Study Abroad

When completing the online application, candidates are required to state how they want to demonstrate their language skills as shown below:

1. Test interno già effettuato nel passato  
   Select this option if you have already taken a Cattolica International language test. The system will display previous test dates from October 2023, and you must select the date of the test you wish to compete with.
    
2. Test interno da effettuare
   Select this option if you want book a test date (available for English, French, Spanish and German languages)
    
3. Certificazione già conseguita 
   Select this option to attach IELTS / TOEFL / other valid certification. Please note that if IELTS or TOEFL are required, they cannot be replaced by other certifications at the same CEFR level.
    
4. Iscritto ad un corso in lingua inglese  
   Select this option for internal test exemption and assignment of B2.2 level
    
5. Altra attestazione
   Select this to attach a copy of Foreign Diplomas or a copy of the certificate with exams, grades, and dates for the recognition of SELDA linguistic suitability at level B1.1 or B2.1 (no placement test).

Some academic qualifications / diplomas / certificates can be attached to the application to be exempted from the Cattolica International language test. Please note that where exclusively required, IELTS and TOEFL cannot be substituted by anything else.

Even in cases of exemption, the validity date specified by the announcement must be respected for international certifications.

Exemption cases:

• English / Spanish / German / French
  If you are studying on a degree course delivered in English, or if yoou hold an international diploma obtained in countries where mothertongue is English, French, Spanish or German,  you can decide not to take the internal test and will be automatically assigned a B2.2 level. 
   
• SELDA test (for the above-mentioned languages)
  if you passed the SELDA test after 1st October 2023, with the result "approved", you will be assigned B1.1 level. If you passed the SELDA test wit B2 result, you will be assigned B2.1 level. Entry test for access to Bachelor or Master degree will not be considered.

If you believe you have a higher level than those indicated above, you can prove this through certification or our internal test.

Accepted language certifications

Within the online registration, candidates can book an available test date.

Only one test can be taken for the application period of the three programmes - Exchange, ISEP Exchange, Study Abroad - and only one for each language.

French - Spanish - German

Students undertake an oral test lasting 10-15 minutes on Zoom/Teams platforms. The test includes:

• Listening 
• Verification of comprehension of a text
• Speaking (vocabulary/grammar/pronunciation)

English


Part 1: Oral test lasting 10-15 minutes on Zoom/Teams. The test includes:

• Listening
• Verification of comprehension of a text 
• Speaking (vocabulary/grammatical/pronunciation)

Part 2: Online test to be undertaken within 24 hours of the oral test: adaptive test, max. 80 minutes – listening, grammar, use of English.