Accademia di Italiano runs a dedicated Italian Academy in Milan and operates inside the Unicollege SSML campuses in Florence, Mantua and Turin. Same teaching framework, same student services, four very different cities. We are built for serious adult learners — long-term students on a study visa, U.S. faculty-led groups, professionals relocating for work, and 4–24 week students who want measurable progress rather than a tourist week.
If you are coming for one week, you are in the wrong place. If you are coming for one month, three months, six months, a year, or you are bringing a cohort — keep reading.
Start with where you want to learn Italian
Milan — international hub
City-centre Academy a short walk from the Duomo. Built for professionals, long-term visa students, faculty-led cohorts. The fastest city to start using Italian.
Florence — the campus model
17th-century campus of the former Piarist Fathers on Via Bolognese: 8,000 m² of grounds, in-house café, on-campus residence. Built for students who actually study.
Mantua — full immersion
Former Archbishop's Seminary in a UNESCO Renaissance city of 50,000 people. The campus for students who want to break the English-default habit.
Turin — elegant, independent
Modern campus near Parco del Valentino. Mature student profile, lower cost of living, real working city. Substance over scenery.
Three course formats — chosen, not stacked
Standard
20 in-class lessons per week. Six levels (A1–C2). Communicative method, native-speaker teachers with university qualifications. Weekly start dates for most levels.
Light
Daily lessons plus 2 hours/day of structured guided self-study. Documented, study-visa eligible, more flexibility in your timetable while keeping a full academic load.
Long-term (visa eligible)
3, 6, 9, 12-month programs designed around the study-visa process. Documentation in the format Italian consulates expect, residence permit support after arrival.
Planning a stay of more than 90 days? Study-visa support
Non-EU students staying in Italy for more than 90 days need a study visa. Our long-term courses are study-visa eligible. We issue documentation consulates accept, and we support you on residence permit, codice fiscale, and accommodation after arrival as a documented process.
Student visa for Italy → · Visa & residence permit support →
Who we work with
U.S. universities — faculty-led
The visiting faculty member leads the academic vision. We deliver on-site Italian instruction, student services, housing logistics, and approval-ready documentation. Main hubs: Florence and Milan.
Companies with international staff
Corporate Italian for professionals relocating to Italy or working from an Italian office. Sector vocabulary, scheduled around real work commitments. Available in all four cities.
Talk to us
Tell us your preferred city, your dates, your starting level, and what you're trying to achieve. We respond with a concrete plan — course format, expected progression, visa pathway if relevant — usually within one working day.
If you came for a week,
you came to the wrong school.
Most language schools chase short-stay tourists. We do not.
We are built for the 4-week student, the 6-month visa student, the U.S. faculty-led cohort, the professional relocating for work. People who came to actually study.
See long-term programsFour cities,
one academic operation.
Same teaching framework, same student services, four very different cities. Built for adults who want measurable progress.
You study inside a real Italian university.
Florence, Mantua and Turin campuses are shared with Unicollege SSML — an Italian Higher Institute recognized by the Ministry of Education. Same building, same library, same faculty space.
You are not in a "language school floor" tucked above a souvenir shop. You are inside the academic life of an Italian university.
You lead the academics.
We handle everything else.
Approval-ready documentation for your study-abroad office. Dedicated cohort classrooms in Florence and Milan. On-campus housing in Florence. Single point of contact from pre-departure to post-program reporting.
The paperwork part.
Done properly, every week.
Consulate-grade documentation issued in the format your specific consulate expects. Residence permit support on the ground in Italy. Attendance reporting for renewals. We do this every week, not as an exception.