The Italian language and culture teaching activities proposed by the Language Skills Development Sector (henceforth SSCL) are aimed at

• International students enrolled at the University of Genoa in degree courses delivered in ENGLISH and who do not have an Italian  course already included in their study plan can attend an Italian course reserved for them, information about which can be found at https://clat.unige.it/italiano_dottorandi_mastercourses
• Students inInternational Mobility (Erasmus and other mobility projects - Cinda, etc.) can find information about the Italian courses reserved for them at the page
  https://clat.unige.it/Incoming
   

• International students with a foreign qualification and CDL IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Students with a foreign qualification enrolled in three-year or five-year degree courses at the University of Genoa taught in Italian must take a Test of knowledge of the Italian language

  Students enrolled in Unige by 30 November 2025

Italian courses for international students enrolled in degree courses taught in Italian are reserved exclusively for those who meet these requirements:
-     have tested at A2 level but not B2 in the tests given in the autumn session of the TEST TE.L.E.MA.CO. (September-November 2025) (see the dedicated session: ITALIAN LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE TEST)
-    He/she enrolled (i.e. completed enrolment) in the first year in the academic year 2025/26 by 30 November 2025.

  Only students who meet these requirements receive an email from the SSCL (clat@unige.it) with instructions on how to attend the teacher-led Italian course in which they have been placed on the basis of their results in the B2 test.

   Students enrolled by 30 November 2024 will receive an email from the Language Skills Development Department (clat@unige.it) with instructions on how to attend the Italian course in which they have been placed according to the results of the B2 level test.

   The courses last either 40 hours or 80 hours (depending on the results of the test) and attendance is compulsory: it is necessary to attend at least 50% of the hours to be admitted to the final exam.
   It is possible to attend the Italian course with a teacher only once and exclusively in the year of enrolment: no course is offered to students repeating the first year.

   As already mentioned, students who do not pass the exam that concludes the course will retake the Italian test starting on 25 June 2026 and, if they do not pass it again, on the dates listed in the dedicated session: CALENDAR OF ITALIAN EXAMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2025/2026.a. 2025/2026. 
   About ten days before the date of the test, the SSCL sends an email to students invited to take it: to find out if you are among those invited, write to the Welcome Office: sass@unige.it 
 

Students enrolled in Unige after 30 November 2025

   Students enrolling at the University of Genoa (i.e. completing enrolment) after 30 November 2025 may only request the activation of an online Italian course (self-study and without a teacher) at B1 or B2 level (based on the score obtained in the B2 test) by writing to clat@unige.it.
   The online course isactivated exclusively at the request of the student.
Students enrolled after 30 November 2025 may retake the Italian test from 25 June 2026; if they fail, they may take it on the dates listed in the dedicated session: CALENDAR OF ITALIAN TEST FOR THE 2025/2026 academic year.

  Approximately ten days before the date of the test, the SSCL sends an email to students invited to take it: to find out if you are among those invited, write to the Welcome Office: sass@unige.it   

  All students with O.F.A. in Italian will be able to sit the first-year exams, but will not be able to enrol in the second year until they have passed the Italian B2 test.

For course information: 
CLAT Contact - clat@unige.it 

For administrative information: 
College office