ITE Pietro Martini is a state technical institute with an economics profile in Cagliari, the only one of its kind in the city. It was established by royal decree in October 1862 and lessons began in January 1863 with six students; in 1883 the school was named after the historian Pietro Martini, and since 1933 its main building has been a former Carabinieri depot on Via Sant'Eusebio. In 2016 the "Da Vinci-Besta" commercial institute was merged into Martini. Today students follow finance and marketing, information systems, international relations for marketing, tourism and sports tourism tracks, and there are four-year courses. In the Cambridge sections of the finance and marketing and information systems tracks some subjects are also taught in English following Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses with exams in year 4, the rest in Italian. About 1250 students attend in 66 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
on average 18 students per class
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. The Cambridge section is paid separately: 260 euros for year 1 and 400 euros for each following year, excluding the final exam entry fee; no year is given for these amounts on the page. The school council may award up to four scholarships a year covering the full section cost to strong students on the ranking with an ISEE below 14650 euros.
Admissions Admission to year 1 follows the state iscrizioni online procedure on the Piattaforma Unica (for the 2026-2027 school year from 13 January to 21 February 2026); after obtaining the scuola media certificate, enrolment is confirmed by 30 June; other years and transfers from other schools use the school's form by 14 February. The Cambridge sections accept all interested students; if applications exceed places, the school draws up a ranking using criteria set by the school council. For foreign students the school has drawn up a reception protocol with personalised and multicultural teaching.
Stages and year groups Italian istituto tecnico economico curriculum with the esame di Stato (maturità): amministrazione, finanza e marketing (standard and with the Cambridge option), sistemi informativi aziendali (standard and with the Cambridge option), relazioni internazionali per il marketing (including a four-year course), turismo (including a four-year course), turismo sportivo; all tracks have English and a second foreign language, tourism a third. Cambridge: in the AFM section - Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (2 hours a week in years 1-4), Mathematics (taught by a Cambridge-certified class teacher) and Economics (2 hours in years 2-4), with IGCSE exams in year 4 or year 5; in the SIA section - IGCSE English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Computer Science with exams at the end of year 4 or 5. The standard timetable is kept and Cambridge hours are added, some co-taught with the class teacher; they are taught by native speakers or Cambridge-trained teachers; up to 4 hours of English a week. Exams are taken at the Cambridge-authorised building in Monserrato. The school is also a preparation centre for Cambridge English language exams.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Fee-paying Cambridge sections from year 1: IGCSE ESL, Mathematics and Economics in the finance track and ESL, Mathematics and Computer Science in the IT track, examined in year 4 or 5.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school reports 66 classes for 1250 students, on average 18 students per class. Cambridge subjects are taught by native speakers or teachers who have completed or are completing Cambridge training; IGCSE mathematics by a Cambridge-certified class teacher.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The 2026-2027 inclusion plan describes support for students with disabilities, learning difficulties and foreign students: support teachers, educators, tutors and a reception protocol for foreign students. The school takes part in the ministry programme for high-level student athletes.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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Cagliari, Italy · est. 1862 · State