← Back to the rankingThe Udine International School
Udine, Italy · est. 2003 · Private
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The Udine International School (UIS) is a private English-language day school in Udine for children from age 2 to the end of high school. It opened in 2003 with its founding partner, The International School of Trieste, which issues diplomas recognised by Italian law subject to an Italian language examination; in 2004 the Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional education office formally acknowledged the school's operation. It opened with 100 students and now has about 250. Teaching is in English; Italian language and culture follow the national elementary programme, and middle school adds a second foreign language and Latin. The high school opened in September 2022 with Grade 9 and adds one grade a year up to Grade 13; graduates receive a diploma the school describes as equivalent to the Italian state diploma, after 4 or 5 years of study. The school is CIS accredited.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 671–11 557 a year
7 675–10 230 EUR
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees Fees for 2026/2027, in EUR per year: full-time Pre-Nursery 7675 (part-time 4240), Nursery 3 and 4 8100, Kindergarten 8585, grades 1-5 9580, grades 6-7 10100, grades 8-13 10230. Lunch is charged separately and is compulsory: 1200 EUR up to Nursery 4 and 1250 EUR from Kindergarten. Fees include textbooks, digital resources and one-day field trips. Payment in four instalments (by 30 September, 30 November, 28 February and 30 April), as a lump sum with a 3% discount by 30 September 2026, or in eight monthly payments with a 20 EUR surcharge each. Discounts: 5% for the second child, 50% for the third, non-cumulative.
Admissions Applications are accepted all year; the school states that it does not discriminate based on race, creed, colour, gender or national origin and seeks to accept all students who apply, and it is open to students of all nationalities. Previous school reports, medical records and an identity document are required; parents book a meeting with the Director of Admissions. No English is needed for the Early Childhood Centre, where the curriculum is entirely in English. For elementary and middle school English is not a determining factor: the level is assessed to decide on English as a Second Language, paid by the school in the first year; Italian as a Second Language works the same way. High school requires B1 English, checked by an entry assessment. There is no learning support department, and specific needs are discussed with the family before enrolment. Age: Pre-Nursery if the child turns 2 in the year classes begin, Nursery 3 if the child turns 3 by 31 December. When a class is full, a waiting list is kept.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Nursery, Nursery 3, Nursery 4, Kindergarten, 1-13. The school's own English-language programme; it runs no IB or Cambridge International programmes. Early Childhood Center: Pre-Nursery (ages 2-3), Nursery 3, Nursery 4, Kindergarten (ages 5-6). Elementary School, grades 1-5: English, reading, mathematics, Italian and geography following the Italian Ministry of Education programme, social studies, science, plus art, music, coding and physical education. Middle School, grades 6-8: English language and literature, Italian language and literature, mathematics, science, social studies, a second foreign language (French, German or Spanish), Latin from grade 7; at the end of grade 8 a Middle School Diploma from The International School of Trieste, recognised in Italy after an Italian language check by a regional commission; optionally the Cambridge B2 First exam. High School, grades 9-13 since 2022, entirely in English: English, social studies, mathematics, science, Italian, Spanish or German, optional Latin, design and art; a diploma after 5 years (required for Italian universities) or after 4 years (for students returning to a country where high school lasts 4 years).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
CIS · accreditationSEK · school is part of the networkThe school's own English-medium programme, Italian taught to the state curriculum, diplomas issued via the International School of Trieste. The school is accredited by CIS.
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CISCouncil of International Schools
It accredits international schools and is a paying association at the same time. It examines governance and ownership, the curriculum, teaching, student wellbeing, staff and premises; a team of volunteers from other CIS accredited schools visits the school. Membership and accreditation are different things here, and schools confuse them more often than anything else.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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A programme written by the school or its operator, with no independent organisation behind it: the rules are written by the same people who teach to them. There is no outside register to check such a programme against.
What this means for this school. This does not mean the teaching is poor: it means the content can be judged only from the school's own account of it. What to look at here is something else - the accreditation of the school as a whole, and the outside exams its leavers sit.
SEKschool network
A Spanish organisation, founded in 1892; the site calls it Institución Internacional SEK, and signs the network of schools and universities "SEK-IES", International Education Systems. The numbers diverge: the home page names 26 schools, 2 universities, 17 countries and more than 25,000 pupils, while the "Red educativa internacional" page lists the same 26 schools - 14 "Colegios SEK" and 12 "Colegios IES" - and three universities. The Portuguese school stands among the "Colegios IES"; the history page puts its purchase in 2022. Whether the organisation owns the schools or manages them is not said. Not to be confused with SEK Education Group: that one has its own site, sek.es, and Portugal is not in its list of countries.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
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 pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Clubs and activities: Cooking Club · Mindful Art Club · Choir
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
The school does not describe a summer camp of its own; its site menu links to a two-week summer programme at the sister school St John's School in Sidmouth (England) from 19 July to 1 August 2026: English, activities and excursions for ages 12-17 with host family accommodation.
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 sizenot stated
What the listings show: The staff pages list each teacher with their qualifications: degrees from universities in Italy, Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Ukraine, TESOL certificates and a Montessori educator diploma.
Each early years class has a teacher and a teaching assistant, with an additional teacher supporting across classes. Middle and high school have subject teachers. The school names 28 teachers and assistants, the principal and section heads.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school grounds are fenced; elementary, middle and high school students may not leave campus during recess and may leave only with permission. Minor injuries are treated by a staff member qualified in first aid; medicines are not given except lifesaving ones or by agreement. All students are covered by accident insurance at school and on trips. There is a behaviour policy with graded consequences and a trip policy; mobile phones are handed to the principal in the morning.
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Academics and programmes (16%)60 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 data55 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 data67 "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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