Learning Italian
Classes for international students
The University of Turin offers Italian language classes for international students enrolled in degree programs fully taught in English.
Students are divided based on their starting level, including absolute beginners.
Those courses are organized in collaboration with Centro Linguistico di Ateneo CLA, our university language center.
Italian language courses
- ICoN - Italian Culture on the Net: a Consortium of several Italian Universities, including the University of Turin - to promote the Italian language and culture. ICoN provides online Italian courses for foreigners. Students receive help from tutors, have free access to the dedicated forum and can follow all the courses entirely via web. ICoN courses are a good way to prepare your stay in Turin.
It organizes intensive and three-month Italian courses for visiting professors, Erasmus students, scholarship holders, PhD students, researchers at the University of Turin and any other citizen interested in learning Italian for study or work purposes.
Intercultural Centre of the City of Turin: founded in 1996 in order to provide all citizens, both native and immigrant, with intercultural training opportunities as well as opportunities to meet, communicate and debate on issues of common interest. Among its various initiatives, the Centre regularly organizes Italian language courses for foreigners, including free courses, whose details are available in the section "Corsi di formazione".
Italian language certificates
When you arrive in Turin and during your stay in Piedmont, it is possible to get one of the following Italian language certificates.
CILS - Certificate of Italian as a second language
CILS is a general Italian certificate assessing the level of competence the student reached in Italian language. The certificate is awarded by the Università per Stranieri di Siena and it is legally recognized as an official certification of linguistic communicative competence.
CELI - Certificate of Italian Language knowledge
CELI is a general Italian certificate assessing language knowledge and skills that can be useful for working and studying in Italy and it is officially recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research MIUR.
According to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), CELI is divided into 6 levels, and there are three exam sessions each year in March, June and November.
For further details, please refer to CVCL Centro Valutazione Certificazioni Linguistiche of the Università per Stranieri di Perugia.
At the University of Turin, it is possible to take the CELI at CLA - University Language Centre; for enrolments, please refer to CLA website.