Since 1970 approximately 80% of all sophomores at the University of Dallas have spent a semester studying on our campus in Rome; we are in our fifteenth year of making a similar experience available to mature high school students.

• UD's High School Programs are college courses
• require reading, writing, study, and test-taking
• and are guided not by the hunt for easy and immediate pleasures but by the more demanding and ultimately more rewarding challenges of thinking seriously about the questions posed by great art and literature.
• are led by our faculty and staff who themselves continue to return to these great works in order to improve their understanding of issues they have taught many times before.

These programs are designed to show students the great and lasting pleasures that accompany a good educational experience. Students excited by the prospect of studying during a visit to Europe fall into at least two categories:

• those who are capable of taking pleasure in confronting new and engaging ideas
• those who are seeking to develop this capacity.

Shakespeare in Italy
Though Shakespeare was a thoroughly English playwright, his fascination with Italy--from ancient Rome to Renaissance Venice--knew no bounds. He set more than a quarter of his plays in places like Rome, Padova, Verona, and Venice. Obviously, this land of bright sun, sweeping campagna, mountains, forums, and gondolas caught his attention as much as it does travelers today, and helped him ask some of his most probing questions--and write some of his greatest plays--about love, self-control, envy, hatred, government, and passion. We invite you to come with us and share his passion for Italy and our passion for the Bard, and see how these intersect while living on the beautiful campus at Due Santi and traveling to the sites where he set his plays.

Latin in Rome (2011 only)

Latin in Rome seeks intermediate and advanced students of Latin who desire to refine and deepen their understanding of the language and the Romans who spoke it. Students combine daily visits to archaeological and historical sites in and around Rome and Naples with intensive small group tutorials on relevant passages in Latin. A minimum of three years of high school Latin is required. The program is led by University of Dallas classics faculty.

Arete in Irving
If you like our approach to reading great texts while traveling abroad, you might also be interested in our Arete in Irving program for high school students. The Arete program will introduce you to essential texts of Western Civilization and allow you to reflect on works of fine art, film, and music.

Each of our abroad programs are centered in a single location; all travel begins from and returns to this home base. This has at least three advantages:

• We do not live out of our suitcases. Students are settled at their home-away-from-home thus avoiding the tiring and time-consuming need to bounce from place to place.
• Time at home is spent on beautiful campuses with excellent facilities. Athletic fields, swimming pools, tennis courts, laundry machines, and restful gardens are not a part of the usual race from one hotel to the next.
• Our faculty and staff really know how best to take advantage of this location. It is not easy to see London and Rome well, and it is both sad and amusing to watch poorly prepared guides trying to find their way around cities they have never studied. We have sought staff who are not themselves travelers but actually live near the home base of their program and speak the local language.

Click here for a brief note on Accessibility in Rome, Italy.

For detailed information on one of our summer programs for high school students, or to learn about the University of Dallas, select one of the programs on the navigation bar or contact us.

Ms. Janet M. Johnson
Summer Programs Coordinator
Rome and Summer Programs Office
Office (972)721-5181
Fax (972)721-5283
Email us

Also, ask about our study and travel programs for undergraduate students, graduate students, and adults.