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A university in Bologna, Italy has 12,000 students on its course to study ice cream. The Gelato University has attracted potential ice-cream-making from all over the world. There seems to be a big to learn the art of creating real Italian ice cream. The $1,140-a-week course includes and accommodation. It teaches everything a budding gelato needs to know. There are lessons on the history of the creamy confection, technical workshops on how to make it, lectures on the equipment , as well as courses on marketing and management. The university’s director Kaori Ito the course’s popularity: “The people who come here are people who want a career …They are ready to drop what they're doing and open a new in their lives," she said.

Gelato University students are very serious about their . Many see gelato as a means of financial . Ice cream costs little to make but can be sold at a relatively high price. People will pay bucks for a tasty gelato. Andrea Morelli, a former bank manager, said he will to Florida next year to open a gelateria. "I decided to change my life . I started this course in January and I fell in love with making ice cream,” he said. Holy Randrianasolo from Madagascar dreams of up her country’s first gelato parlour, saying: "My is to open an Italian ice cream parlour in Antananarivo. There aren't any." Not everyone is in commercial success. Yasmeena Abdel Ghani from Dubai simply wants to make real Italian ice cream for her dinner party .