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Italian Language testing for foreign students
Foreign students who are willing to enroll to a degree course at Politecnico di Torino must refer to the website section for International Students to verify the required linguistic qualifications.
These rules apply to students without the Italian nationality and without an Italian educational qualification or university diploma. These rules do not apply to foreign students who have obtained an educational qualification (Licenza Media, Diploma di Scuola Media Superiore, Laurea Triennale) in an Italian school or university. 
Therefore students must verify the Italian language teaching present in their study plan. We specify that it is not possible to insert in the study plan more Italian Language courses of different levels; in case a student, who needs to take the first level course, wants to attend a superior level course, can do it asking to substitute it at the Registrar’s Office (Segreteria Didattica) before booking for the exam. 
Students will have to book the exam through their personal page of the teaching portal; the exam will be electronically registered. This exam will not have a mark expressed in a score on thirties but it will be just expressed as PASSED (SUPERATO). 
In the section “Materials” of the student’s personal page the video-recorded lessons of the Italian Language I level are available.


RULES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED STARTING FROM A.Y.2014/2015

Bachelor and Master of Science courses hold in Italian
Starting from a.y.2014/2015 to access to Bachelor and Master of Science courses hold in Italian foreign student must prove a satisfying knowledge of the Italian language: therefore it is an admission requirement
For this reason a certificate of Italian language (B1 level) is compulsory at the moment of the admission request in the on-line form. This certificate will be registered in the student’s personal data and no Italian language course will be inserted in the study plan.

Courses hold in English for the first year and in Italian after first year
To attend the first year in English of Bachelor of science courses hold in Italian a certificate of English language is required when presenting the admission request. Moreover it is compulsory to take the Italian Language certificate (B1 level) by the first year of the study course. 
For students already in possess of this certificate, this will be registered in their personal data and no Italian language course will be inserted in the study plan; all the other students will have to pass the Italian language III level exam that will be inserted in the study plan as an extra-credit exam. 
In case the exam is failed by the summer exam session of the enrolment year, the student will have to transfer on a degree course entirely hold in English.

Courses hold partly in English and partly in Italian
The certificate of one of the two languages (Italian or English) with a B1 level is necessary to access the degree courses, as shown by the table published in the website section for international students
For students already in possess of this certificate, this will be registered in their personal data and no Italian language course will be inserted in the study plan; all the other students will have to pass the Italian language exam that will be inserted in the study plan as an extra-credit exam.

Bachelor and Master of Science Courses hold in English
For students already in possess of a certificate of Italian language A2 level, this will be registered in their personal data and no Italian language course will be inserted in the study plan; all the other students will have to pass the Italian language II level exam that will be inserted in the study plan as an extra-credit exam.

Certificates of Italian language knowledge
Politecnico accepts certificates issued by Authorities identified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Education, University and Research:
  • Università degli studi di Roma Tre; 
  • Università per stranieri di Perugia; 
  • Università per stranieri di Siena; 
  • Università per stranieri non statale e legalmente riconosciuta “Dante Alighieri” di Reggio Calabria; 
  • Società Dante Alighieri (PLIDA). 
Moreover, certificates issued by Embassies, Italian Institutes of Culture, Universities or authorities at the end of Italian language courses that provide for a final exam (attendance certificates will not be accepted) and that report the requested level of knowledge (A1, A2 or superior set by Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Students will present the certificate to the competent Registrar's Office that will register the exam, selecting, depending on the level, the course to be inserted in the study load.

Students already in possess of a certificate not included in the list of certificates accepted can refer to the Registrar’s Office that will have the CLA evaluate them. 

Students obtaining the certificate after the enrolment have to present the original certificate at the competent Registrar’s office to have it registered.

RULES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED BEFORE A.Y.2014/2015
Rules concerning the Italian language course for foreign students enrolled before a.y.2014/2015 are established in the Regulations on Italian language hereby listed for each academic year.