For the 2024/2025 academic year, we accept certificates issued from May 2022.

French

• DELF (B1 or higher);
• DALF;
• ESABAC.

English

• Cambridge (PET/B1 or higher);
• Trinity ISE I or higher;
• IELTS (at least 4.0+);
• TOEFL iBT (B1: at least 18 in each skill);
• IGCSE (at least D); certificates need to include English as a Second Language among the subjects tested;
• International Baccalaureate;
• LanguageCert Academic (all skills- at least at a B1 level).

For the level of English to be admitted to one of the UniGe Master's degree courses, please see the information published in the course's handbook.

For those courses which require a B2 level of English the certificates and relevant scores are:

• Cambridge (FCE/B2 or higher);
• Trinity ISE II or higher;
• IELTS (at least 5.5);
• TOEFL iBT (B2: at least 22 in each skill);
• IGCSE (at least C); certificates need to include English as a Second Language among the subjects tested;
• International Baccalaureate;

Please note: certificates obtained via remote exams are not accepted. We do not accept the following certificates:

IELTS (with less than 4.0 points);          
TOEFL iBT (with less than18 points for each skill - B2 with less than 22 points for each skill);          
IGCSE (with less than D for a B1 level of English – ore less than C for a B2 level of English);        
All the certificates above if only one/two or three parts have been sat, for example “The PeopleCert Group – LanguageCert".      
For further information about the validation of your certificate, please refer to your course's English lecturer (see your degree course handbook).

Please note: a certificate replacing an exam in a specific degree course cannot be re-used to gain further credits in another course or to meet entry requirements to a course.

Italian

UniGe riconosce le certificazioni di competenza in lingua italiana nei gradi non inferiori al livello B2* del Consiglio d’Europa, emesse nell’ambito del sistema di qualità CLIQ (Certificazione Lingua Italiana di Qualità) e rilasciate da:

• Università per stranieri di Perugia (CELI);
• Università per stranieri di Siena (CILS);
• Università Roma Tre;
• Società “Dante Alighieri” (PLIDA);
• Università per stranieri “Dante Alighieri” di Reggio Calabria, anche in convenzione con gli Istituti italiani di Cultura all’estero o altri soggetti accreditati.

*Per gli studenti Marco Polo è sufficiente una conoscenza della lingua italiana almeno pari al livello B1. Per gli studenti iscritti a LM del DLCM viene richiesta una conoscenza pari al livello C1.

Portuguese

• Certificaçao do CAPLE (Centro de Avaliaçao e certificaçao de Portugues Lìngua Estrangeira);
• Certificaçao da FLUL (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa);
• CIPLE - Certificado Inicial de Portugues Li­ngua Estrangeira (A2);
• DEPLE - Diploma Elementar de Portugues Li­ngua Estrangeira (B1);
• DIPLE - Diploma Intermédio de Portugues Li­ngua Estrangeira (B2);
• DAPLE - Diploma Avançado de Portugues Li­ngua Estrangeira (C1);
• DUPLE - Diploma Universitario de Portugues Li­ngua Estrangeira (C2);
• Celpe-Bras (Certificado de Proficiencia em Lingua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros - Brasil);
• INEPE  (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira) - Ministério da Educaçao / Ministério das Relaçoes Exteriores.

Spanish

• DELE (at least B1).

German

• Deutsches Sprachdiplom (DSD II);
• Goethe-Zertifikat (at least B1);
• TestDaF (at least TND 3);
• Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang;
• Das Österreichische Sprachdiplom Deutsch: ÖSD-Zertifikat (at least B2);
• Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (PWD).

I livelli di conoscenza delle lingue francese, inglese, portoghese, spagnolo e tedesco, variano dai singoli bandi di mobilità o dai requisiti delle singole sedi straniere ospitanti.