FACULTY-LED PROGRAMS · PAST PARTNERS & TESTIMONIALS
Past partners & what our partners say.
A representative selection of faculty-led programs we have delivered with U.S. partner institutions, plus feedback from visiting faculty directors and study-abroad office leads. Specific institutional names and direct references are available on request, under standard confidentiality terms.
Past partners & representative programs
Faculty-led programs we have delivered with U.S. partner institutions span the disciplines and program types below. Specific institutional names and references are shared during partnership development on a confidential basis - contact the partner desk for a reference list aligned with your discipline.
Florence - Renaissance Studies semester. 14-week semester program for a Mid-Atlantic liberal-arts college, 22 students. Faculty-taught Renaissance art history + Italian language at A2/B1 level + weekly curatorial visits (Uffizi, Bargello, Palazzo Pitti) + regional excursions to Siena, San Gimignano, Arezzo. Milan - Business & Fashion executive program. 3-week executive program for a graduate business school, 18 participants. Faculty-taught luxury & fashion management + guest lectures by Milan-based industry professionals + corporate site visits in the design and fashion districts (Brera, Tortona). Mantua - "Deep Italy" semester. 13-week semester for a small Midwestern college, 16 students. Faculty-taught Italian civilisation course + intensive Italian language A1 → B1 + conversation partners + community engagement with Mantuan cultural institutions, day-trips to Verona, Cremona, Sabbioneta. Turin - Slow Food & sustainability program. 4-week summer program for a West Coast university, 24 students. Faculty-taught food studies + Slow Food field visits in the Langhe + wine-cellar studies + service learning with a local food cooperative. Florence - Pre-semester language intensive. 3-week pre-semester Italian language intensive for an East Coast university cohort of 20 students who then continued on with their home institution's semester program elsewhere in Italy. Concluded with a documented A2 placement certificate. Multi-city rotation. 10-week hybrid program for a graduate school of design - 4 weeks in Florence (heritage), 3 weeks in Milan (contemporary design), 3 weeks in Turin (Slow Food). Cohort of 12 students with their visiting faculty director travelling alongside them.
Programs above are representative and anonymised. References, transcripts of partnership scope, and direct contacts at past partner institutions are available under standard confidentiality terms - request via the partner desk.
What our partners say
Selected feedback from visiting faculty and study-abroad office directors at past partner institutions. Full reference list and direct contacts available on request.
"The structure of the partner desk made the program straightforward to run. Pre-departure paperwork was already aligned with what our study-abroad office expected - we didn't have to invent a process. On the ground, the language instruction integrated cleanly with my own course, and the 24-hour contact gave me real peace of mind."
- Visiting faculty director, Renaissance Studies semester program, Florence
"What surprised us was the operational depth. We had run faculty-led programs in Italy before with other providers, and what made Accademia di Italiano different was the single-point-of-contact model. One named partner-desk lead from scoping to post-program report - no fragmented vendor stack."
- Director of Study Abroad, partner institution, multi-year semester relationship
"My students made meaningful linguistic progress in 14 weeks - measurable, documented, and visible in their final presentations in Italian. The conversation-partner program with Italian university students was a quiet but transformative element."
- Visiting faculty, Italian Civilisation semester, Mantua
"The Academic Approval Pack made the curriculum-committee review at our institution unusually smooth. Documentation was already framed in the language our reviewers needed - risk management, learning outcomes, credit alignment. We approved the partnership in a single committee cycle."
- Associate Provost, partner liberal-arts college, semester program
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