[1] Students can attend the liceo linguistico after successfully completing middle school (scuola media).
At the end of the fifth year all students sit for the esame di Stato, a final examination which gives access to every university course.
During five years, students learn three foreign languages (including English) and acquire a rich humanistic and scientific culture.
[3] On 1 September 2010, with the Gelmini reform the experimental plans, the PNI and the Brocca project were blocked.
Starting from 1 September 2010, with the implementation of the Gelmini reform, all the high school language experiments and all the previously existing courses have been eliminated, creating a single address of homogeneous linguistic high school at national level.
After liceo linguistico, a student can enter any university faculty (from foreign languages to philosophy, mathematics, physics, medicine, chemistry, etc.).