Italian courses for adults in Bologna

This is the most popular option. You will study for four hours in the morning, in a small group.

For those who want to the maximum amount of study during their time in Bologna, an Intensive Italian language course is the answer. You will participate in a morning class with students doing a General Italian course, as well as joining another class for two hours each afternoon.

We recommend this course to students who wish to learn the language and absorb the culture naturally, without rushing, but with no delays. It consists of 20 morning classes per week plus (at least) one afternoon workshop per week.

This highly intensive course combines our Standard Italian Course AM and Standard Italian Course PM . This course is available all year round, and is ideal for participants who only have 2 or 3 weeks.

This is the most personalised option – a class entirely taken as individual lessons. The programme is based completely on your individual needs and will adapt to take account your language development.

For students on exchange programmes at Bologna University, au-pairs, and others who cannot attend classes during the day, we offer evening classes, twice a week, for four weeks at a time. Students on evening classes are welcome to participate in the social programme organised for our "full-time" students - a great way to meet new people in Bologna, while practising your Italian.

Choosing individual Italian lessons gives you complete flexibility and privacy while you're learning Italian. You can choose to study in the morning, or in the afternoon, and at a time to suit you.

Choosing individual Italian lessons gives you complete flexibility and privacy while you're learning Italian. You can choose to study in the morning, or in the afternoon, and at a time to suit you.

Combined 20+5 This course consists of morning classes plus one hour of private (one-to-one) lessons in the afternoon. The private lessons give students the opportunity to concentrate on their own individual needs and interests.

This is the most personalised option – a class entirely taken as individual lessons. The programme is based completely on your individual needs and will adapt to take account your language development.

A Home Language International immersion course means you live the language you are learning and is the fastest, most natural way to learn. You are staying in your teacher’s home, have one-to-one language lessons and continue to use and practise your language skills sharing the daily life of your teacher’s family during meals, conversations, visits and activities as they all take place in the language you are studying.

A Home Language International immersion course means you live the language you are learning and is the fastest, most natural way to learn. You are staying in your teacher’s home, have one-to-one language lessons and continue to use and practise your language skills sharing the daily life of your teacher’s family during meals, conversations, visits and activities as they all take place in the language you are studying.

A Home Language International immersion course means you live the language you are learning and is the fastest, most natural way to learn. You are staying in your teacher’s home, have one-to-one language lessons and continue to use and practise your language skills sharing the daily life of your teacher’s family during meals, conversations, visits and activities as they all take place in the language you are studying.

A Home Language International immersion course means you live the language you are learning and is the fastest, most natural way to learn. You are staying in your teacher’s home, have one-to-one language lessons and continue to use and practise your language skills sharing the daily life of your teacher’s family during meals, conversations, visits and activities as they all take place in the language you are studying.

Madrelingua Italian Language School is an official center for CILS exams. The Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera (CILS) exams are one of the two types of Italian language exam available in Italy and internationally: CILS exams are organised by the University of Siena for Foreigners and are recognised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.