Editing Studium generale (section)

==Contemporary usage==
Today ''{{Lang|la|studium generale}}'' is primarily used within a European university context as a description for lectures, seminars and other activities which aim at providing academic foundations for students and the general public. They are in line with the [[Humanism|humanistic roots]] of the traditional universities to reach outside of their boundaries and provide a general education.

In the early [[History of Germany (1945–1990)|post-war years in Germany]] the concept was re-introduced,<ref>{{cite book |last=Lindegren |first=Alina M. |date=1957 |title= Germany Revisited: Education in the Federal Republic |location=Washington |publisher=U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Office of Education |pages=107 }}</ref> for example, with a formal programme begun in 1948 at the Leibniz College<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/facilities/administration/staff-units/leibniz-kolleg/das-leibniz-kolleg/ |title=Das Leibniz Kolleg |website=Leibniz Kolleg |publisher=Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |access-date=May 3, 2010}}</ref> of [[University of Tübingen]].

Today the term is often used interchangeably with ''orientation year'' and may be regarded as the academic equivalent of a [[Gap year]].