Liceo delle scienze umane

Liceo delle scienze umane (literally "Human and Social Sciences Lyceum") is a type of secondary school in Italy.

It is designed to give students the skills to progress to any university or higher educational institution, but specifically devoted to human sciences related topics.

At the end of the fifth year all students sit for the esame di Stato ("state exam"), a final examination which gave access to every university course.

In 1940, a member of the Italian Ministry of Education, Giuseppe Bottai, approved the Carta della Scuola, a reform which extended the duration of the Istituto Magistrale from four to five years.

The latter year was mainly based on a mandatory teaching apprenticeship to be held in primary school classrooms under the tutorship of a senior and enrolled teacher.