The Italian Language Centre (CIS) organizes free of charge courses of Italian Language and Culture to develop foreign students’ linguistic and intercultural skills with the aim of helping them to integrate into the Italian social and academic context.

Lessons are held in-person at the University Campus.

WHO ARE COURSES AIMED AT?

Erasmus students and those from other international exchange programmes (e.g. double degree programmes or bilateral agreements, etc.).

Erasmus students who choose to include the Italian Courses in their Learning Agreements will need to ask to their home University Erasmus coordinator to approve the Italian language courses’ credits.

Erasmus students can also choose Italian Courses for personal interest/culture, in this case there is no need to include it in the L.A/approve by the Home University Erasmus coordinator.

WHAT TYPES OF COURSE?

• intensive courses:

- 10 lessons of 4 academic hours for a total of 40 academic hours in September;

- 5 lessons of 4 academic hours for a total of 20 academic hours in February

 No credits are offered for these courses. The courses cover different levels A1 – A2 – B1 

• general courses (2 lessons per week, each of 2 academic hours for a total of 60 academic hours) in the periods October-December and March-May – 6 credits per course. The courses cover different levels A1 – A2 – B1 – B2 - C1.  

• Special courses: Writing, Italian Business language, Italian Culture, Italian for Human Sciences, Oral Comprehension and Production, Reading and Speaking with Expression, Public Speaking  (1 lesson per week, each 1 hour, total 30 hours) – 3 credits per course:

• Workshops (without credits):

- Oral language lab (level A1/A2);

- Oral language lab (level B1/B2);

- Pronunciation lab (20 hrs, for all levels).

ATTENDANCE

PLEASE NOTE: to be admitted at the final exam it is compulsory a 50% attendance of each course (this means students can miss a maximum of 12 lessons for the general courses). 

FINAL TEST AND CERTIFICATES

At the end of each course there is a final test.

Incoming students who have included the course in their learning agreement: the Language Centre Secretary’s Office will not issue a certificate for having passed the course, but the result will be inserted into the student’s “Transcript of Records”, if included in the Learning Agreement.

Incoming students who have NOT included the course in their learning agreement: the CIS administrative staff will provide students with an attendance certificate.