University Credits
for students

Welcome to our Study Abroad Program in Tuscany, Italy. Studying in Tuscany is a wonderful experience that not only gives you the opportunity to earn credits, but also to learn a new language, as well as about Italian history and culture, thus helping you to improve your personal skills and your job prospects in and outside Italy.

General Information

Pasolini Language School is situated by the Mediterranean in Tuscany, nearby important cities like Pisa, with its leaning tower, Florence and Rome. Tuscany was the starting point of the Etruscans (founders of Rome). In mediaeval times, it was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Its artistic heritage includes architecture, painting and sculpture, collected in dozens of museums worldwide. Nearly every city in Tuscany can look back on a vast cultural heritage.

Tuscany is the best place to learn the Italian language. Italian has always had a distinctive dialect for each city, which makes it difficult to choose the right place for learning Italian, but the Tuscan dialect is the closest existing to modern standard Italian, because standard Italian is derived from this dialect.

How to receive credits

University students who want to learn Italian in Italy can attend a language program abroad. Our short-term Italian language programs and full-immersion programs can be reviewed for college and academic credits. Our school is an official exam center of the Perugia University for foreigners which is accredited through the Italian ministry / department of foreign affairs and the Italian ministry / department of education.

The number of credits you can receive for our Italian language courses depends on the rules set by your university. Each university has its own method for the approval of Italian courses, please contact your department for languages and follow the university guidelines.

Choose the courses you would like to receive university credits for before you enrol at our Italian language school, e.g.:

Common European framework of reference for languages
Beginner level	Italian A1
Elementary level	Italian A2
Lower intermediate level	Italian B1
Upper intermediate level	Italian B2
Lower advanced level	Italian C1
Upper advanced level	Italian C2

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European language levels - Self Assessment Grid

Our course levels refer to the official Common European Framework (CEF) for languages. These levels are commonly used throughout Europe and they match the levels of the Inter-Agency Language Roundtable and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) approximately as shown in the table below:

Pier Paolo Pasolini Language Courses	ACTFL
Italian - A1	Novice high
Italian - A2	Intermediate mid.
Italian - B1	Intermediate high
Italian - B2	Advanced mid.
Italian - C1	Advanced high - Superior low
Italian - C2	Superior - Distinguished

These mappings are only an approximation, as there is no officially recognized mapping scheme at the moment. System, levels, syllabi and mappings used may therefore vary, depending on your university,

All standard Italian language courses at our language school take 22.5 hours (60 minutes each) weekly and a successful completion takes 1 or 2 weeks, depending on your progress and prior knowledge (B2, C1 and C2 may last longer). It is also possible to improve your progress by taking additional private lessons in the afternoon.

Our information office will be glad to send your language department or responsible professor the syllabus for your level.

At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate with your grade. The grade on your certificate is given on an A-F system where A is best and F is worst. Receiving a D generally means you successfully accomplished more than 50 percent, which means you passed, but this may vary depending on the requirements set by your university. The grades are based on attendance, participation, written assignments and, optionally, a final exam (depending on requirements).