The doors of Apple’s first-ever iOS developer academy in Italy are set to open to students tomorrow, but according to a new report, getting through the doors is harder than getting into Harvard.

　　据报道，苹果在意大利开设的iOS开发者学院将于8日向学生开放，但是要进入这个学院比进入哈佛大学还要困难。

　　About 4,000 people applied to be part of the inaugural class at the development center in San Giovanni a Teduccio, a suburb of Naples. Only 200 were accepted, giving the school an acceptance rate of 5%. That’s slightly lower than Harvard’s 5.8% acceptance rate in 2016.

　　大约有4000人申请进入这个位于那不勒斯市郊、圣乔瓦尼-特杜西奥的开发者学院，但是只有200人被录取，其录取率仅为5%，比哈佛大学今年5.8%的录取率还要略低一些。

　　Next year Apple plans to admit 400 students to the nine month program that covers how to develop and market apps using Apple’s tool. Students will be handed an iPhone, iPad and MacBook for the course which is free of charge.

　　到了明年，苹果计划招收400名学生进行为期9个月的学习，让他们学习如何使用苹果的工具进行开发和运营应用软件。所有的学生都将免费获得一部iPhone、iPad以及MacBook笔记本电脑。

　　The Guardian reports that Apple isn’t just throwing its name behind the school and writing a check either. The iPhone-maker had a say in minute details of the school. Everything from the color of the walls to the lighting of the classroom received Apple’s attention.

　　据《卫报》报道，苹果并不只是在这个学院上挂个名字而已，包括墙壁的颜色和教室的灯光等一切细节信息都受到了苹果的关注。

　　Apple also designed the layout of the large classrooms, insisting the back half of the classroom have couches and a lounge area so students can rest. The rest of the open-plan room features small round tables with speaker systems that let teachers talk to groups individually.

　　此外，苹果还对大教室的布局进行了设计，教室的后面设置有沙发和学生休息区。开放式教室剩下的部分有带扬声器系统的小圆桌，教师可以分别和各小组通话。

　　“Apple thinks that all of these activities, learning and rest and so on, have to stay very close to each other, because this is the best way to ensure that the concepts are absorbed and understood very well,” said Leopoldo Angrisani, a professor at the university who help Apple organize the academy.

　　帮助苹果组建学院的大学教授莱奥坡多·阿格里萨尼表示：“苹果认为，所有的活动、学习和休息都应该非常接近对方，这是确保苹果的概念吸收和理解的最好方式。”

　　Competition will also play a significant role in the students’ education. Developers have to innovate to stand out from the pack. Apple plans to open similar iOS academies in Brazil, India, and Indonesia in the future.

　　在学生的教育中，竞争也是重要的一部分。开发者们需要创新才能脱颖而出。苹果计划未来将在巴西、印度和印度尼西亚开设类似的iOS开发者学院。

（编辑：何莹莹）