How can one not love Italy? I believe everyone has two homelands; one is his own, the closest one; and the other one is Italy.
(Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel prize in Literature, 1905)
Quality, for LICET Schools, is a value that shapes every aspect of the learning experience. From teacher training to the transparency of the information provided to students, each school within our association is required to uphold high service standards in order to offer a clear, engaging, and top-level path to learning Italian.
Choosing a LICET school means joining an environment where thestudent is at the center. In addition to Italian language courses, schools offer support for cultural integration, supplementary activities, and ongoing guidance to make the study experience even more rewarding.
Discover more about our Quality Policy and learn why LICET Schools are synonymous with reliability and care throughout every stage of the Italian L2 learning journey.
LICET Schools
LICET (Lingua Italiana, Cultura e Turismo)
The Italian schools for foreigners in Italy are an important resource for the country, not only for the promotion of the language but also that of the culture, del tourism, del business and of the "Italian brand" around the world. These centres are, essentially, real ethical ambassadors: on the one hand, they promote the country to foreigners, and on the other, they offer Italians the immense privilege (a privilege which these Italian schools experience every day with their own students from all over the world) of being able to look at Italy through the eyes of “others”: and as such, becoming a lens through which to see how our country and its place in the world really look from the outside.
The LICET Schools (Lingua Italiana, Cultura e Turismo) Association came about through a need for individual schools to connect with each other and work together, large or small, to overcome the ‘institutional invisibility’ experienced over the last ten years by many centres whose focus is on teaching Italian and cultural tourism. Each school, while maintaining its independence and its own particular identity, is part of a vast political and cultural framework for the promotion and the spread of the Italian language and culture throughout the world.
LICET Schools sees its role therefore as that of a representative for these public institutions who have come to recognise the importance of the “cultural-traveller” and how they differ from the image of the “hit-and-run tourist”. A representative who is moved not only by the wish to ask the State for subsidies or union support other than those which are essential to survive; but above all by the desire to offer their own contribution to the cultural promotion of the country, bringing to the table their own collection of experience, relationships, talent and tenacity. A desire that can only be expressed by recognising the specific identity of Italian schools which are constantly working hard to defend and promote one of Italy’s most precious and best-loved parts of its cultural heritage: its language.
The Italian language in the world
Throughout the world, “Italy” is synonymous with a unique and priceless (the highest percentage of the world’s valuable artefacts are found in our country) cultural heritage an incredibly varied and extraordinarily beautiful natural environment (ranked among the highest countries in the world for biodiversity), an impressive history dating back millenia, an incredibly evocative enogastronomic tradition that is the envy of the world, creative originality that pushes the limits of genius, and what has come to be commonly referred to as the height of the luxury sector (fashion, cars, interior and exterior architecture, artisanal production, to name but a few).
Support LICET
LICET Schools is a non profit association whose purpose is to safeguard and promote the activities of the Italian schools for foreignersa critical resource for the Italian cultural prestige, for tourism, for the dissemination of knowledge of the Italian language throughout the world.The Association relies uniquely on the volountary work of the associates and on donations: with a small contribution, you can help us grow stronger and support Italian language schools in Italy.
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Successful Second National Meeting of SCUOLE LICET Held in Verona
Sabato 21 e domenica 22 febbraio si è svolto a Verona l’incontro nazionale dei direttori e delle direttrici delle scuole di italiano per stranieri aderenti all’associazione Scuole LICET. Due giornate di lavoro intenso, confronto diretto e condivisione di esperienze, in presenza. La prima giornata si è aperta con la visita a due scuole della rete, InClasse e L’Italiano con noi. Più che una semplice visita di cortesia, è stata l’occasione per un’analisi concreta degli spazi, dei modelli organizzativi e delle
Second National Meeting of the LICET Schools - Verona, February 21-22, 2026
Si terrà a Verona il secondo incontro nazionale delle scuole LICET: una due giorni di iniziative e progetti che coinvolgerà scuole di italiano per stranieri provenienti da tutta Italia. Le scuole associate LICET – rete nazionale di istituti specializzati nell’insegnamento della lingua e cultura italiana per stranieri – si riuniranno a Verona il 21 e 22 febbraio 2026 per l’assemblea plenaria annuale. Gli incontri si svolgeranno presso le scuole InClasse e L’italiano con noi, due realtà veronesi attive da anni
"Zoom sull'Italia", a series of free webinars offered by LICET Schools
Zoom sull’Italia, un nuovo progetto basato su una serie di webinar gratuiti rivolti agli studenti di lingua e cultura italiana di tutto il mondo con l’obiettivo di offrire agli studenti delle scuole LICET e a tutti coloro che
amano l’Italia e la lingua italiana dei contenuti culturali e didattici di qualità.
