Florence has dozens of Italian language schools. Most are one or two floors of a palazzo in the tourist centre, share rooms with a co-tenant, and turn over students every week. We are different. Accademia di Italiano in Florence is a dedicated campus building from the late 1600s — the historic seat of the Piarist Fathers (Padri Scolopi), formerly the Istituto Pellegrini — on Via Bolognese, with over 8,000 m² of grounds, classrooms, a language lab, an in-house café, and a student residence on site. Designed for students who come to Italy to study Italian seriously.
What makes Florence at Accademia di Italiano different
A real campus, not a palazzo floor
17th-century building, former seat of the Piarist Fathers, 8,000 m² of olive-tree gardens, soccer field, multiple classrooms, language lab with 36 workstations, Unicaffè, on-campus student residence. Students arrive in the morning and stay through the day.
Built for stays of 4 weeks to 12 months
If you're in Florence for a week, take a school in Piazza del Duomo. We are built for the student who needs measurable progress: A1 to B1 in twelve weeks, B1 to C1 in a semester, CILS preparation, university enrolment readiness.
Study-visa documentation, done properly
Our long-term courses are study-visa eligible. We issue documentation in the format Italian consulates expect, and we support you on residence permit, codice fiscale, and accommodation after arrival — as a documented process, not as an afterthought.
Faculty-led ready
U.S. universities sending faculty-led groups to Florence work with us because we have the operational depth: dedicated cohort classrooms, approval-ready academic documentation, on-site student services, on-campus housing.
Choose your course format
Standard
20 in-class lessons per week. Six levels (A1–C2), small groups, communicative method, native-speaker teachers with university qualifications.
Light
Daily in-class lessons plus 2 hours/day of structured guided self-study. Documented and study-visa eligible.
Long-term (visa eligible)
3-month, 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month programs designed around the study-visa process.
Why "outside the tourist core" is on purpose
The historic centre of Florence is beautiful and full of tourists. It is not where Italians live, and it is not where serious study happens at scale — a 60m² flat in Via dei Calzaiuoli rented to a different student every six days does not produce a learning environment. Our campus on Via Bolognese sits in a green, residential area with a panoramic view over the historic centre. You get the city as a backdrop, and a place to actually study at the centre of your day.
Florence-specific pathways
CILS preparation
Structured preparation for CILS B1, B2, C1 — used for citizenship, university enrolment, and professional registration.
Italian + art history
Florence is the natural city for it. Italian language in the morning, guided afternoon sessions on Renaissance art and architecture — in Italian, scaled to your language level.
University enrolment readiness
9–12 month pathways to a documented B2/C1 with the right certifications, for students planning to enrol at an Italian university.
Visa renewal in Florence
For students already in Italy whose residence permit comes up for renewal: a course pathway that gives the Questura the documented continuity it expects.
Talk to the Florence team
Via Bolognese, 52 – 50139 Firenze. Tel: +39 055 0937508.
Tell us 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.
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