St. John International University’s campus is based in the Renaissance [[Della Rovere]] Castle, originally built in 1510, in [[Vinovo]] (Torino), Italy. The restoration of the castle is underway and, once complete, it will have over {{convert|54000|sqft}} dedicated to faculty, staff and students.<ref>Campus Facilities [http://www.sjiu.it/campus-facilities.php] ''St. John International University''.</ref> The campus is located just {{convert|10|km}}few kilometres away from medieval towns like [[Moncalieri]] (home to the [[Collegio Carlo Alberto]]), the historic park of [[Stupinigi]] and [[Turin|Torino]]’s downtown.
==Loss of Degree-Granting Authority==
On 30 June 2014, after several years of controversy related to lack of proper finances and unpaid wages to current and former employees,<ref>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/22/disputes-about-unpaid-wages-renew-questions-about-oversight-italian-university#sthash.NEr8zO9Y.dpbs</ref><ref>http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121021/NEWS02/710219890</ref><ref>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/26/new-hampshire-approved-university-italy-comes-under-scrutiny#sthash.fN0vncj1.dpbs</ref> St. John International University lost its degree-granting authority. The New Hampshire Higher Education Commission voted unanimously not to renew the University's degree-granting authority, thus allowing it to expire on 30 June 2014. Since the degree-granting authority was simply allowed to expire, rather than being revoked, SJIU does not have the option of appealing the Commission's decision.<ref>http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/07/01/troubled-italian-university-loses-us-degree-granting-authority#sthash.T7gNUq4u.M2zvQ4DB.dpbs</ref><ref>http://nhpr.org/post/nh-wont-renew-approval-italian-university</ref><ref>http://www.education.nh.gov/highered/commission/documents/minutes20140630.pdf</ref> As a result, St. John International University is no longer an American university.
