Galileo Galilei Technical Industrial Secondary School
Galileo Galilei Technical Industrial Secondary School is the oldest technical high school in Rome. It was founded in 1919, then offering three different specializing courses: Electrotechnics, Mechanics and Construction. The school immediately acquired a prestigious reputation, which is still true to this day.
Six morning courses are currently active: Electrotechnics, Automation, Telecommunications, Mechanics and Mechatronics, Aircraft Construction and an Applied Sciences Lyceum. Evening classes for working adult students are offered in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications and Mechanics and Mechatronics. All classes study English as a foreign language. The school is equipped with numerous laboratories, among which the most important are the Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Domotics Laboratory, the Robotics Laboratory and two CAD laboratories. Every classroom is furnished with a computer, interactive whiteboard and internet connection.
The school is also a CISCO local academy providing different courses for students, an ECDL Test Centre and it also collaborates with English language schools for English language certification (PET and FCE). Among the most important extra-curricular projects offered to students are a bticino project on civil and industrial electrical and networking technology and domotics, a robotics course, a domotics course, a scientific degrees course and a Building Fly Competition. The courses have won several national and international competitions. The school is certified with quality system certification by the IQNET International Certification Network Certificate ISO 9001:2008 on "Planning and delivery of educational services, training and guidance".
Located in the heart of Rome, the school is within walking distance to many of the main monuments, central railway station, underground station and bus stops. The historical Rome university, "La Sapienza" is also within minutes from the school while other universities can easily be reached by public transport.
Galileo Galilei Technical Secondary School has a student population of roughly 900 students and 130 teachers. The students are mostly male Italians while the percentage of foreign students has increased in recent years, mostly from Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. For the foreigners, the school has activated Italian language courses.