International students who enrol for the first time in the Università degli Studi di Genova must sit an Italian assessment test (taking place in September and October). The level required is the B2 of the CEFR (only in same cases the level needed must be higher). If you are a Marco Polo student, for you the level requested is the B1. If you are going to enrol in one of the Master's degree courses belonging to the Foreign Languages Department you need to reach the C1 level.
From a.y. 2023/2024 those students who do not reach at least the A2 level cannot enrol in the Università degli Studi di Genova (in any course taught in Italian).
The test includes cloze questions on syntactic-grammatical topics and the difficulty of the questions is progressive (for further details on the topics please refer to the Syllabus). The test includes also an reading and comprehension exercise as well as a writing.
The test and how to enrol
Read more details on the test and on how to enrol or get in contact with the Welcome Office dealing with international students (SASS).
If you fail the Italian assessment test, you will get an OFA (Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo) which means that you have to attend a free and compulsory course given by lecturers specialised in teaching Italian as a foreign language.
If you reach at least the A2 level in the test of Italian language, you will be put in a course whose level will depend on the result of your test.
At the end of the course, you can retake the test once again to verify if you reached the level required by the University which is the B2 level (or the B1 for Marco Polo students or the C1 for those who want to enrol in one of the Master's degree courses of the Foreign Languages Department. If you pass the test, the educational deficit will be settled and cancelled. If you do not pass the test after the first year, you will not be able to fill in the study plan of your second year.
Tests schedule a.y. 2022/2023
Friday 2nd September 2022: only for the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023 in Degree courses whose access is subject to an admission test and who do not live in Italy.
Friday 23rd September 2022: only for all the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023.
Friday 14th October 2021: only for the students enrolled in previous academic years who still have this subject pending. This session will be the last one useful to fill in second year's study plan for a.y. 2022/23.
Friday 28th October 2022: only for all the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2021/2022 who did not sit for one of the previous tests.
Friday 25th November 2022: only for all the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2021/2022 who did not sit for one of the previous tests.
Friday 24th February 2023: for the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023 and for all the international students enrolled.
Friday 12th May 2023: for the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023 and for all the international students enrolled.
Friday 30th June 2023: for the international students (both enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2022/2023 and for those enrolled in previous academic years).
Courses and timetables Academic Year 2022/2023
The Italian courses for International students who enrolled for the first time in the Università degli Studi di Genova will presumably start in October and are reserved for those students who have completed their enrollment at Università di Genova.
Timetables are available here.
Tests schedule 2023/2024
Thursday 14th September 2023 - online test
only for the international students with a foreign degree enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2023/2024
Friday 15th September 2023 - in presence test in Genoa
only for all the international students with a foreign degree enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2023/2024 who did not sit for the previous test
Friday 29th September 2023 - in presence test in Genoa
only for the students enrolled in previous academic years who still have this subject pending.
Friday 13th October 2023 - online test
only for all the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2023/2024 who did not sit for one of the previous tests.
Friday 24th November 2023 - online test
only for all the students enrolled for the first time in a.y. 2023/2024 who did not sit for one of the previous tests.
If you are a PhD foreign student or a foreign student enrolled in one of our Master's degree course held in English, please go to this section.