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Italian Language Test

Non-EU students residing abroad

Non-EU students residing abroad must pass an Italian language test to be held in remote mode before enrolling.

How to request the test to be held in remote mode.

If you want to take the test in remote mode need to register on the Universitaly website and provide all required information. You will be contacted by the professor with whom you will have to take the Italian language test who will confirm the date of the test and how it will be held.
The test will deal with general knowledge topics and content, as well as the ability to understand and reformulate a text.

Exemption cases

You may be exempt from the Italian language test and the limited number of places reserved to foreign citizens residing abroad (quota) if:

  1. you have a five-year or four-year high school diploma obtained in Italian state schools and state authorised schools abroad;
  2. you have one of the high school final qualifications listed in the annex;
  3. you have a certificate complementary to the final qualification of Middle School obtained in Argentina, which attests the attendance of a study programme including the teaching, for at least 5 years, of the Italian language;
  4. you have obtained the Diploma of Italian Language and Culture at the Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena;
  5. you have obtained a certification of Italian language competence, equivalent to levels C1 and C2 of the Council of Europe, issued within the CLIQ (Certification Italian Language Quality) quality system, which brings together in association the current certification bodies (University for foreigners of Perugia, University for foreigners of Siena, University Roma Tre and Società Dante Alighieri), also in agreement with the Italian Institutes of Culture abroad or other institutions.

You are exempted from the Italian language test, but subject to the limited number of places reserved for foreign citizens residing abroad (quota) if:

  1. you have obtained the certifications of competence in Italian at least of level B2 of the Council of Europe, issued within the CLIQ (Certification Italian Language Quality) quality system, which brings together in association with the current certification bodies (University for foreigners of Perugia, University for foreigners of Siena, University Roma Tre and Society "Dante Alighieri"), also in agreement with the Italian Institutes of Culture abroad or other institutions. These certifications can be obtained in your home country, in the affiliated examination centres all over the world;
  2. you enrol in a degree programme taught entirely in English

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