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The name is coming from its first principal Giorgio Rotondi.

ACADEMIC PROFILE
Collegio Rotondi on the 22 September 2020 become the first school in Italy to have a curriculum of vertical studies ranging from kindergarten to university passing through the choice of linguistic and scientific high schools with the possibility of double Italian-American diploma Collegio Rotondi offer also other four levels of education and two path ways for the final level of education and those are as follows:

Nursery
The Nursery level starts at the age of three and concludes at the age of five. During the first year of nursery school, children will be taught to experiment detachment from their parents in a peaceful way, becoming independent for small daily situations like eating lunch and going to the toilet. They are also taught to recognise cultural diversity, how to communicate their needs and develop a sense of belonging. This belonging also comes in the form of students being obligated to wear a uniform.

In the next year the children will acquire autonomy in organising their time and their play space, communicate their emotions, share and respect the other children and people around them and recognise places of meeting and worship.

During the last year the children will be capable of interacting and cooperating actively in the routine activity, learn how to listen to other opinions albeit different, know how to interpret and document their own past and families, manifest and control their own feelings. One of the projects which children participate in is the library project that helps them to approach, understand, learn and respect libraries and books. Collegio Rotondi holds the very important belief of letting children learn by exploring the world around them. During these three years students are also taught the basics in English.

Primary School
The primary school students begin from the age of five with the duration of this level being 5 years until they are 10 years of age. During these 5 years students will study both languages of Italian and English. In addition, students will study history, geography, music, sports, art, maths, science and digital technology. Extracurricular activities and modules like the study of a third language (Spanish), activities for improving their creativity and art are offered as well. At the end of this course all students will have the skills to start the next level education.

Secondary School
The Secondary School level has a duration of three years where students are prepared in the linguistic-artistic-expressive areas with Italian, English, other Languages, Music, Art, Motor Science. They are taught about the Catholic Religion. Studies also include historical-geographical areas with history, geography and the scientific-technological area with Mathematics, Science and Technology. The students will pass five days and four afternoons at school and seven hours of the total will be dedicate to the english studies of the modules. Student are taught to navigate independently in different areas of Socio-Emotional, Expressive Cognition and Logical Training. The objective is for them to learn how to behave correctly towards people, work with commitment and responsibility, understand and use discipline-specific languages, collect information through observation, analyze and classify the observations collected. Students are offered to participate in extra curricular activities like music class, theatre class; a publicity project that helps students to get experience with journalism. This helps them discover the specific language used and at the end of the project the students will create their own commercial and poster. Another very important project they are offered is the project on prevention of drugs and drug addiction. This project includes an in-depth study on the types of drugs and drug addictions, taught by an expert. To conclude the Secondary School and pass to the high School Level all student will need to complete the final state exam of the secondary level. This will examine their acquired knowledge during their three years of secondary school.

High School
Collegio Rotondi offer two different corses here, the linguistic and scientific one. The linguistic High School is incentrate on the study of the cultural and grammar side of three different languages between English, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian. During the first two years the course concentrate on getting students the grammatical competence and skills of the new language that's been teach and the three last years on culture and literature. During this corse is also offered to can get a language certificate available for futures work or studies. This school path also offers the possibility of obtaining a double diploma, that will be recognise also from the ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL DI MIAMI. With this opportunity the students that follow this double diploma will partecipate for 20 day to the American High School and can also go there during the summer for another experience. The scientific Hight School is incentrate on the study of scientific modules like Math, Physic, Digital Technology and chemistry but also Italian, Art, History, English and Geography. During this This course for each year is organise a trip or experience outside Italy or in a Historical City of Italy, like a trip to Greece, New York and Giordania, the completion of a short part of the Camino de Santiago and a cultural exchange with an European School how it happened during the school year 2021-2022. Also for the Scientific Corse is possible to complete this College with a double diploma as the Linguistic High School. For both Courses is also obligatory to do a School-work alternation during this the student will need to complete 400 hours in a work place propose from the Institute, This opportunity offer to the student a full immersion in the work world and also help for understanding better what is the best option for them.

Partnership and Collaborations
In the past Collegio Rotondi has collaborated with Alleti Bank, to install new touchscreen monitors for teachers to present their work in a different way. Another collaboration Collegio Rotondi has done, is with the University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza (a branch of University "La Sapienza”), expanded Collegio Rotondi’s academic profile to include university level education. This event marked Collegio Rotondi as the first in Italy to a vertical curriculum from nursery to university level. Now students are able to complete a bachelors and masters degrees at the Collegio Rotondi.

It is a Catholic school, and religion is an important element that forms the basis of the school's founding ideology and educational philosophy. It strives to cultivate high moral and ethical awareness in students based on religion and to cultivate talents who serve society.

Based on the Catholic faith, Rotondi sought to cultivate high moral and ethical awareness in students and cultivate talents who would serve society. Its educational philosophy is based on the Jesuit educational philosophy. It aims for the intellectual, moral, and religious growth of students based on religious faith. It also actively incorporates religion into the school's educational program. It provides religious education to students and actively supports religious events and activities.

In the past, Collegio Rotondi collaborated with Alleti Bank to install new touchscreen monitors, allowing teachers to present their work in a different way.[14] Another collaboration Collegio Rotondi has established is with the University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza (a branch of the University "La Sapienza”), which has expanded Collegio Rotondi’s academic profile to include university-level education. This event marked Collegio Rotondi as the first in Italy to have a vertical curriculum from nursery to university level. Now, students are able to complete a bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Collegio Rotondi.[15] Recently, Collegio Rotondi decided to initiate a collaboration with Sportpiù, a Polisportiva Society dedicated to promoting and disseminating amateur and competitive sports activities in the Olona Valley, Altomilanese, Varese, and Province. Sportpiù manages the gym during out of class hours, provides opportunities for people outside the school to use it, and handles the building’s maintenance, including its ordinary and extraordinary maintenance.[16] Between 2018 and 2019, Collegio Rotondi also began a collaboration with the Cambridge Institute, becoming a center for preparation and examination for Cambridge English certifications.[17]