Aacupi.org Website Review

Founded in Rome in 1978, the AS*OCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS IN ITALY (AACUPI) is a non-profit legal entity in Italy, playing an important role in identifying real and potential fundamental legal and fiscal problems, intrinsic to the presence in Italy of non governmental institutions, and, then, resolving them equitably. The transfer of the non-profit status of colleges and universities from North America to Italy was necessary to focus on the true mission of AACUPI institutions operating in Italy, to comprehend their goals and to safeguard their integrity.  In the past forty years, the pas*age by the Italian Parliament of two specific laws, whose intention it has been to clarify the legal and fiscal positions of AACUPI programs, and to protect and regularize the specific nature of these programs, has made reciprocal understanding possible, with subsequent recognition by the Italian Ministry of the University and Scientific and Technological Research. Monthly, bilingual newsletters, written by AACUPI’s legal counsel, covering all legal and fiscal aspects of administering academic programs in Italy, are an intrinsic benefit of membership in AACUPI, as is full, open discussion of such matters at all four general meetings held annually.  Immigration procedures, including visa applications and stay permits, are brokered collectively by AACUPI with Italian authorities to ensure their standardized application to all AACUPI member institutions. Continued regular communication between member institutions, together with effective collaboration by everyone, have made it possible for AACUPI to represent collective interests to official American, Canadian and Italian organs, and to other official entities, such as cultural, philanthropic and educational institutions not part of AACUPI.  Working together, for everyone, succeeds. AACUPI’s membership includes more than 150 North American college and university programs located throughout Italy in Arezzo, Ariccia,