Meloni graduated from the Amerigo Vespucci Institute in 1996.[2] She declared that she obtained the high school diploma in languages at the Amerigo Vespucci Institute of Rome, with the final mark of 60/60.[9] The school was not a foreign language high school and therefore not qualified to issue a diploma in languages; instead it was a technical high school specialized in the tourist industry.[9][10] This created a controversy on whether she lied about her diploma.[11]