Payment of courses can be made by cheque, bancomat, credit card or bank transfer.

The course fees must be paid by the  dates indicated. If payment is not received by the due dates, the British Council reserves the right to offer the place to students on the waiting list. The course fee can be paid in two instalments, with an increase of  approx. 6% on the total course fee. Students paying in two instalments who are unable to continue their course after 31st March, do not have to pay the second instalment.

1. Receipts

1.1 On receipt of any payment, (enrolment fee, instalment or full payment) a receipt will be produced for the amount paid.

1.2 The British Council, as the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations - registered as a charity, does not have a VAT number, and consequently does not issue invoices.  The receipt is fiscally valid and indicates the exemption from VAT: according to art. 10 of D.P.R. n. 633 and successive modifications, and of the ministerial resolution n. 416653 of 31.12.1986.

1.3 Receipts are issued in the name of the student enrolled in the course.

1.4 For students sponsored by their employers, the receipt can be made out to the company. The employer must provide written confirmation declaring that the student enrolled for the course has a regular contract of collaboration with the company and that they undertake to pay the amount relative to the selected course.

1.5 The request for receipts issued in the name of an employer must be made to the Registrar BEFORE payment, as once a receipt has been issued in the name of the student IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to issue another receipt made out to the employer for the same payment or for subsequent payments relating to the same course.

2. Refunds

2.1 Refunds are made automatically only in the case of cancellation of a course by the management of the British Council, for example if the minimum number of participants is not reached.

2.2 If for study, work or health reasons a student is no longer in a position to follow the course on which they are enrolled - and a change of class is not possible - a letter of credit will be issued.

2.3 To obtain a letter of credit, the student must make a written request, attaching valid documentation, for example a medical certificate or a declaration from the student's employer.  The amount of the credit will be calculated from the date of presentation of the written request.

2.4 The letter of credit is valid for one year from the date of issue and can be used for payment of a course programmed in the remaining part of the current scholastic year and/or for the following scholastic year, including Summer courses.

2.5 The letter of credit can be transferred to another person.

2.6 A letter of credit cannot be requested after more than 50% of the programmed lessons.

Refunds and letters of credit are given upon approval by the School Management.