A partner-facing model designed for U.S. universities sending cohorts to Italy. The visiting faculty member leads the academic vision — syllabus, learning outcomes, assessment, credit framework. We handle on-site delivery: Italian language instruction where required, classroom and study space, student services, housing logistics, risk-management documentation, and the approval-ready paperwork your institution's study-abroad office and academic council need.
Our main hubs for faculty-led are Florence (Padri Scolopi campus on Via Bolognese, 17th-century building, on-campus residence, library) and Milan (city-centre Academy). Mantua and Turin are available for "deep Italy" programmes that deliberately move students out of tourist-heavy cities.
How a faculty-led programme is structured
The faculty leads
The visiting faculty member designs the academic content, teaches the course, sets the assessment, and grades the students. We are not co-instructors and we do not interfere with the academic plan — the credit belongs to your institution.
We deliver everything around it
Classroom space, language lab, on-campus housing options, ground transport, field-study logistics, student-services support, weekly Italian classes if part of the design, weekend cultural programming on request.
Approval-ready documentation
See the Academic Approval Pack — the documentation set we issue to support your institution's curriculum approval, risk review, insurance review, and study-abroad office sign-off.
Single point of contact
You work with one partner desk for the entire programme — pre-departure planning, on-site delivery, post-programme reporting. No vendor stack to manage.
Programme types we have run or can run
2–4 week summer programmes
Intensive courses around a single faculty-taught subject — Italian civilisation, art history, design, food culture, contemporary Italian politics. Cohort housing on or near campus.
Semester abroad with Italian language component
A full semester (12–16 weeks) where your faculty teaches the core course and we deliver concurrent Italian language instruction at the appropriate level.
Pre-semester language intensive
Students arrive 2–4 weeks before the main programme for an intensive Italian course, then your faculty programme begins. Common pattern for "Italian + discipline" cohorts.
Custom short courses (1–2 weeks)
For executive-education cohorts, MBA short courses, professional-development groups. Compressed, high-density, custom-scheduled.
Why Florence is our main faculty-led hub
The Padri Scolopi campus on Via Bolognese is a 17th-century building with 8,000 m² of grounds, multiple classrooms, an on-campus student residence, a 36-workstation language lab, and an in-house café. For a U.S. university running a faculty-led semester, this is operational depth that most Italian language schools do not have — you can house a cohort, teach a cohort, and run student services for a cohort all in one place.
City fit for faculty-led programmes
Florence
Art history, architecture, heritage studies, Renaissance studies, Italian civilisation, museum studies. Our main hub.
Milan
Business, fashion, design, media, finance, contemporary Italian society, urban studies.
Mantua
"Deep Italy" semesters — small Renaissance city, no English expat scene, ideal for cohorts that want full immersion.
Turin
Design, Slow Food, architecture, automotive/industrial history, contemporary art (Castello di Rivoli, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo).
Talk to the partner desk
Tell us your institution, the faculty member leading the programme, target dates, cohort size, the academic frame (course taught? credit hours? language component?), and any approval constraints from your study-abroad office. We respond with a concrete proposal — usually within two working days, including a draft Academic Approval Pack tailored to your institution.
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.
The international hub
City-centre Academy a short walk from the Duomo. Built for professionals, long-term visa students, and U.S. faculty-led cohorts. The fastest city to start using Italian.
CAMPUS MILANO