Italian in Turin — elegant, independent, underrated
Turin is the most underrated Italian city for language students. It has the architecture of Vienna, the food of Piedmont, two strong universities, and almost none of the tourist-driven distortion of Florence or Rome. Our Turin campus is a modern, spacious three-storey building on Via Saluzzo, a few steps from the beautiful Parco del Valentino. The location works for students who want a refined, lived-in Italian city — one where Italian is spoken at full speed, where the cafés have been there for a hundred and fifty years, and where a daily routine doesn't feel performative.
Turin is the right choice for students who want substance over scenery, and for U.S. faculty-led groups looking for a Northern Italian city that isn't Milan.
The Turin campus
Within Turin's dynamic, multicultural setting, the campus is housed in a modern building just a few steps from the beautiful Parco del Valentino. A spacious three-storey site, designed to accommodate study, work, and relaxation areas — technological innovation and comfort throughout. The educational facilities include 10 teaching classrooms, a computer lab with 18 workstations, a language lab with two two-person booths for simultaneous interpreting practice, a study room, a library, an auditorium (Aula Magna), and indoor relaxation areas.
Modern three-storey campus
A purpose-built modern building, three floors, designed for full-time student use. Bright, quiet, comfortable — the opposite of a converted apartment on a noisy street.
10 classrooms, language lab, library
10 teaching classrooms, a computer lab with 18 workstations, a language lab with two two-person interpreting booths, a study room, and a library. An Aula Magna for events and lectures.
Indoor relaxation areas
A ground-floor relaxation/break area for students between classes, plus additional indoor spaces designed for informal conversation practice and group work.
Study spaces for full-time learners
Multiple study areas across the building, designed for students who actually work between classes — the kind of space most Italian language schools don't have.
Who Turin is right for
Mature students and professionals
Turin attracts a slightly older student profile than Florence — graduate students, professionals on sabbatical, people relocating with family. The city's rhythm suits this profile perfectly.
Long-term students who want a real city
3 to 12 months in a working Italian city of nearly a million people, with universities, museums, a serious classical music scene, and rail connections to Milan (1h) and Paris (5h).
U.S. faculty-led groups (alternative to Florence)
Some U.S. faculty members specifically want a Northern Italian, non-tourist city for their students. Turin offers that, with the operational depth and faculty-led documentation U.S. institutions expect.
Italian + design / architecture / food
Turin is the home of Italian design education, of Slow Food, and of Piedmont gastronomy. Combined Italian-and-discipline programs make particular sense here.
Our other campuses
Milan
City-centre Academy on Via Durini, 7 — short walk from the Duomo. The international hub: professionals, long-term visa students, faculty-led groups.
Florence
17th-century Padri Scolopi campus on Via Bolognese: 8,000 m² grounds, in-house café, on-campus residence. The campus model for serious long-term immersion.
Mantua
Former Archbishop's Seminary in the centre of a UNESCO Renaissance city. Full immersion in a town where almost nobody switches to English at the bar.
Address & contact
Via Saluzzo, 60 – 10125 Torino
Tel: +39 011 0880078
A few steps from Parco del Valentino, in the heart of the San Salvario district.
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