Living in Trieste
25,000. There is a significant number of researchers and students who choose Trieste each year for a period of work or training in some of the most important European Research Centers and Institutes.
Trieste is a city with a great cultural heritage, and a junction for relationships and a crossroads for the circulation of knowledge. Trieste is a city of Insurance, Coffee, Port, Scientific Research. It is a student-friendly city, where services and opportunities are in great supply.
The extraordinary beauty of the environment, between the sea and the karstic plateau and the fascination of cultural multiplicity make Trieste one of the Italian cities with the highest quality of life. Its strategic position have made it important for trade and culture from the Middle Ages to today. In Trieste the Central European, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions come together to create a cosmopolitan and international atmosphere.
The extraordinary beauty of the environment, between the sea and the karstic plateau and the fascination of cultural multiplicity make Trieste one of the Italian cities with the highest quality of life. Its strategic position have made it important for trade and culture from the Middle Ages to today. In Trieste the Central European, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions come together to create a cosmopolitan and international atmosphere.
Trieste is the ideal setting for many activities related to leisure, excursions and sport: the city hosts the famous Barcolana, the largest sailing regatta in Europe, as well as other initiatives, from diving to mountain biking, trekking, climbing, and walking in the Karst woods just a few minutes from the city center.
Barcolana spirit
For all "people of the sea" this exciting video, created by Pablo Apiolazza - APZ media - Alumnus of the Origini Italia course at MIB, uses the narrative voice of Paolo Rumiz, to explain the spirit of the Barcolana and the birth of the small boat, a tribute to the tradition upper Adriatic, its origins and the deep and indissoluble bond with the sea, which has always been the soul of Trieste.
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Cost of living
In the period of roughly 8 months of the Master's program in Trieste the economic commitment varies according to individual personal lifestyle.
Compared to the basic needs of food, accommodation and transport (this last item is intended as a quota for the monthly subscription to the city bus network), the table below may be referenced, to which each must add the expenses to their standard of living.
Compared to the basic needs of food, accommodation and transport (this last item is intended as a quota for the monthly subscription to the city bus network), the table below may be referenced, to which each must add the expenses to their standard of living.
Costs per month:
* MIB Trieste School of Management Cafeteria (open at lunch) offers special price for students, price of a lunch is around € 6-7.
Monthly TOTAL: starting from 500/600 € (roughly half compared to Milan or Rome) for Accommodation.
| Expense item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Double room in an apartment | € 200 - € 250 |
| Single room in an apartment | € 250 - € 350 |
| Studio | Single apartment | € 450 - € 600 |
| Food | € 200 - € 250* |
| Bus Transport (monthly rate - whole bus network) | € 35 |
Monthly TOTAL: starting from 500/600 € (roughly half compared to Milan or Rome) for Accommodation.
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