The pack your study-abroad office needs.

U.S. universities running a faculty-led programme abroad must have it approved through several internal reviews: the academic council (for curriculum and credits), the risk-management office (for health, safety, insurance), the study-abroad office (for the student-services framework) and often a board-level committee (for budget and contract). Each reviewer requires different documentation. Without it, approval stalls. The Academic Approval Pack is the documentation set we issue to shorten this process.

The institutional context behind the pack: Accademia di Italiano operates as part of Unicollege SSML, an Istituto ad Ordinamento Universitario accredited by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR). In practice this means the documentation we issue sits within a recognised Italian higher-education framework, not within a standalone language school. We flag this in the cover letter of the pack, so that your curriculum committee can verify the institutional basis at a glance.

Italian law does not formally accredit standalone language schools, so we prefer to be clear about where our institutional credibility comes from. A language school claiming, in isolation, an "Italian government accreditation" is, technically, inaccurate, and your reviewers will notice.

What the pack contains

1. Programme overview. A one-page summary suited to board or committee review: dates, city, cohort size, academic structure, total teaching hours, faculty lead, our delivery role, the overall cost framework. 2. Academic structure document. The detailed academic framework: course taught by the visiting faculty member, teaching hours, language-instruction component where planned (target CEFR level, hours), field-study components, assessment-design space (defined by you), credit-equivalence reference (confirmed by you). 3. Facilities and infrastructure document. A detailed description of classrooms, language laboratory, study rooms, library, on-campus residence (where available), accessibility provisions, technological infrastructure and the historical provenance of the campus building (Padri Scolopi in Florence, Seminario Arcivescovile in Mantua). 4. Student-services framework. What we provide on site: arrival orientation, on-call daily contact, liaison with health services, accommodation logistics, emergency protocol, leisure and weekend programming options. What we explicitly do not provide and where the boundary lies. 5. Health, safety and risk-management document. Emergency-contact protocol, map of local health services, insurance recommendations, campus fire certifications, building-access protocols. For the risk-management office. 6. Faculty-support brief. What the visiting faculty member can expect: assigned classroom, audiovisual equipment, printing and photocopying access, office space if needed, on-call administrative support, guidance on local transport. For the faculty member, personally. 7. Accommodation options document. On-campus residence (Florence) or pre-selected off-campus options (Milan, Mantua, Turin): room types, capacity, kitchen access, distance from the classroom, safety provisions, indicative cost. 8. Sample weekly schedule. An indicative day-by-day of the programme as planned, including teaching hours with the faculty member, language hours, field-study slots, free time. Reviewable by the academic council. 9. Costs and payments framework. A breakdown of per-student costs, payment schedule, what is and is not included, cancellation policy, currency-exchange protocol. For the finance office. 10. Accreditations and institutional references. Each campus sits in a historic building that meets the academic-infrastructure expectations of U.S. partner institutions. Reference documents on Accademia di Italiano's accreditation are included.