southern Italy has to offer, our students are truly able to gain a global awareness and appreciate diversity while studying abroad. Our goal is to help guide participating students into becoming responsible, open-minded members of society.

Our hope is that each student can leave Sant’Anna with an appreciation of the Italian culture as well as the knowledge acquired through their academic courses.

We are so passionate about the importance of international education and training in a student’s academic career, and we are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to providing students with a life changing experience.

Why choose Sorrento?

Study abroad programs in Italy have traditionally focused on the popular cultural centers of Rome, Florence, Milan, and other cities in the north of Italy. At Sant’Anna Institute, study abroad students have the opportunity to experience the unique culture, customs, and climate of southern Italy.

Sant’Anna is located in the stunning town of Sorrento at the beginning of the Amalfi Coast, just 20 miles south of Naples. Perched atop hundred foot cliffs that face the Gulf of Naples, Sorrento is within sight of rugged snow-capped mountains, emerald waters, black sand beaches, cliff- hanging villages, and the world’s best known volcano: Vesuvius.

Sorrento is a safe, walkable, and picturesque center of international tourism. It has an international population, making it a small town, with a cosmopolitan feel.

Sorrento also boasts:

• Friendly, gracious people
• Southern hospitality
• Italian style
• Bustling shopping streets and traditional Roman-style alleys
• A mild, sun-drenched Mediterranean climate
• Culinary traditions based on the seafood, and locally grown, fresh produce
• Streets lined with lemon and orange trees
• Hillsides covered with olive groves and vineyards
• Home to some of the best pizza and gelato you will find anywhere

Sorrento is a treasure all its own and a passageway to the:

• tunning islands of Capri and Ischia
• baroque splendor of Naples
• majestic Greek temples at Paestum
• historic Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum
• world-famous collection at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples
• cliff hanging villages of the Amalfi Coast, like Positano, Amalfi and Ravello
• world’s best known volcano, Mount Vesuvius

It’s the perfect city to discover a home away from home with a hometown feel!