The University of Pisa offers courses of Italian language and culture to its international students
In July 2015 the University Language Centre (CLi) became home to the CILS exam. Therefore, in addition to the standard courses of Italian language set up for foreigners, the CLI will also provide CILS exam preparation exercises starting from the academic year 2015/2016.
The CILS certificate is an officially recognised academic qualification. The certificate attests to the linguistic and communicative competence level in Italian, as a foreign language (L2).
The CILS exams are held at the CLi in June and December according to an annual calendar.
In order to enrol in an Italian language course it is necessary to establish the student’s prior knowledge of the language; therefore, students including absolute beginners are required to take an Entry Test.
The Language Centre (CLI) also provides courses in a wide range of other foreign languages (Arabic, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, etc.) and is an exam centre for ABJADCERT (Arabic), IELTS (English), DELF and DALF (French), CILS (Italian), CelpeBras and PLE (Portuguese), DELE (Spanish) and TestDaF (German). Finally, the Language Centre (CLI) provides courses to prepare international exams such as CILS, DELE, TOEFL and Cambridge certificates (FCE, CAE, CPE).
For information on course enrolment and how exams are conducted, please visit the CLI website or contact the administrative office (tel. +39 050 2215915).