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FROM🇨🇳 ChinaTO🇮🇹 Italy

China school-leaving stage to Italy: education route

Compare school-leaving stage in China with the corresponding school stage in Italy, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

China describes this point as 高中 · generally Grades 10–12 / Gaokao. Italy describes the receiving stage as Scuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGE高中 · generally Grades 10–12 / GaokaoARRIVING STAGEScuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇨🇳 China🇮🇹 Italy
Current stage高中 · generally Grades 10–12 / GaokaoScuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years
Education authorityNational curriculum standards operate with provincial and local implementation; upper-secondary entrance and Gaokao arrangements vary by location.The Ministry of Education and Merit sets the national school framework; regions also govern vocational pathways.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

Senior-high curriculum standardsMinistry of Education of the People’s Republic of China ↗National education examinationsNational Education Examinations Authority ↗Sunshine Gaokao admissions, policies, institutions, and provincial resultsMinistry of Education Student Services and Development Center ↗Italian primary and secondary education systemItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ↗Access to higher education and the Italian school-leaving diplomaCIMEA · Italian ENIC-NARIC centre ↗

🔎 Also described as

moving from China to Italy for school-leaving stageChina school-leaving stage in ItalyChina to Italy school transfer requirements