The 2018/19 first semester courses will start 15th October or 22nd October 2018.
NB: Courses will be held Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm

Courses are structured as follows: 4 hours of lessons per week (2 hours twice a week), for a total of 40 hours in class, plus 10 hours of obligatory autonomous learning.
The first course and the final test are free. You should provide your own copy of the textbook by yourself.
You can attend only one course for free. If you wish to attend any additional course, the cost is EUR 102.00

Online registration is mandatory.

There is no placement test.

• If you have an Italian language certificate: you can choose the class you wish to attend according to the level of your certificate or you can refer to the syllabus of the course and the self-assessment grid of the Common European Framework of reference for Languages.
• If you do not have any Italian language certificate: you can choose the class you wish to attend by referring to the syllabus  of the course and the self-assessment grid of the Common European Framework of reference for Languages.

Online registration form closed

The levels will be published a week earlier the starting date. Class confirmation is mandatory and it is open untill 12th October 2018. You can choose one of the available courses according to your language level and your timetable preferences.

The number of courses provided at each level will depend on the number of students who sign up.

All courses will be held at the Language Centre – Via Venezia, 16 – 35131 PADOVA (map).

At the end of the course you will take a proficiency test (pass mark 60/100). You will receive a certificate of attendance.

You have to attend a minimum of 70% of the 40 hours  (28 hours) and all the 10 hours of obligatory autonomous learning in order to be entitled to do the final test.

Erasmus Plus and Bilateral Agreement students who pass the final test will receive 3 ECTS credits recognised by the University of Padova only at the end of the first course. If you attend a second course you will not receive any additional credits.

At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance.

If you do not show up for the course within the third lesson, you will no longer be able to attend a course.

If you decide not to continue the course you are attending, please write an e-mail to the Students’ Office using the form below and inform the course teacher within the first two weeks of the course.

Students enrolled at the University of Padova have free access to the multimedia materials for autonomous study. The materials are available at the Language Center Multimedia Library or in our website.

For further information please contact the CLA Students’ Office using the contact form.
Our offices in Via Venezia, 16 are open to the public Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm.