Nicolò Tafuro has begun the degree course in Computer Engineering at the Università del Salento. He is the first student from Brindisi to earn an American High School Diploma without leaving his own city.
His choice also keeps him in the region for university. According to the Svimez report Un Paese, due emigrazioni, 23% of first-year university students from Puglia enrol at a university outside the region.
Southern Italy has historically been marked by the movement of young people towards universities in central and northern Italy.