← Back to the rankingLiceo Classico Statale «Giovanni Berchet»
Milan, Italy · est. 1911 · State
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Liceo Classico Statale Giovanni Berchet is one of Milan's historic state classical lyceums, founded in 1911 as the city's fourth royal liceo-ginnasio; it has occupied its purpose-built building on Via della Commenda ever since. Its alumni include the director Luchino Visconti and the priest Lorenzo Milani. The five-year course follows the Italian national liceo classico curriculum in Italian with Latin and Ancient Greek and ends with the esame di Stato (maturità). Besides the traditional track there are three enhanced ones: Cambridge IGCSE, communication and, from 2026-2027, mathematics and science with a biomedical focus. In the Cambridge classes (a Cambridge school since 2015) English as a Second Language and Latin are taught in English with native and bilingual teachers; students take IGCSE exams in Latin at the end of year 3 and in English at the start of year 4. According to the school, 601 students attend in 27 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
on average 22 students per class
About the fees Tuition at this state lyceum is free. For 2026-2027 the school council set a voluntary contribution of 100 EUR for teaching, labs and projects; the Cambridge IGCSE track carries a compulsory contribution of 150 EUR a year, and the communication and mathematics tracks 80 EUR each. In years 4-5 state fees of 21.17 and 15.13 EUR apply, with exemptions for merit or income.
Admissions Admission to year 1 is online through the state Unica platform (for 2026-2027 from 13 January to 14 February 2026), school code MIPC05000V. For the Cambridge IGCSE track it is enough to choose it when enrolling; the school does not mention entrance tests. The inclusion plan states the school's readiness to run reception, Italian language and cultural integration programmes for foreign children newly arrived in Italy; in 2024-2025 such applications were received but not completed.
Stages and year groups Grades liceo classico 1-5, 27 classes. Italian state liceo classico curriculum, five years, ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Tracks: traditional and the enhanced Cambridge IGCSE, communication, and mathematics and science with a biomedical focus (from 2026-2027, replacing the former mathematics track). Cambridge course: Cambridge IGCSE in the Cambridge classes (sections A and H) - Latin (in years 1-3 one weekly Latin lesson in English co-taught with a bilingual teacher, exam at the end of year 3) and English as a Second Language (3+1 hours of English in years 1-4, a native speaker two hours a week in years 1-3 and one hour in year 4, exam at the start of year 4). Exams are taken at the school and marked by Cambridge International; based on ESL results students achieve B2 or C1. For all students - preparation for PET, FCE and CAE with native speakers.
Address Via della Commenda 26, 20122 Milano
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. In the Cambridge classes, part of Latin is taught in English by a bilingual teacher, with IGCSE Latin at the end of year 3 and English as a Second Language early in year 4.
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 hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: Since its foundation in 1911 the lyceum has occupied a purpose-built building on Via della Commenda in central Milan. Classrooms have digital boards and charging cabinets for tablets and laptops, Wi-Fi, a library, a chemistry lab and biology room, a mathematics and physics lab, a computer room, a communication lab with Mac computers, a language lab, an art and classical languages room, an assembly hall, a school museum, a music rehearsal room, two gyms and a small gym, a courtyard with basketball hoops and a climbing wall, and a cafe. In autumn 2026 the building was refurbished: the entrance hall and corridors were repainted, and the science lab and multimedia room renewed.
Clubs and activities: Carpe Diem School Newspaper · Theatre, Cinema, Music, Photography · Creative Writing · Philosophy Seminar · Classical Contests and Competitions · Multimedia Computer Graphics · Libera - Against the Mafia · Sports Club · Sport Climbing · Blood Donation · Donacibo (food drive) · Starting Over with Greek (Greek language and culture course)
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 does not publish the number of teachers. In the Cambridge track native English speakers and a bilingual Latin teacher work alongside the class teachers on Cambridge syllabuses; native speakers prepare any interested students for PET, FCE and CAE. Past teachers of the lyceum include the renowned scholars Mario Untersteiner and Rosa Calzecchi Onesti.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school runs a psychological counselling service, has an inclusion plan with individual plans for students with special educational needs and an assessment protocol; tutoring and afternoon supervised study for students who fall behind.
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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.
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