Study abroad in Italy, a dream for you? Learn more about High School Abroad in Italy! Experience an Italian High School in Italy – 14-18 years old– 4 weeks to 1 academic year.
Let’s make your dream come true. Get in touch with us to start this enriching journey on the road to bilingualism and biculturalism! Become a high school exchange student in Italy! Enjoy the Dolce Vita lifestyle during a Nacel student exchange in Italy: explore the culture while living with an Italian host family and going to a local Liceo!
Immersed yourself into the Italian language and culture and become almost Italian yourself!
An Italian host family will open their home and heart and help you fulfill your expectations. You will go to a local Italian high school as an exchange student in Italy. We include an Italian language course at the beginning of your stay to help you transition to your new life in this country. Book your school year abroad in Italy.
Nacel, your high school study abroad organization to study in Italy.
Classic High School Exchange in Italy
Become an exchange student in Italy and immerse yourself into the Dolce Vita lifestyle! You are welcomed by an Italian host
From 14 to 18 years old
Language : Italian
Length : Semester, Academic year
Fees from : 7 590 EUR
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High School Exchange in an Italian Bilingual Boarding school
Looking for a different school year exchange in Italy? Experience a bilingual full-time boarding school in Italy with Nacel. You
From 15 to 18 years old
Language : Italian
Length : Acadmic Year
Fees from : 13 890 EUR
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With decades of experience, certified quality, global partnerships, dedicated support, and a commitment to safety, Nacel ensures every student embarks on a transformative journey with confidence and trust.
Learn more about your foreign exchange program in Italy with Nacel: within this student exchange in Italy, international students are welcomed by volunteer Italian families interested in sharing their everyday life, language, and culture with a student coming from abroad.
The family members expect a real cultural exchange during the school year abroad in Italy: they wish the exchange student to participate in the daily activities with the family and to communicate with them.
We place high school exchange students all over the country: you will not be able to choose a specific location. The most important is for us to match a host family with you. As soon as your host family is found, we enroll you in the local High School, where you attend classes like any local student.
For those interested in arts, Italy is no doubt an unavoidable destination. No need to be in Rome or Florence: arts can be found at every corner of Italy! Interested in Ancient History, this country is definitively made for you: make a walk among the ruins of former palaces!
International high school exchange students will also make the best of their student exchange it Italy while enjoying the famous Italian food: pizza and gelato are nowhere better than in Italy.
Apply for your school year abroad in Italy and embark on a rich cultural experience. Benvenuti in Italia!
Your foreign exchange program in Italy starts here! Our exchange students in Italy attend :
Option 1: Exchange program in a public high school in Italy
You will be welcomed by an Italian host family and attend academic classes at the local Liceo with your host siblings. You will study in Italian and make Italian friends among your classmates. In the afternoons you will join extracurricular activities, go out with your friends, and do your homework. You spend your evenings and weekends with your host family. The ultimate goal of this student exchange program in Italy is to immerse into the daily life of an Italian family.
Option 2: Exchange program in a full-time Boarding school in Italy
Study abroad in an Italian boarding school! We offer you the unique opportunity to be enrolled in an Italian boarding school where you attend a bilingual English/Italian curriculum. You live full-time at the boarding house of this permanent boarding school in Italy. For the school breaks you either live with an Italian host family or fly back home.
Consult us so that we can help you make the best choice for your school year abroad in Italy. Live your Italian cultural immersion in Italy with Nacel.
The local Italian Liceo will determine the grade placement of the exchange student. While no grade equivalence is guaranteed by Nacel, we do our very best to arrange your placement in the school grade you need thanks to our constant relationships with Italian school principals.
The subjects that will be offered depend on the grade level and the study path of your Liceo.
There are 3 main types of Liceos in Italy where exchange students are placed:
Note that Italian students go to school for 13 years before they enter University. They graduate at 19 years old.
Nacel has more than 20 years of experience in offering study abroad programs in Italy!
Learn more about the Nacel program support and safety measures:
From our experience, the benefits are not only educational and cultural: Italian language immersion, exposure to a different way of life, and cultural enrichment. An Italian exchange program in a transformative experience of cultural immersion.
The benefits for a student are also personal; our exchange students:
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