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The RUI Foundation opened Torriana and Torrescalla in Milan. RUI offered preparatory courses for high school students, study methodology courses and continuing education courses for teachers (in collaboration with the Ministry of Education), first in Lazio, and then in the rest of Italy. The series “Scelte e Progetti” started publishing essays on study preparation and pedagogical approaches.

In the 1970s, the Foundation had its first international collaborations with the EU three-year pilot project on preparatory courses in the school districts of Chieti, Vasto and Lanciano, and with the project “TreP” dedicated to awarding scholarships to South American students.

In 1974, the Krakow archbishop Karol Wojtila participated in a philosophy conference sponsored by RUI in Rome.

The RUI Foundation continued its international research by promoting the European conference at Castelgandolfo “Scelta, riuscita negli studi e transizione alla vita attiva nell’insegnamento superior” (“Choice of field of study, successful graduation and transition to teaching in high schools”), financed by the Ministry of Education and by the European Commission. The project Prius was also started in this period and was aimed at student exchange between Italian and US universities. During the Paris-Nantes conference on university preparation, founded by the French Ministry of Education and by the European Commission, the RUI Foundation instituted the first group of European experts on university preparation. CIMEA, the information center on mobility and university equivalency was established in 1986.

The RUI Foundation opened the Alzaia residence in Milan and organized the conference “Università e impresa. Quale cooperazione per il sistema Italia” (“University and Enterprise. What Kind of Cooperation for the Italian System?”) in Torrescalla, a pioneering initiative to open a dialogue between universities and the workplace.

In honor of the Year of Youth, RUI published “Radici d’Europa” (“Roots of Europe”) in 1985.

Following an initiative by the RUI Foundation, the European forum on university preparation, Fedora, was established during the Athens and Delphi conference, financed by the Greek Ministry of Education and the European Commission. In 1993, CIMEA published “A Guide to University Studies” for the Ministry of University Studies, printed in 500,000 copies and distributed in all high schools in Italy. Since then, a new, updated version is printed every year.

In Torrescalla, Milan, the conference “Impresa & Università alla ricerca della sinergia” (“Enterprise and University: In Search of Synergy”) continued the collaboration between university study and the workplace, followed by the publication of “Università e Impresa” (“University and Enterprise”), a collection of the research conducted in 1988-1989 on behalf of the European Commission, the Ministry of Education and the region of Lombardia.

In the 1990s, Rome hosted the first of the UnivItalia conferences, preparatory sessions for the international conference Univ, and many student conferences on bioethics, science, and philosophy in Ponte di Legno, Flumserberg, and London. In 1990, Milan hosted the first GOU day, a study preparation day dedicated to high school students.

In 1993, the Viscontea residence moved to a larger building in Via Lamarmora.

In 1994, ECSTA promoted in Europe the Euro Student research on the living and studying conditions of Italian university students. The RUI Foundation is responsible for the Italian research and presents its results every three years in public conferences. RUI continued to publish materials for students: “A Guide to Scholarships,” “A Guide to Services for Students” and “Colombo,” an introduction to the Italian university system on CD-ROM (sponsored by the Ministry of University Studies). In 2001, the Foundation began publishing “Universitas,” a quarterly journal dedicated to research and documentation on university life, and the publication “Documenti di lavoro,” first published in the 1960s to collect conference proceedings for conferences held by the Foundation, changed its name to “Fondazione RUI.” Since then, it has recorded in detail the activities in our residences.

In 1997, the RUI Foundation was among the founders of CCU – the yearly conference of university colleges.

In 1996, Delle Peschiere moved to Albaro, and Capodifaro and Porta Nevia opened in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

During the 2000 Jubilee, the RUI Foundation actively took part in the University Jubilee.

In 2002, in Palermo, RUI opened a pilot project for university courses on study methodology, in collaboration with various universities. In the following years, the courses took place at la Sapienza, Roma Tre, Sassari, Perugia, Milano-Bicocca, Verona, Lumsa, and Campus Bio-Medico.

In 2003, RUI opened the Celimontano residence in Rome. In 2004, CIMEA became the national point contact for Erasmus Mundus.

The RUI residences developed the JUMP project – Job University Matching Project – and started the university coaching activities.

In 2008, the city of Milan awarded RUI with the certificate of civic merit and, the following year, the RUI Foundation celebrated 50 years of activity.

The RUI Foundation, to celebrate its 50 years of activity, and the 50 years of our Constitution, instituted a competition for high school students on the Italian Constitution, with prizes awarded in the Senate.

RUI opened new residences: MilanoAccademia, Castelbarco, and Rivalto.

The RUI Foundation associated with EucA, the European University College Association.

The Association of RUI Alumni opened its activities; it counted 4000 members among former residents. The Alumni Association organizes community and networking events for students to grow professionally and personally. In 2019, RUI initiated the Mentoring Project.