SIE

Summer intensive on-campus Italian courses

Ca’ Foscari School for International Education (also known as CFSIE) will offer intensive Italian language and culture courses in the summer to provide an effective and consolidated manner to start or keep on learning Italian. The intensive course calendar will allow students to complete in over just a few weeks a learning process of Italian language embracing both linguistic and cultural features. Erasmus and international students enrolled in Ca’ Foscari, members of partner universities, but also those who are lovers of the Italian language and culture, as well as of Venice, will find these courses an invaluable instrument for a communicative approach to Italian language learning.

Course features

Levels

The courses cover all levels - from A1 to B2 - of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Attention: The summer intensive courses are not credit awarding and cannot replace the Italian courses for Exchange students.

Organization

  • Levels A1 and A2, 50 hrs of Italian language classes
  • Levels B1, B2, 70 hrs of Italian language classes
  • Final test
  • Final certificate of attendance and grade according to the CEFR framework.
  • each course includes an Italian culture class

The courses will start only if a minimum number of applications is reached.


Courses offered

Dates: from July 7th until August 1st 2025
Day and time: Monday through Friday from 15:00 to 17:30
Classroom: to be defined
Instructor: to be defined
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: to be defined

Dates: from July 7th until August 1st 2025
Day and timeMonday through Friday from 15:00 to 17:30
Classroom: to be defined
Instructor: to be defined
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: to be defined

Dates: from July 7th until August 1st 2025
Day and timeMonday through Friday from 9:00 to 12:30
Classroom: to be defined
Instructor: to be defined
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: to be defined

Dates: from July 7th until August 1st 2025
Day and timeMonday through Friday from 9:00 to 12:30
Classroom: to be defined
Instructor: to be defined
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: to be defined

How to enrol

Applications are open and close on June 6, 2025.
Applications may be closed before June 6th if the maximum number of registrations is reached, but a waiting list will be opened and used in case of withdrawals.

If you wish to sign up for one of our Italian courses please fill out this form and read carefully the requested information. It is very important to indicate your correct residency address, including street name and number, zip code and country of residency.

If you are a first time SIE user, please upload your ID (identity document) and a passport-sized picture of yours.

You are also requested to indicate your status (student, PhD student, professor, etc) so we can determine the right fee. It is also necessary to upload a document certifying that what you have declared is true.

If you think your level is over A1, please upload an internationally recognized certificate providing evidence of the Italian skills you have acquired so far. The certificate must be one of these: CILS, PLIDA, CELI or ROMA TRE, otherwise you will have to take a placement test with instructions that will be forwarded at a second stage.


Fees

Fee structure - 2023/2024 Academic Year

  • A1 (50 hours): full rate € 400 / partially reduced rate* € 200 / reduced rate** € 130
  • A2 (50 hours): full rate € 400 / partially reduced rate* € 200 / reduced rate** € 130
  • B1 (70 hours): full rate € 560 / partially reduced rate* € 280 / reduced rate** € 180
  • B2 (70 hours): full rate € 560 / partially reduced rate* € 280 / reduced rate** € 180

Full rate:
 

  • external applicants and all users not falling into the below mentioned categories (including Ca' Foscari students graduated more than 6 months before)

*Partially reduced rate:

  • Other partner Italian or international University students (e.g. IUAV, Accademia, visiting students, etc)
  • Teachers, researchers, visiting staff from other partner Universities
  • Returning CFSIE or CLA students (for who has previously taken classes at the CFSIE or the CLA)
  • Ca' Foscari students graduated no more than 6 months before
  • High school students from the age of 16

 **Fully reduced rate:

  • All students enrolled at Ca’ Foscari who are up to date with their University fees
  • Ca’ Foscari scholarship and research fellows, professors, administrative personnel, CEL at Ca' Foscari (Registration fees for these users will be covered by Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
  • Students from foreign institutions enrolled in exchange programmes with Ca’ Foscari (Erasmus, Overseas, Double/Joint Degree, Erasmus Mundus)

People from Ukraine are allowed to attend for free under specific circumstances. For more information please contact us at cfsie@unive.it.

Refunds

Refunds are granted only in case the course has not been provided or in the event of objective and documented impossibility for the applicants to participate. In this case the paperwork must be sent within the first week from the beginning of classes.

How to pay

Please arrange for the payment of the course fee only once you have received our confirmation email and do so by clicking on a specific link we will send you via email. Kindly email a copy of the payment receipt to the following address cfsie@unive.it.


Accommodation

In case you need accommodation, a list below shows the main student residences:

Address: Cannaregio 813, 30121 – Venice
Contacts: tel. +39 041 3012781 / info.venezia@joyvi.com
Website: studenthousing.joivy.com/en/venice

Address: Campo dei Gesuiti, Cannaregio, 4878, 30121 – Venice
Contacts: tel. +39 041 5286103 / hello.venezia@thisiscombo.com
Website: thisiscombo.com/en/destinations/venezia

Address: Calle Larga S. Marta, 2137, 30123 – Venice
Contacts: tel. +39 041 8760031 / venezia@camplus.it
Website: www.camplus.it/en/city/venice/camplus-santa-marta/

Address: Via Ca' Marcello 15, 30172 – Venice
Contacts: tel. +39 041 099 5329 / booking.venicemestre@cx-place.com
Website: www.cx-place.com/cx-venice.html

Address: S. Marco 2409/B, 30124 - Venice
Contacts: tel. +39 041 3084891 / booking@newgenerationhostel.com
Website: www.newgenerationhostel.com/hostel/venice-san-marco