STUDENT GUIDE
(2020 - 2021)
Master's degree programme in
CIVIL ENGINEERING (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: CIVIL ENGINEERING
italian language
  • Requirements
  • RECOGNITION OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE EXAM CREDITS
  • rules for students who enrolled at politecnico before a. y. 2014/2015
REQUIREMENTS
Prospective students with a non-Italian qualification who want to pursue a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico di Torino must check our language requirements.
If you apply for admission to an Italian-taught  Master’s degree programme and you have a non-Italian educational qualification, you must prove your knowledge of the Italian language: this is an admission requirement.
 
For this reason, you must have an Italian language certificate(PLIDA B1 level or another certificate accepted in substitution for PLIDA). You must show your original Italian language certificate to the Incoming Mobility Office before enrolment on the Apply@polito platform. You will find the details of your Italian language certificate in your personal page of the Teaching Portal – “Online Services” tab – “View your data and change your address” portlet – “Personal details”. 
 (update of 24th March 2021)*
*On 23/03/2021 The Academic Senate has approved the extension of the deadline to submit the English language certificate for students enrolled in a.y 2020/21 who submitted the Language declaration for covid-19 to 31st December 2021. If the graduation takes place before the 31st December, the deadline to submit the certificate would be the one for the registration for the final examination. 
If you apply for admission to an English-taught Master’s degree programme, you must pass an Italian language exam (A2 level) in order to earn your Master’s degree (graduation requirement).  
Politecnico di Torino adopted the PLIDA certificate (Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri) for the assessment of its students’ knowledge of Italian. You must get a PLIDAA2 level certificate or another certificate accepted in substitution for PLIDA or take the university Italian language exam.
The Italian language course will be included in your Annual Personal Study Plan as credit overload. This means that its credits do not count towards the 120-credit threshold required for graduation and are not counted within the possible 12 extra credits. 
RECOGNITION OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE EXAM CREDITS
If you have an Italian language course in your Personal Study Plan:
  • You can take the PLIDA exam through Politecnico or sit a university Italian language exam in accordance with the rules illustrated in the Student Guide. In both cases, if you pass the exam, it will be recorded in your transcript and you will gain the corresponding credits. You do not need to take any further action.
  • If you already have a PLIDA certificate obtained outside Politecnico (or another certificate accepted in substitution for PLIDA), you can ask for the recognition of the Italian exam credits. You must show your original certificate to the Office of Student Services that will make a copy of your certificate and return the original back to you. The Office of Student Services will record the Italian language exam in your transcript and you will automatically gain the corresponding credits.
 RULES FOR STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED AT POLITECNICO BEFORE A.Y. 2014/2015
The rules on the Italian language course for non-Italian students who enrolled at Politecnico before a.y. 2014/2015 are illustrated in the Italian Language Regulations of each academic year

Italian Language Regulations for non-Italian students (2011/12) 
Italian Language Regulations for non-Italian students (2012/13)
Italian Language Regulations for non-Italian students (2013/14)    
EXAM REGISTRATION
Students whose personal study plan  involves passing an Italian language exam:

  • You can take the PLIDA exam through Politecnico or take the internal Italian language exam in accordance with the rules illustrated in the Student Guide. In both cases, if you pass the exam, it will be recorded in your transcript and you will be awarded the corresponding credits. You do not need to take any further action;
  • If you already have a PLIDA certificate obtained outside Politecnico (or another certificate accepted in substitution for PLIDA), you can ask for the recognition of the Italian exam credits. You must show your original certificate to the Office of Student Services that will make a copy of your certificate and return the original back to you. The Office of Student Services will record the Italian language exam in your transcript and you will be awarded the corresponding credits.
Further information

To get information about foreign language learning it is necessary to distinguish two aspects:
  • for information on your course requirements and academic progress (Personal Study Plan, credits, recognition of exam credits…) please contact the Office of Student Services through:
    • the ticketing service, available from your personal page of the Teaching Portal (TICKET tab)
    • the office front desk, whose opening timetable is published in the Contacts section
  • for information on language teaching and exams (timetables, deadlines, registrations, level test) please contact the Language Centre (CLA) through:
    • the CLA website (constantly updated)
    • the ticketing service, available from your personal page of the Teaching Portal (TICKET tab)
    • your personal page of the Teaching Portal: you can register for the activities from the LANGUAGES tab
    • the CLA front desk
    • the course syllabus
More information on the IELTS payment policy are available in the Tuition Fee Guide – a.y. 2020/2021
RULES FOR STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED AT POLITECNICO BEFORE A.Y. 2014/2015
The rules on the Italian language course for non-Italian students who enrolled at Politecnico before a. y. 2014/2015
are illustrated in the Italian Language Regulations of each academic year.
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