The Liceo Giosue Carducci is the only state classical and linguistic liceo with Italian as the language of instruction in Bolzano, in German- and Italian-speaking South Tyrol. It was founded in 1924 as a royal ginnasio-liceo, was named after the poet Giosue Carducci in 1925, moved to its building on Via Manci in 1972 and celebrated its centenary in 2024. There are 664 students in 33 classes, about three quarters of them in the linguistic liceo. Lessons are taught in Italian; everyone studies German as a second language, there are advanced German sections and a term exchange in Germany. The linguistic liceo has a Cambridge section (IGCSE in English as a Second Language, Biology and World Literature) and an ESABAC section with the Italian-French double diploma; the classical liceo offers an IGCSE World Literature course in grades 3-4 and advanced biology with a medical focus. The liceo is an exam centre for DELE Spanish and Goethe German.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish, Latin
Class size
20 students per class on average
About the fees The liceo is a state school and charges no tuition. The contribution towards extending the curriculum is 40 euros in grade 1 and is optional.
Admissions Enrolment in grade 1 is online through the provincial myCIVIS platform (for 2026-2027, from 15 January to 15 February 2026) with the school's paper documents; families list at least two track preferences. The Linguistico Internazionale Cambridge section admits by ranking: final lower secondary grade (up to 5 points), a B1 English certificate (1.5 points), the English grade (up to 3 points), a B1 certificate in German or another language (0.5 points), with a draw in case of a tie. Advanced German sections require a B1 certificate, advanced German in lower secondary school, a German-language school or a German-speaking or mixed family. All special sections open only with a minimum number of students. The website does not say anything specific about admitting foreign students; the form asks those born abroad for the year they moved to Italy.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. Tracks: Liceo Classico (with a biology course with a medical focus over all five years; advanced German L2 sections), Liceo Linguistico (German L2, English and French for all five years, Spanish as a third language in grades 3-5; Latin in grades 1-2; CLIL), Linguistico Internazionale ESABAC (from grade 3, 4 hours of French and 2 hours of history in French, double diploma of the esame di Stato and baccalauréat), Linguistico Internazionale Cambridge. Cambridge: IGCSE English as a Second Language in grades 1-2 (exam at the end of grade 2), Biology in grades 2-3 (exam at the end of grade 3), World Literature in grades 3-4 (exam at the end of grade 4) in the linguistic liceo; IGCSE World Literature in grades 3-4 of the classical liceo (2 hours a week, in English); native speakers co-teach with subject teachers.
Address Via Manci 8, 39100 Bolzano (BZ)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The Cambridge languages section takes IGCSE English, Biology and World Literature with native co-teachers, and the classical liceo offers IGCSE World Literature in years 3-4.
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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Language Certification Preparation Courses · A Term in Germany · A Year in L2 (a school year studying in German) · Study Trips Abroad · Erasmus+ · Free Teatro Stabile Season Tickets · Student-Athletes · Podcast Workshop
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers84
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The liceo has 84 teachers, including native-speaker conversation teachers, and 8 integration staff. In the Cambridge section native speakers co-teach with subject teachers; external native-speaker experts help prepare students for language certificates.
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 policy
The 'Parliamone' school psychologist service is available to students, parents and staff by appointment. There is a teacher in charge of and an internal protocol against bullying and cyberbullying, and meetings with the postal police on safe use of the internet and social media; younger students leave early only with a parent or authorised person.
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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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