← Back to the rankingLiceo STEAM International Bologna
Bologna, Italy · est. 2019 · Private
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Liceo STEAM International Bologna is a private four-year liceo with state parità status (since May 2019), run by the STEAM School consortium created by Confindustria Emilia and Polo Giuseppe Veronesi of Rovereto, which opened Italy's first such liceo. It is an experimental liceo scientifico, scienze applicate option, completed in four years instead of five: graduates take the Italian esame di Stato and sit Cambridge exams along the way. Subjects are grouped into five areas - science, technology and engineering, arts and humanities with languages, mathematics; science and mathematics follow syllabuses aligned with Cambridge and are taught up to 50% in English. The year is built around projects with companies, universities and research centres and 300 hours of work placement. The liceo has one section with up to 28 students per class; the graduating class of the 2025-2026 school year had 22 students. The same consortium runs a second liceo in Carpi.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 569–7 908 a year
6 700–7 000 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
English, Italian
Class size
up to 28 students per class, one section
Registration fee
≈ $56
50 EUR
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year: 7000 euros a year in years 1-3 and 6700 euros in year 4. In year 1 the 7000 euros consist of the 50 euro entrance test fee, a 950 euro pre-enrolment fee and the remaining 6000 euros. Fees include a laptop for the whole course, supervised afternoon study, enrichment courses, IGCSE Mathematics preparation, clubs, competitions, the counselling desk, sports outings, lab coats, a logo polo shirt and a locker. Extra: IGCSE exams, textbooks, final exam and diploma fees, outings and trips. Scholarships are available: for the 2027-2028 school year four scholarships of 26000 euros (6500 euros a year).
Admissions Students join after middle school through an entrance selection: an English test (reading and comprehension, 30% of the score; native English speakers take an Italian test instead), a mathematics and logic test in INVALSI format (60%), a motivation letter (5%) and a creative thinking test (5%). Those scoring at least 60 out of 100 may pre-enrol by paying a fee; places are allocated in windows by score, then enrolment is completed on the national portal. The 50 euro test fee is refunded to those who do not pass. Students with special educational needs may use support tools in the test. Foreign students attend, and there are Italian as a second language activities. There is a scholarship competition for able students from families with ISEE up to 35000 euros.
Stages and year groups Experimental four-year liceo scientifico, scienze applicate option, with the esame di Stato (parità since 20 May 2019). A two-year foundation stage and a two-year advanced stage, 300 hours of work placement. Areas: Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Technology & Engineering, Arts (Humanities & Languages), Maths. Cambridge International: biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics are aligned with the scienze applicate curriculum and Cambridge syllabuses and taught up to 50% in English; History, Global Perspectives, Arts and Design draw on Cambridge syllabuses; English is 4-6 hours a week. Exams: IGCSE English as a Second Language at the end of year 2, IGCSE Mathematics and Combined Science in year 3; from year 3 preparation for A Level Mathematics and sciences (Chemistry, Biology, Physics) and IELTS is possible. One section, up to 28 students per class.
Address Via Nosadella 47, 40124 Bologna (BO)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level. A four-year science liceo with up to half of science and maths in English, IGCSE English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Combined Science, and optional A Level from year 3.
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), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The liceo is in central Bologna, on Via Nosadella. It has chemistry, physics and science labs, a classical library and the MLOL digital library, and about 100 computers and tablets in classrooms. On the first day each student receives a laptop for all four years and may take it home; each classroom has a charging cabinet for laptops, and each student has a personal locker. After lessons there is supervised study, enrichment courses and student clubs. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Book Club · Chess · Physics Club · Music · University Guidance · School Newspaper
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: Teachers are qualified to teach or have professional experience and are selected partly for their English; the Cambridge coordinator is part of the leadership.
The team page names the principal and the didactic coordinator, who is also the Cambridge coordinator.
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
Fees include a psychological listening desk (sportello di ascolto). The liceo is part of the Dislessia Amica network, draws up individual plans for students with special needs, and has school rules and rules on teachers' rights and duties.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data76 "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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