✈️ Academic route
FROM🇯🇵 Japan→TO🇮🇹 Italy
Japan school-leaving stage to Italy: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in Japan with the corresponding school stage in Italy, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
Japan describes this point as Upper secondary · Grades 10–12. 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 STAGEUpper secondary · Grades 10–12✈ARRIVING STAGEScuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇯🇵 Japan🇮🇹 Italy
Current stageUpper secondary · Grades 10–12Scuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years
Education authorityMEXT publishes national Courses of Study; local boards and schools administer enrolment and progression.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
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
National Courses of StudyMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ↗Common Test for University AdmissionsNational Center for University Entrance Examinations ↗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 Japan to Italy for school-leaving stageJapan school-leaving stage in ItalyJapan to Italy school transfer requirements