Minerva Academy has quickly carved out its own space in Netflix’s teen drama lineup, blending military school discipline, forbidden romance, and a genuinely gripping mystery across eight episodes. Now that Season 1 has wrapped, fans are naturally asking the obvious question. Will there be a Season 2?
If you haven’t watched the show yet, this review of Minerva Academy makes a strong case for why it’s worth adding to your list, calling it a genuinely gripping dark drama set inside a military school unlike anything else on the platform right now.
What Minerva Academy Is About
The series is set inside a military high school in Naples, where students wake at dawn for flag-raising ceremonies, phones are strictly banned, and the curriculum ranges from military tactics to fencing. Every mistake carries real consequences, and relationships between students are explicitly forbidden, rules that naturally set up plenty of tension right from the start.
At the centre of it all is Salvo, a boy from a group home who enrolls hoping to uncover the truth about what happened to his missing best friend, Vincenzo, who dreamed of following his father into a military career. Complicating things further is Camilla, a privileged girl from Milan sent to Minerva in the hope that its strict environment might change her.
So, Has It Been Renewed?
At the time of writing, Netflix has not renewed Minerva Academy for a second season. That said, there are some genuinely promising signs pointing toward a likely renewal. Netflix hasn’t positioned this as a Limited Series, and its official page specifically labels the existing trailer as the Season 1 Trailer, a fairly strong hint that more episodes are already being planned for.
The show’s premise also lends itself naturally to continuation. Salvo’s mystery around his missing friend gave Season 1 a strong central thread, but the tone and overall setup suggest Netflix is hoping this becomes another international teen drama capable of building the kind of dedicated fanbase that shows like Outer Banks and Stranger Things have managed over the years.
Minerva Academy also received a fairly strong promotional push ahead of its global launch, premiering its first two episodes at the 2026 Giffoni Film Festival before releasing widely. Between the Season 1 branding, that promotional effort, and a genuinely repeatable school setting, the signs currently lean toward a renewal, though everything ultimately comes down to viewership numbers and completion rates once Netflix reviews the data.
What Might Season 2 Look Like
If the show does return, expect Ciro Minopoli, Margherita Buoncristiani and Biagio Venditti to reprise their roles as Salvo, Camilla and Lucio. The most likely direction would follow Salvo and his friends into a new year at Minerva, now without the same senior students watching over them, since those seniors were finishing their time at the academy by the end of Season 1.
Season 2 also seems set to dig deeper into the toxic culture at the school that Salvo uncovered while searching for Vincenzo, including how bullying and harmful traditions get quietly excused as rites of passage by staff.
With new first-year cadets entering the school and some potential staff changes on the horizon, there’s plenty of room for the story to introduce fresh conflicts while keeping its core themes intact.
Should Netflix officially move forward, reports suggest a second season would likely premiere sometime in early 2028, giving the show time to develop its next chapter properly.
For now, there’s no confirmed news either way, and Netflix will likely take a few weeks to assess the show’s overall performance before making a final call. We’ll be sure to update this once there’s real clarity on where Minerva Academy goes from here.