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Want to complete your CELTA before the start of the next academic year but concerned about the workload of a full-time intensive course?
The September Face-to-Face CELTA at IH Milan offers a more balanced format, with classes on 4 days per week instead of 5, leaving Wednesdays free for lesson preparation, assignments and personal commitments.
Course dates: 7 September – 10 October
The next 4 applicants can join at the Part-Time CELTA price:
€1,800 instead of €1,940
Apply now and secure your place.
At IH Milan, you can take the CELTA in the format that best suits your availability.
Explore the upcoming CELTA course dates at International House Milan. Full-time, part-time and extensive courses are available online or face-to-face in Milan. Applications are now open for the upcoming 2026 courses and the 2027 programmes.
Online — 5 weeks, Monday to Thursday
Face-to-Face in Milan — 4 or 5 weeks
A typical daily timetable (online course):
€ 1,600 online | € 1,940 face-to-face
Flexible payment promotion: to secure your place, a non-refundable deposit of 30% of the total fee is required. The second payment, equal to 35%, must be made no later than 15 days before the start of the course. The final balance of 35% may be paid within 45 days of the end of the course.
Tuesdays and Thursdays teaching practice followed by feedback (18:00 – 22:00), Saturdays tutor-led input sessions and guided lesson planning (9:30 – 16:30)
Online Part-Time typical timetable for a Saturday
€ 1,800
Flexible payment promotion: to secure your place, a non-refundable deposit of 30% of the total fee is required. The second payment, equal to 35%, must be made no later than 15 days before the start of the course. The final balance of 35% may be paid within 45 days of the end of the course.
A typical daily timetable (online course):
€ 1,700
Flexible payment promotion: to secure your place, a non-refundable deposit of 30% of the total fee is required. The second payment, equal to 35%, must be made no later than 15 days before the start of the course. The final balance of 35% may be paid within 45 days of the end of the course.
Do you have questions about the English level requirements or how to fit CELTA around your schedule?
On Friday 12 June 2026, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (online), our Head CELTA Teacher Trainer, James Blackburn, will host a free Q&A session in English for anyone considering enrolling on the course.
During the session, we’ll focus in particular on:
Free to attend – registration via Eventbrite.
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Did you know that in 1962 International House created the course that became the CELTA?
The CELTA as it is known today was born from an initial teacher training course called the IH Certificate. The founders of the IH World Organisation, John and Brita Haycraft, believed that quality language teaching came from quality teacher training and launched the IH Certificate in 1962. This course was the first to utilize the now hallmark methods of tutor and peer observed teaching followed by feedback. It rapidly set the standard for teacher qualifications in TEFL, with thousands of teachers worldwide becoming IH-trainees and teachers. In 1978 the IH Certificate was gifted to RSA, the British exam board, and later became the CELTA when it was acquired by Cambridge ESOL. Now over 4,000 teachers take a CELTA with IH every year.
Blended CELTA course (TERZA TAB NASCOSTA)
Course format
This course consists of online activities and face to face sessions at our school in Milan. The face to face sessions might take place one day a week or in a two week slot, when candidates attend sessions every day for a period of 10 days.
Candidates are required to teach a total of 6 hours during the course. This supervised teaching practice requires the candidates’ attendance at the school. It is followed by face-to-face feedback and reflection.
In their own time, candidates can complete the online component of the course, which is accessible at any time.
Assessment
The online part of the course is assessed and externally moderated according to the same criteria as face-to-face courses and leads to exactly the same qualification.
The blended CELTA course is identical to all the other CELTA courses: full time, part time or extensive courses (this includes the price). The only differences are the timetable, course format and delivery.
The online component
The online component consists of online and interactive material based on the course syllabus. Forum and ‘live room’ (virtual real-time classroom) tasks are integrated throughout the course. You work independently or collaboratively with the other trainees on these tasks, with tutor support, evaluation and comment (www.cambridgeenglish.org). There will also be online tutorials with the main course tutor.
Note that, to take the online CELTA course, you do not need advanced computer skills: the ability to use email and the internet and have basic typing skills is all that is required.
For more information about the Cambridge CELTA Course Online, see Cambridge’s FAQs page.
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