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Studying in Prato: the PIN university campus and Monash Prato

The Prato university campus (Fondazione PIN) hosts eight University of Florence degree courses, including Textile and Fashion Design, Nursing, Business Economics and an English-taught master's in urban planning. Australia's Monash University has its own centre in Palazzo Vaj.

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University campus

Fondazione PIN runs the University of Florence's Prato campus, at piazza dell'Università 1. It hosts eight degree courses of the Florence university: bachelor's degrees in Textile and Fashion Design (limited intake), Business Economics with a Marketing, Internationalisation and Quality track, Nursing (limited intake), City, Territorial and Landscape Planning, and Design and Management of Arts and Performance Events and Enterprises; master's degrees in Planning and Design for Urban and Regional Sustainability, in its Italian and English-taught versions, and in Performing Arts. PIN also runs university master's programmes and advanced training.

Monash Prato Centre

Australia's Monash University has a European base for teaching and research in Prato, in the historic Palazzo Vaj, active for more than twenty-five years: semesters and intensive units for its students, internships, international conferences and research residencies.

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Updated: 2026-10-14

Reviewed: 10/22/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13

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