For the 2024/2025 academic year, we accept certificates issued from May 2022.
For the 2025/2026 academic year, we accept certificates issued from May 2023.
French
English
- Cambridge PET/B1 or higher for courses which require a B1 level; FCE/B2 or higher for courses which require a B2 level
- Trinity ISE I or higher; ISE II or higher for courses which require a B2 level
- IELTS at least 4.0+; at least 5.5 or higher for courses which require a B2 level
- TOEFL iBT at least 18 in each skill for courses which require a B1 level; at least 22 in each skill for courses which require a B2 level
- IGCSE at least D; certificates need to include English as a Second Language among the subjects tested; at least C or higher for courses which requre a B2 level
- International Baccalaureate certificates need to include English as a Second Language among the subjects tested
- LanguageCert Academic - all skills - at least B1 in each skill orr at least B2 in each skill for courses which require a B2 level or higher. We do not accept certificates obtained via tests sat remotely. PLEASE NOTE: LanguageCert Academic will no longer be accepted starting from a.y. 2025/2026.
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.
Certificates which do not feature in the list above are NOT accepted as valid.
Please note: certificates obtained via remote exams are not accepted. We do not accept the following certificates:
For further information about the validation of your certificate, please refer to your course's English lecturer (see your degree course handbook).
Freshers - read here.
Non-freshers - please address any query to the English lecturer in your department.
Please note: a certificate replacing an exam, or part of an exam, or used to access an exam in a specific degree course cannot be re-used to gain further credits in that or another course or to meet entry requirements to another 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.