Italian language courses for foreigners

(March - July 2025)

For the 2024-2025 academic year, we offer Italian courses for foreigners at various levels from March to July 2025.

Find out days and times, enrolment procedures, fees and all useful information.

Course description

Period: 10 March - 25 June 2025 (including any make-up classes – to be used only if CLI cancels a scheduled date)*

Duration: 60 hours (50 hours of classroom teaching + 10 hours of online self-study to be completed by the end of the course)

Second semester course timetable: available in January 2025

Participants: courses have a limited number of participants based on classroom capacity

Teaching mode: in-person courses

Level test: June/July 2025 – exact dates to be announced in class during the course


* Timetables may be subject to changes in dates and/or times due to unforeseen events.

Admission to courses – requirements

To enrol on a course, you must first determine your language level;


It is therefore necessary to take an Entry Test, even if you consider yourself an absolute beginner.


Students who have passed the final test at the end of a course in the period January-February 2025 can enrol without taking the Entry Test.


To book your Entry Test:


1. Click on ‘Accedi’ and enter your credentials (by clicking on the LOGIN UNIPI button you can sign in with either University or SPID credentials).

2. Select ‘Iscrizione test di ingresso’ from the top menu;

3. Select the test of your choice and click on ‘ISCRIVITI’.


The Entry Test is a computer-based online test that takes a maximum of 90 minutes.

Access to the course – enrolment procedure

Registration opens: 19 February 2025 at 10:00 a.m.


To register for the course:


1. Click on ‘Accedi’ and enter your credentials (by clicking on the LOGIN UNIPI button you can sign in with either University or SPID credentials).


2. In the top menu, go to ‘Iscrizione corsi’: select the course of your choice from the options available.


Documents issued

  • Attendance certificate: issued at the end of the course to those who have achieved at least 80% attendance (50 hours of classroom teaching + 10 hours of self-study, to be completed before the end of the course*);
  • Language knowledge certificate: this certifies the level of language knowledge, according to the criteria of the Common European Framework; it is issued to those who have passed the level test at the end of the course.


* The 10 hours of self-study must be completed in full in order to be counted.

Erasmus students

Erasmus students attending the University of Pisa are entitled to a first Italian language course free of charge. For each subsequent course, the UNIPI student rate will be applied (see the Fee section).

As for credits (ECTS), see the Regulations for Erasmus students

Course fees

Click here to view the fee schedule for this course.

Please note

  • The courses offered have limited enrolment, and therefore it is not possible to guarantee a place to all applicants.
  • Enrolment on a course is subject to meeting the requirements set out in the call for applications and to the availability of places on the course.
  • Payment must be made within the time limits and in the manner specified by CLI and in accordance with the relevant fee schedule.
  • The enrolment fee is non-refundable once the course for which it has been paid has started.
  • Failure to meet the deadlines or to pay the amount due will result in exclusion from the course.
  • We recommend that you check that your inbox does not consider the e-mails sent from CLI addresses as SPAM or junk mail.
  • Any changes to the information in this call for applications (dates, links, etc.) will be updated in the call 0itself.
  • For organisational and unforeseen reasons, there is no guarantee that all courses will be activated. CLI undertakes to contact any interested parties in good time and to propose an alternative solution.