The Maddalena di Canossa Institute has been offering the city of Pavia a high-quality educational and cultural program for 170 years. Our educational institution is rooted in the original experience of Saint Maddalena di Canossa and in the long tradition of the Canossian Schools in Italy and around the world. It is a Catholic school, in which a vision of the world, humanity, and history is conveyed according to human-Christian values. Its cultural model focuses on the formation of the heart, the development of the mind’s potential through excellent educational paths, and openness to positive and creative relationships, driven by a solid ethical and social sense. It is a welcoming school, which educates students and supports them with “gentleness and firmness” from childhood to adolescence, so that they become free individuals, with critical and investigative thinking, and a deep sense of their own existence, which leads them to the development of their talents.

Cultural attention is given to the most modern methodological techniques considered pedagogically effective and positive, with particular care for approaches that, throughout the curriculum, promote the development of languages, digital education, and specialized learning.

The educational offer of the training paths and the evaluation criteria are aligned with the Ministerial Guidelines and regulations, ensuring the achievement of competence goals, the formation of solid and secure cultural foundations, open to the local area and to national and European perspectives. The high level of preparation is confirmed by the results of the Invalsi Tests and national competitions.