I had such an amazing experience and I met new friends from different universities across the United States. It was nice to be able to have a study abroad experience without getting behind on my degree progress. In fact I was able to get ahead and free

up some space during my semesters by taking summer classes! I’m so glad I got to learn about Italian culture in its authentic form and learn a bit more about myself as well!

The group felt like a family. The staff was very helpful and nice. I like having opportunities to travel everywhere, but it’s VERY inconvenient getting to airports and train stations. Classes until 530 on Friday’s also sucks and so does the absency

policy.

So much fun living on campus again with 80 other students from around the US. Situated about an hour north of the Venice Marco Polo Airport, it’s a perfect spot to study in a very small town. Ample time for travel, unfortunately there is classes on

fridays. Great professors!!

CIMBA is an incredible program. Located in a smaller town, CIMBA lets you immerse yourself in true Italian culture. The staff is incredibly helpful and unbelievable friendly. Unlike most colleges, CIMBA has smaller classes that promote engagement in the

classroom and create a relationship between each student and their professors. Professors genuinely care about getting to know the students. The CIMBA program highly encourages travel around Europe and creates opportunities for students to do so without feeling like they are falling behind on their classwork. CIMBA also offers extra activities such as company tours, pizza/pasta making, and nights out with italian families to allow you to truly experience Italy. Would highly recommend this program to anyone!

CIMBA is very rewarding. They are a lot of fun activities provided by the program when you arrive on campus, as well as a lot of opportunites for you to be a part of. I have only been here for a month and I have already attended a gourment dinner, gone

through the LIFE program (great for resume and self) , traveled to four different nearby cities and made a ton of friends!

Coming to Italy, I didn't know what to expect. The amount of information about CIMBA and Italy is overwhelming, so I'll list the great things I've noticed. • You will have small classes, which make for great personalized teaching. • There are

opportunities to volunteer and teach English to cute, little Italian children. • You can learn Italian etiquette, pasta-making, and pizza-making with CIMBA. • The cafeteria accomodates for dietary needs such as veganism, vegetarianism, gluten-free, etc. • The office staff is willing to help with anything. • Campus is right next to convenience stores that have everything including the sweetest, old Italian clerk. • CIMBA plans out weekends that you can sign up for to have a nice, easy trip. If you don't want to do that, you can make adventures by planning your own trips. Bus and train tickets are cheap, and there's amazing food wherever you go. Even if you are iffy about going, I would recommend starting the application and talking to Jay Caughren. He's part of the staff based in Iowa, and he was beyond helpful in providing information and helping me get into this program. Application: https://cimbaitaly.com/apply/ Jay's number: +1 (319) 335-0355 Jay's email: james-caughren@uiowa.edu

The faculty and staff here at CIMBA are amazing at making your study abroad experience truly unique! The program offers a wide variety of business classes to take and they are taught by American professors. The CIMBA campus offers great living spaces,

recreational areas, and its close to Venice to travel to other destinations. The area surrounding CIMBA is breathtaking and offers you to get fully immersed into the Italian culture! Highly recommend this program who wants to study abroad in Northern Italy!

CIMBA the best program you can ever pick. It is located in Paderno Del Grappa, a super small location. You can walk over to the next town and enjoy a day at the market on the weekends. Italy in itself is amazing. I strongly recommend coming to CIMBA if

you are thinking of studying abroad (no matter the term).

I am currently here at CIMBA and I am in LOVE with the program. The staff is fun and super helpful. The first couple of weeks are a bit crazy, but it has allowed me to grow personally and professionally. I am looking forward to the 30+ travel days given

this semester along with the interactive classes. I'm also a Resident Assistant - this allowed me to get a $3000 scholarship! A semester here is actually cheaper than one at my home university; and it's all inclusive! Books, dorms, meals, etc. So happy with my decision to come here!

CIMBA does an amazing job at encouraging traveling, providing interesting courses, and promoting personal development. I feel LIFE and Leap are the two things that really differentiate CIMBA from other study abroad programs. LIFE is a three-day, full-immersion

leadership course that teaches students how to break through their barriers to success. Not only that, but it also helped me get to know my peers immediately, since we completed it during our first weekend. Leap is a personal development course that taught us about handling stress, conflict, and helps each student define their goals. The course includes 3 coaching sessions that helped me discover my goals and how to implement working towards them. I was very close with all of my teachers. My class sizes ranged from 6 to 25 students, and every professor I had made it a priority to get to know us. I was just as sad to say goodbye to my professors as a was to say goodbye to my new friends I met there. The program is based in Paderno del Grappa, a small town right at the base of the Dolomites. Although there isn't much to do in that town during the week, PDG is centrally located between great cities to visit in Northern Italy: Asolo, Verona, Milan, and famous wineries.

The CIMBA MBA program has been such an eye-opening experience and a great opportunity to immerse myself in and explore the Italian culture. I chose the program because of the unique approach to the traditional MBA because it had a focus on personal and

leadership development and was in a small classroom atmosphere. The program also offered additional certifications I could not find at other universities such as Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving and Decision Making Certification, Project Management Certification and the Six Sigma Certification. The CIMBA program has wonderful professors who come from a variety of universities throughout the United States. They are all very knowledgeable in their fields of expertise and know how to create an interactive and engaging environment in the classroom. Additionally, it is a great learning experience as you have students in your class from all over the world. You get to have about half of your classes with the full-time MBA students and the other half with the part-time students, primarily Italian students, too. One of my favorite classes is the survival Italian class we took. I would recommend the program to anyone who is looking for a challenging 1-year MBA program and an opportunity to study abroad.

CIMBA is a womderful semester program that allows you to take full time classes to remain on track for graduation while simultaneously allowing you to travel all over Europe. The 12 week program offers business classes taught by American teachers as well

as locals. CIMBA gives you a full travel week as well as two extended weekends in addition to regular weekends to travel where ever you want to I visited 8 countries while I was abroad! After fun weekends of travel tou get to return to the small little town that becomes your home. Between classes, travelling and opportunities to immerse yourself in Italian culture, this program offers so much to take advantage of.

CIMBA is so much more than your ordinary study abroad program. They are an international personal development institute that provides students and executives with analytical problem solving and decision making skills, risk mitigation tools, innovative

leadership competencies, and so much more. Their company tours and guest speakers are nothing short of inspirational - with backgrounds at Alpinestars, Manfrotto, VF Corporation, even Diesel! Not only will you grow professionally, but personally as well - with over 30 travel days in a semester, most students are able to travel to about 9-12 countries! Choosing CIMBA impacted my life on every level and I will never forget the experiences and lessons it taught me.