Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Corso Superiore di Pasticceria
Advanced Pastry Course
ALMA - Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana · ALMA - Reggia di Colorno, Colorno · Italy
- Official award
- Diploma di Professionista della Pasticceria Italiana
- Duration
- 3.5 mesi in ALMA+ 3.5 mesi di stage
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 15,150see costs below
Award and recognition
Traditional and contemporary pastry, chocolate and confectionery, plated desserts and leavened products, with masterclasses, followed by a stage.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- ALMA (school-issued diploma)The page also describes a regional Certificato di Qualifica Professionale "Operatore della produzione di pasticceria", issued after formal request to the public administration once a minimum number of participants is reached.
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- ALMA diploma as professional of Italian pastry after the exam.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Baking & pastry, Pâtisserie, Chocolate & confectionery · Italian cuisine
- Entry level
- Some experience expected
Stated by the schoolRegione Emilia-RomagnaAccreditation
Scope: Accredited body for higher training (formazione superiore), as stated by the school
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 3.5 mesi in ALMA+ 3.5 mesi di stage
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- Italian
- Published teaching hours
- 320 hours
- Note on hours
- Regional qualification relates to 320 hours of classroom training plus 180 hours of stage.
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Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Published duration
- 3.5 mesi di stage
No placement is guaranteed unless the school states so. Restaurant names or logos on a school’s site do not prove a current training partnership.
Admissions
- Experience
- At least one of: hotel-school diploma (pastry), 3rd-year qualification plus 6 months pastry experience, 4th-year vocational qualification (entry test), minimum 6 months sector experience, or ALMA Tecniche di Pasticceria.
- Intakes
- 55ª Edizione - 11 Gennaio 2027
- Official application
- Application and instructions
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Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course fee (taxes and tool kit included)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 15,150for the whole program, 55th edition, starts 2027-01-11 | All studentsTaxes and charges and the tool kit are included. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)