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The Italian language and culture teaching activities proposed by the  Language Skills Development Department are aimed at:

  • international students of degree courses IN ENGLISH who do not have a curricular Italian course and students IN INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
    • international students enrolled at the University of Genoa on degree courses in English and who do not have an Italian course already scheduled in their study plan may attend an Italian course reserved for them, information about which can be found at
      https://clat.unige.it/italiano_dottorandi_mastercourses
       
    • students on international mobility (Erasmus and other mobility projects - Cinda, etc.) can find information on Italian courses reserved for them on the page
      https://clat.unige.en/Incoming
       
  • aspiring international students of the Italian courses

Test of knowledge of the Italian language

Italian courses for international students with O.F.A. a.y. 2025/2026

Students enrolled at UniGe by 30 November 2025

Italian courses for international students enrolled in degree courses delivered in Italian are reserved exclusively for those who meet these requirements:

  • resulted suitable for level A2 but not B2 in the tests delivered in the autumn session of the TEST TE.L.E.MA.CO. (September-November 2025) (see the dedicated session: Test of knowledge of the Italian language)
  • has enrolled (i.e. completed enrolment) in the first year in the a.a. 2025/26 by 30 November 2025. meets these requirements:

Only students with these requirements receive an email from the Language Skills Development Department 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.

The courses last40 hours or 80 hours (depending on the results of the test) and attendance is compulsory: you must attend at least 50% of the hours to be admitted to the final exam.
You can 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 tests for the academic year 2025/26
Approximately ten days before the test date, the Language Skills Development Sector sends an email to students invited to take the test; to find out if you are among those invited, write to the Welcome Office Sector: sass@unige.it

Students enrolled at UniGe after 30 November 2025

Students who enrol at the University of Genoa (i.e. who complete their enrolment) after 30 November 2025 will only be able to 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 is activated exclusively upon the student's request.
Students who have 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 tests for the academic year 2025/26

Approximately ten days before the test date, the Language Skills Development Sector sends an email to students invited to take the test; to find out if you are among those invited, please write to the Welcome Office Sector: sass@unige.it

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

Italian courses for aspiring international students a.y. 2026/2027

Italian courses for aspiring international students intending to enrol for the first time in the academic year 2026/2027

The University of Genoa offers a limited number of students two types of courses to support them in achieving the B2 Italian requirement at ministerial level; these courses are described below.

1. SUMMER PRE-CURSES 2026 online

These pre-courses are reserved for:

non-EU students residing abroad who

  • have applied on UnigeApply by 1 April 2026
  • are in possession of an A2 or B1 Italian language certification obtained following anexamination taken by 1 January 2024 and issued by the University for Foreigners of Perugia, the University for Foreigners of Siena, the University for Foreigners "Dante Alighieri" of Reggio Calabria and - limited to B1 level - by the Centro Studi Italiani of Urbania

and to students resident in Italy who have been certified by the University for Foreigners of Siena;who

  • were accepted on UnigeApply by 28 May 2026
  • are in possession of a certification of Italian B1 obtained following anexamination taken since 1 January 2024 and issuedby the University for Foreigners of Perugia, by the University for Foreigners of Siena, by the University for Foreigners "Dante Alighieri" of Reggio Calabria and by the Centro Studi Italiani of Urbania.

These courses will take place in onrubrline mode; information on how to participate will be communicated from April 2026 by the Language Skills Development Department exclusively to the names selected on the basis of the indications received by the Welcome Office Department on 1 April 2026 and 28 May 2026; the lessons will take place between May and August 2026.

2. AUTUMNAL COURSES 2026

These courses are reserved for aspiring international students who take the B2 Italian language test administered by TEST TE.L.E.MA.CO. on 14-15-16 September 2026 or the Italian language test administered by the Language Skills Development Sector on 17 September 2026 and have achieved an adequate score, even if lower than B2, established by the Language Skills Development Sector and which will be communicated shortly. 

Only these aspiring students will receive an email from the Language Skills Development Department with the information to participate in the Italian B2 courses organised by the University of Genoa, which will be held approximately from mid-September to mid-November and they will be able to repeat the Italian B2 test on 18 November 2026 with the TEST TE.L.E.MA.CO. or on 19 November 2026 with the Language Skills Development; if they do not pass, they will not be able to enrol in any degree course at the University of Genoa taught in Italian.

IMPORTANT: those who take the Italian B2 test on the dates of the TE.L.E.MA.CO. test after the above-mentioned dates or the Italian B2 test on dates after 17 September will NOT be offered any Italian courses and will not be able to retake the test.

Contact

For course information: 
Language Skills Development Department

For administrative information: 
Welcome Office Department

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