Resident programs

Young residents

High school students from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region at the Villa Medici during the Pro Residency 2023 © Margherita Nuti

The oldest of the French residences abroad is also the youngest! Two residency programs open the doors of Villa Medici to vocational and agricultural high school students, as well as young graduates in the arts.


The Résidence Pro and the Résidence de découverte x Fondation Culture & Diversité are aimed at different categories of young people, but have in common their format (a week’s immersion in Rome with a tailor-made program of activities) and their ambition (to enable young people to enjoy a unique experience of disorientation, wonder and exchange around their fields of study).

High school students at Villa Medici

Résidence Pro

Every year, Villa Medici welcomes several hundred students from French vocational and agricultural high schools for a week-long discovery residency focusing on arts, techniques and crafts.

Young graduates in discovery residency

Fondation Culture & Diversité

As a partner of the Fondation Culture & Diversité, Villa Medici welcomes several young art school graduates each year for a week-long residency in contact with French and Italian professionals and cultural institutions.

Fondation Culture et diversité,  class of 2023 winners

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