TRAINEESHIP APPLICATION FORM, application form downloadable at footer

PASSPORT SIZE  PHOTOGRAPH

1. The application calls for the indication of three destinations to be selected from the list of the Accademia’s partner institutions, which can be found as an attachment at the bottom of the page. It is essential to make a choice consistent with the student’s own educational path, evaluating  and analyzing the availability of courses which are feasible with the student’s study plan.
2. We would like to remind those students who are evaluating the different proposals for studying abroad, that in the case of University partners, the exchange is feasible at the University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. We strongly advise students to steer their research towards  corresponding courses to similar exams and to those chosen in the study plan (particularly for the three year courses), as they must be similar in content in order to be recognized.It is also preferable to look for practical, laboratory or workshop subjects in order to contain the difficulty of the foreign language.

1. Once the Announcement is closed, the Erasmus Office will make an internal selection and assign each student a destination, which may not always correspond to the requests of the student; in this case the Office commits itself, together with the candidate, to find a suitable destination. The selection will be made on the basis of the portfolio, the correspondence of the student’s profile with the academic offer of the foreign university and the availability of places.
2. The Erasmus Office will take the necessary steps to contact every student deemed eligible to continue the application process, by prior arrangement, to carry out the paperwork required in order to submit the application to the selected institution, which, according to its own time frame, will confirm whether or not to accept the application. In the event of a negative outcome, the Erasmus Office commits itself, in agreement with the student, to, if need be, proceed with another application, compatibly with the deadlines and availability of the partner institutions.

Participants, on their return after the period abroad, MUST fill in the EVALUATION REPORT online, as required by the European Community, to finalize the project with the registration of marks and credits carried out by the Erasmus Office.

In order to partecipate in the programmes students must SEND all the following documentation by EMAIL, WHICH MUST BE ELECTRONICALLY COMPILED IN EDITABLE WORD FORMAT, or alternatively, students can submit the documentation directly to the office using a USB stick.

1. APPLICATION FORM in Word format. The form can be downloaded at the bottom of the page

2. PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPH

3. SCAN OF FRONT AND BACK of IDENTITY DOCUMENT and EUROPEAN HEALTH CARD

4. CURRICULUM VITAE IN ENGLISH (related to artistic activities, 2 pages at most)

5. COVER LETTER IN ENGLISH in Word format, a short personal presentation, of your studies and the reasons behind your participation. Once you have been communicated the destination by the Erasmus Office you are required then to customize the cover letter indicating the reasons that led to your assigned choice of destination (characteristics and cultural background of the city, departments, teaching techniques, professors, didactic approaches and styles etc). 

6. BOOK ERASMUS in digital format containing the images of the most significant works (max.15-20 pages, in a single PDF file for a maximum weight of 15Mb), including a description of the works, including the title, the technique, the size, the year and if need be, a few lines in ENGLISH to briefly outline the project (students are advised to have the  material checked by the academic course teacher). Students are required to have an introductory page that can also be used as a cover (it should NOT contain the logo of the Accademia). No Book is required for Communication students. For first year students, the book may include works done before entering the Accademia.

7. LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH OR THE LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION B1 LEVEL. The selected students who hold a foreign language certificate must submit it with the application. In particular, regarding English; those students who do not hold any certificate but have taken the qualifying English exam in the Accademia can consider themselves to have B1 proficiency.

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera is partner of platforms such as HousingAnywhere, ERASMUSU and Spotahome, which can offer support to students in finding accomodation.

Students who are coming from abroad to Milan can find & book a student room on: 

HousingAnywhere.com The rooms on this platform are offered by our students that go abroad for a study abroad semester, exchange, Erasmus or internship, or by verified landlords. Using the platform itself is completely free for you as a student; when you make a concrete booking an administrative fee will be charged as a part of Housing Anywhere secure booking system. 

To book your rentals abroad before your arrival, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera recommends HousingAnywhere, the rental platform for international students. Through HousingAnywhere you can safely book your new room, offered by verified private and professional landlords. 

To receive a 30% discount on the booking fee, a VIP profile and priority access to the listings in Europe and the US, sign up here: https://housinganywhere.com/Milan--Italy/accademia-di-belle-arti-di-brera/sign-up

Please note: First you will have to pay the entire price and then email support@housinganywhere.com to have that amount back.

To avoid paying double rent and get your room back upon your return, you can also offer your room to an international student on HousingAnywhere. You can manage requests from students interested in your room and accept the tenant you prefer. You will recognize them because they have the same VIP badge as you: please accept them with priority!

For more information, contact vip@housinganywhere.com.

ERASMUSU is one of the largest students community in Europe. You will be able to book verified accommodation through a safe system all around the world, if you are planning to study abroad. You can also look up information about different cities and universities, read about other travelers experiences, check out destinations evaluations, find job and internship offers.

Check  our web page and be part of the Erasmusu community now. 

What we offer to students from Accademia di Brera:

• Verified accommodations all around the world such as rooms, apartments, studios and dorms.
• 30% of discount with the code ADBM30 entering through this link  
• Customized email: accademiadibrera@erasmusu.com

If you have accommodation to offer click here.

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Booking your new home on Spotahome is 100% safe and scam-free thanks to our Fraud Protection Booking System: as an extra security step. Your first payment is made through Spotahome, we will transfer this money to the landlord 48 hours after you move in.

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Catalogs of the main Italian libraries

Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense http://opac.braidense.it/

Biblioteca Ambrosiana https://ambrosiana.comperio.it/

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze https://opac.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/bncf-prod/

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma http://www.bncrm.beniculturali.it/it/909/opac-bncr

Collective catalogs

SBN (Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale) https://opac.sbn.it/opacsbn/opac/iccu/free.jsp

ACNP (Archivio Collettivo Nazionale dei Periodici) https://acnpsearch.unibo.it/

Kubikat (Catalogo online dell’Unione delle biblioteche d’arte – Biblioteca Hertziana di Roma; Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz; Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte di Monaco di Baviera; Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte di Parigi) https://aleph.mpg.de/F?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=kub01&con_lng=ita

Catalogs of foreign national libraries

Library of Congress (USA) https://catalog.loc.gov/

British Library (Gran Bretagna) https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections/catalogues

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Francia) https://catalogue.bnf.fr/index.do

Biblioteca Nacional de España (Spagna) http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/webcat

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Germania) https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Olanda) https://www.kb.nl/en

Rossijskaja nacional'naja biblioteka (Russia - National Library) http://nlr.ru/eng/opac

National Library of China http://www.nlc.cn/newen/

Digital libraries

Biblioteca Digitale Lombarda https://www.bdl.servizirl.it/bdlfe/

Gallica https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/it/content/accueil-it?mode=desktop

Digitale Bibliothek – Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/digi/digilit.html

The history of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera’s library goes back to 1778 when the Administrator, Carlo Bianconi, started to collect and keep books, prints, engravings, drawings and xylographs in his office.

His successor, the painter, writer and intellectual Giuseppe Bossi, who was the Administrator from 1802 to 1807, also understood the importance and benefit of having a well-stocked library for art studies. He himself was willing to spend large sums in order to see the library kept current and up-to-date; he acquired a number of rare and invaluable books as well as prestigious collections through exchanges and purchases.

The library is also a depository for drawings and prints, as well as an archive and that is the reason why, in the current premises, inaugurated by President Sandro Pertini in 1984, all the resources relating to the Accademia’s Patrimony and assets are deposited: in the gallery there is the Archive with the Historical Resources of the Library, in the basement there is the Contemporary Art Library, the Painting Collection, the Drawings and Prints Room.

The Accademia’s Library of Contemporary Art , located in the underground levels of the building, is illuminated by a large skylight making it a particularly bright space.

It has approximately 40,000 volumes and numerous periodicals. It is a single room with open shelves which run all the way around the Reading Room which holds approximately 60 seats. 
The computerized cataloguing of the entire contemporary collection is underway. Bibliographic research must be carried out using first the library’s OPAC and subsequently the card catalogs.

Students are granted on-site consultation of the material while teachers can access the lending service. The reorganization and reclassification of library material carried out in  previous years, allows only the teaching staff to have direct access to the consultation of the different sections. There is, however, also for students, a section dedicated to direct consultations and reference use of Encyclopedias, general texts and dictionaries.

Acquisitions take place on an annual basis through the form of purchases and donations aimed at completing the already available series and keeping the library up-to-date. In the Reading Room there are nine computers available both for research work and for personal study use.

The library also has a periodicals section, made up in part by newspapers which have now been discontinued and by current subscriptions.

• THE LIBRARY IS OPEN FROM 9.00 TO 14.00 FROM MONDAY TO THURSDAY, AND FROM 9.30 TO 14.00 ON FRIDAYS. LAST ENTRY AND BOOK LOANS HALF AN HOUR BEFORE CLOSING

• IT IS FORBIDDEN TO USE THE LIBRARY FOR PURPOSES OR ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE DISTURBANCE TO READERS IN ANY WAY

• THE USE OF LIBRARY TABLES FOR PERSONAL STUDY MUST ALLOW FOR EASY CONSULTATION FOR FELLOW LIBRARY USERS: ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DRAWING AND PAINTING ARE NOT ALLOWED

• THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES IN THE READING ROOM IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN

• IT IS FORBIDDEN TO KEEP DRINKS ON THE TABLES AND CONSUME FOOD DURING CONSULTATION AND REFERENCE ACTIVITIES

• ANY BAGS, BACKPACKS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS MUST BE DEPOSITED IN THE DESIGNATED KEY LOCKERS (UPON ENTERING THE READING ROOM). THE MANAGEMENT IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THEFT OF ANY VALUABLE ITEMS LEFT UNATTENDED ON THE TABLES

• THERE IS NO PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE. SCANS ARE ALLOWED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE VOLUMES IN POOR REPAIR OR IN PRECARIOUS CONDITION

• THE REQUEST FOR VOLUMES TO BE CONSULTED IS LIMITED TO THREE AND IN ANY CASE THE USER CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN THREE BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME.

• THE BOOK LENDING SERVICE IS ONLY FOR TEACHERS AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR TEXTS PUBLISHED IN THE 1900S AND FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE IN NUMBER (TO BE RETURNED WITHIN A MONTH).

• THE USE OF THE LIBRARY IS RESERVED TO ACCADEMIA STUDENTS AND ITS TEACHING STAFF. CONSULTATION AND REFERENCE WORK IS ALLOWED TO THOSE EXTERNAL SCHOLARS UPON REQUEST AND SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE MANAGEMENT

The Library is open to students and teaching staff of the Accademia and external scholars, only upon authorized request

From Monday to Thursday from 9.00 to 17.50

Fridays from 9.30 to 17.50

Access is only available for consultation of library volumes and by appointment to be fixed by writing an email to biblioteca@accademiadibrera.milano.it

To access the two year course, admission is direct for students who have achieved the First Level Academic Diploma at the Accademia di Brera.

For other students, it is necessary to have obtained a Degree Certificate or other equivalent qualification obtained in Italy or abroad.