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 1 September 2025 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 (a B2.2 level will be assigned) 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, which must be taken from 1 September 2025 onwards (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 September 2025, 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.

* Students from the Cremona campus who have passed the SELDA Spanish assessment are automatically awarded level A2.

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.