The State Technical Institute for Economics "A. Zanon "in Udine was founded in 1866 with the aim of constituting a reference for the development of the territory, also in the perspective of a connection with Central and Eastern Europe. Still its archives are object of study, research and subject for scientific publications.
The Institute currently has about 1350 students and two fields of study: 1. Administration, Finance and Marketing and 2. Tourism.
Students from 14 to 16 years of age attend the first two years, the same for all: the first two years of secondary school (High School) conclude the compulsory course of study that begins at the age of 6 years with primary school and transits through the secondary school of first degree (Junior School). Subsequently, the first course of study (Administration, Finance and Marketing) specializes and is divided into: International Relations for Marketing, Business Information Systems and Administration, Finance and Marketing, while the Tourism course - which concerns the integrated enhancement of cultural heritage, artistic, craft, food and wine, landscape and environmental protection - continues in full. The first two-year period of study therefore follows the second two-year period, with pupils aged 16 to 18 years. The last year prepares for the State Exam, the University entrance or the world of work, with an academic qualification which is recognized both in the academic field and in the companies in terms of job opportunities (age of students: 18-19 years). The five years of secondary school are standard for all Italian schools.
The disciplines characterizing our school are: Business Administration and Politics, Law, Foreign Languages (English, German, French, Spanish), Computer Science. Students, however, attend a basic curriculum in which there are disciplines such as Italian, Science, Physics, Mathematics, History, Physical Education, Geography and - in the case of the Tourism course - also Art History.
