While in Salzburg, students live together in a 450 year old castle know as the Marketenderschlössl.  The house is set on a hilltop which overlooks the heart of Salzburg.  The building we occupy stands under the protection of the Austrian Bureau of National Monuments, but its interior is completely new, having been renovated in 2001 and brought up to the most modern standards.  Besides cozy residential rooms with natural pine furniture and private baths, the building boasts a lecture hall, reading room, library, computer lab, music room, student kitchen, and offices, plus a vaulted dining hall and an external lounge with a huge glass wall that looks out onto the snowy landscape in winter.

Meals:  Breakfast and lunch are served Monday through Thursday in our dining hall.  Dinners Monday through Thursday are provided by a restaurant in the city.  Students are given meal money to cover meals on the weekends.  Some may elect to use the kitchen facilities to store food and prepare weekend meals if they do not travel on a particular weekend.

Unlike many international study programs, the Salzburg Semester is a group endeavor.  Long experience with the Salzburg Semester confirms the wisdom of such a structure for those students who have reflected carefully on both the advantages and pressures of group study abroad.  Salzburg alumni have affirmed that the semester offers a chance to establish lifetime friendships as well as providing memorable encounters with a wide variety of artistic, historical and cultural experiences.  Seemingly without exception, returning students report that the Salzburg semester exceeded their fondest expectations.