STUDENT GUIDE
(2024 - 2025)
Master's degree programme in
CYBERSECURITY (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Prospective students applying for a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico di Torino must have an English language certificate (CEFR – B2 level). This is an admission requirement. If you do not meet this admission requirement, you will not be able to enrol at Politecnico.

More information is available in the  "Language requirements" section of the website dedicated to the admissions to Master's degree programmes.

The language requirements vary depending on the year of first enrolment at Politecnico. Please verify which English language certificates are accepted by Politecnico in your case. 
The indication of your language certificate is visible on your personal page of the Teaching Portal -  "Online Services" TAB -  "View your data and change your address " portlet - "Personal data".  
Master’s students who first enrolled up to a.y. 2019/2020
Master's students who first enrolled in AA.YY. 2020/21 and 2021/22
Master's students who first enrol in A.Y. 2022/23
You can find the details of your language certificate on your personal page of the Teaching Portal – Online Services TAB – View your data and change your address portlet – “Personal details”. 

More information
Information on language learning is provided as follows: 
  • for information on your course requirements and academic progress (Personal Study Plan, credits, recognition of exam credits…) please contact the Careers Unit through:
      - the ticketing service, available from your personal page of the Teaching Portal (Ticket TAB)
      - the office front desk, open Mon, Tue, Thu: 9.00 - 12.30- Wed, Fri: closed)

  • For information on language teaching and exams (timetables, deadlines, registrations, level test) please contact the Teaching & Language Center (CLA)  through:
- the Language Center (CLA) website
- the Ticketing Support Service, available from your personal page of the Teaching Portal (Ticket TAB);
- your personal page of the Teaching Portal: you can register for language activities (Languages TAB)
Information on the costs of the English language certificate at the Politecnico is available in the Tuition Fee Guide for a.y. 2024/2025.


RECOGNITION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM CREDITS
If you get a B2 level English language certificate (CEFR) (with the necessary score):
  • in an internal IELTS session at Politecnico di Torino:  you do not need to make any request for the registration of the first level English language exam. The registration is automatic.
  • at institutions outside Politecnico di Torino: you must submit a specific request for the registration of the first level English language exam (personal page of the Teaching portal -  "Online Services" TAB  - "Language certificates upload" portlet)
 
fill out the online form and  upolad your certificate (if requested):
Your certificate will be checked by the Student Careers Unit. If approved, yopur certificate will be recorded on your personal page of the Teaching Portal > "Personal data" section.
You must fill out the following fields: 
  • Language: English;
  • Family: enter the type of certificate (IELTS, CAMBRIDGE, TOEFL, etc.);
  • Certificate: enter the level;
  • Certification date: enter the date of certificate conferral.

Verification of IELTS certificates:
  • enter the TRF Number present on the certificate, if you got your certificate less than 3 years ago.
  • enter the TRF Number present on the certificate and upload a scanned copy of your certificate, if you got your certificate more than 3 years ago.
The TFR number is available on the certificate or in the e-mail you received when the results were published.

Verification of Cambridge certificates:
for the verification of a Cambridge certificate, you must select on your personal page of the Cambridge website the option to share your results with Politecnico di Torino - see instructions at:https://support.cambridgeenglish.org/hc/en-gb/articles/360021664771-Sending-your-results-to-a-recognising-organisation- and enter the Candidate ID NUMBER or upload the Statement of results.

Verification of TOEFL certificates:
for the verification of a TOEFL certification, you must indicate Politecnico di Torino using its code (C285) when you register for TOFOEL - enter the Appointment Number. If you did not indicate Politecnico di Torino during TOFOEL registration, you must upload a scanned copy of your certificate to the Teaching Portal to allow the verification.
For all other certificates/exemption cases present in the table of certificates and exemptions published in the Student Guide, you must upload the scanned copy of your certificate. Politecnico willcheck the truthfulness of the certificates submitted.

Considering that it takes a long time to receive the original certificate from the examination board, we recommend you to get your certificate well in advance of the deadlines.

We remind you that English language exams (graded or ungraded) taken at other universities are NOT accepted in substitution for the English language certificate.
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