Our Italian courses for international students enrolled in three-year or master’s courses delivered in English are reserved to students who DON’T HAVE Italian curricular courses (so already included in the Manifesto degli Studi of their degree course).

In that courses are admitted also international students enrolled in doctoral courses at the Università di Genova.

The Italian courses reserved to these kinds of students are held only in the second semester of each academic year.

Each course will last 40 hours, each lesson will last two hours and there will be two lessons per week. The methods of delivery of the courses will be communicated later. 

The course does not entitle students to either a grade in thirties or to receive CFU and cannot be included in the study plan; students who pass the final exam may request a level certificate.

If you are a student enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme delivered in English or a PhD student and you wish to attend an Italian course you have to:

• Declare your interest in following an Italian course to the Segreteria Didattica of your Department (if you are a student enrolled in three-year or master’s courses) nor writing to: dottorato@segreterie.unige.it (if you are a PhD student);
• take part in the placement test, in order to be placed in the appropriate class  to your Italian level.

Test 2026: where and when

The placement test will take place only in presence in Genova on February 2026: the exact date will be communicate by December 2025.

Students who have expressed their interest in following the dedicated italian course, will receive on January 2026 an email to their institutional Unige address (NOT to their private one) with informations about exact time and classroom of the test.

Absolute beginners

Even those who have never studied italian must take the placement test.

The free online courses with teacher are offered only to those who will sit the placement test.

Classes

By the test results and the number of students, will be activated Italian courses with teacher from A1 to C1 level. There are not organized Italian courses of C2 level.

In order to be moved to a  course of a different level than the one you were placed in based on the test results, students must attend   their assigned course in the first week of class for  and ask the teacher to be moved to another course: the teacher will evaluate and possibly accept the request.

Only who will attend at least 50% of the classes will be able to take the final exam, that will take place exclusively in Genova in person on the date that will be indicated by the teacher.

To receive the level certificate

Students who have passed the final exam and want a certificate of level, have to write to: clat@unige.it providing their surname, first name, matriculation number, course and level passed. For the issuance of the level certificate the payment of a 16 Euro stamp duty must be made: it will be the Settore sviluppo competenze linguistiche, after checking that the exam has been passed, to send the link to the virtual payment. After the student has paid the amount and sent the receipt of payment, the certificate will be issued. 

By info: clat@unige.it  Always write your first name, last name and registration number so we can help you faster.