the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 249 students in the two-year middle school and 10 in their pre-apprenticeship, while 78 students were in the four-year advanced program. The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 57 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 98 who attend part-time. The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There were 14 students in the professional program. , there were 265 students in Chiasso who came from another municipality, while 318 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Sport Football: FC Chiasso Stadio comunale Ice hockey: HC Chiasso Road bicycle racing: Gran Premio di Chiasso (UCI Europe Tour) References External links Official municipality website Italy–Switzerland border crossings