In 1945 Meneghello graduated cum laude with a thesis on the philosophy of Benedetto Croce. In 1947 he moved to the University of Reading (England) with a one-year British Council scholarship and afterward he began teaching aspects of the Italian Renaissance in the English Department. In 1948 he married Katia Bleier, a survivor of Auschwitz.
Meneghello completed his studies with distinction in 1945, focusing on Benedetto Croce's philosophical ideas. He then traveled to England in 1947, supported by a one-year British Council grant, and began teaching Italian Renaissance subjects at the University of Reading. Two years later, he married Katia Bleier, who had survived the atrocities of Auschwitz.