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Colombia, Bogota
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Founded in 2004 as Gimnasio Alessandro Volta, the Italian school in Colombia. It is the Italian school of excellence in Colombia and follows the Volta educational method, which emphasizes excellence and inclusion. All students participate in a one-week residential research experience at the Centro de Innovación “Giulio Natta” located in the eastern plains. The school has graduated 14 cohorts.
The Volta identity highlights a solid, structured personality, clear judgment, a sense of belonging, and the ability to form constructive relationships. The Volta method emphasizes excellence and inclusion. A notable event is the inauguration of the partial replica of the Capilla de los Scrovegni. The school offers a virtual tour of its facilities and notes collaborations under “Nuestros aliados.”
Gimnasio Alessandro Volta is a Bogotá-based Italian school offering a bilingual Colombian-Italian diploma with a complete program from early years to upper secondary. The Volta Method emphasizes excellence and inclusion, pairing Italian and Colombian regulations to deliver Scuola dell'Infanzia through Scuola Secondaria di Secondo Grado. English is taught to CEFR levels C1-C2 and treated as language, literature, and culture to prepare students for Anglophone study worldwide. The curriculum combines Italian instruction delivered via videoconferences from Italy with three languages—Spanish, Italian, and English—across all levels, and provides both Colombian and Italian diplomas at graduation, enabling study in Italy or Colombia. Students participate in extensive international exposure, including videoconferences with Italian professors, collaboration with an Italian scientific committee, and exchanges with Italy plus study trips to Ireland. The campus network includes a Bogotá Usaquén campus and the Centro Giulio Natta innovation center in Meta, with a 1:7 teacher-student ratio and 390 pupils.
