The Standard format is the most direct way to learn Italian in Italy: 20 in-class lessons per week, every week, six CEFR levels, with small groups and a consistent full-time classroom rhythm. It is also the simplest format for the study-visa narrative — when a consulate asks how many hours you study per week, "20 in-class lessons" is the cleanest answer.
How the format works
20 in-class lessons per week
Morning sessions, Monday to Friday. The structure that international Italian schools have used for decades because it works for full-time language acquisition.
Six levels, A1 to C2
From absolute beginner to advanced proficiency. We test your level before placement; you move up when you are ready, not when the calendar says so.
Small groups
Class size kept small enough that every student talks every day. If you wanted to sit in a lecture hall, you would have stayed home.
Weekly start dates
For most levels, you can start any Monday. Beginner levels (A1) follow scheduled cohort start dates — ask us for the next one.
Who Standard is for
Standard is right for you if you have your days free to study (no full-time job during morning hours), you want the most straightforward study-visa documentation, and you want the fastest measurable progression. Most of our 4–24 week students choose Standard. Most students on a 3+ month study visa also choose Standard.
If you have work or family commitments that prevent a full-time morning schedule, consider Light — same documented commitment, more flexibility, lower price.
How Standard combines with long-term planning
Standard is the engine of our long-term programs. A 3-month long-term program is essentially Standard run for 12 weeks; a 12-month program is Standard run across an academic year with level progression and CILS preparation built in.
Where to take Standard
Talk to us
Tell us your starting level, your target dates, and your goal (CILS exam? university enrolment? professional fluency?). We respond with a concrete Standard plan and which city fits.
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.