The courses cover all levels - from A1 to C2 - according to the European Reference Framework (CEFR). They are held by highly qualified native speakers of Italian and offer students the opportunity to acquire all the skills needed to master Italian according to the selected course level. For some levels we accept a maximum of 16 students per class.
In the academic year 2024/2025 our Italian language courses will be available in three-month sessions in order to offer learning continuity and give students the chance to complete up to 3 levels, one after the other, per year. The structure of the courses is as follows:
Important: please be aware that, if you choose to sign up for the Italian on-campus courses you will not be allowed to switch to the Italian online courses, nor will be you allowed to take an online class in case of your unavailability to be present in class.
Our courses will last 50 hours (A1 and A2 levels) or 70 hours (B1, B2, C1 and C2 levels). They aim at improving a full communicative competency and all language skills relevant to the level.
Levels will only be activated if a minimum number of enrollments is reached.
A1 and A2 level courses will last a total of 50 hours, each distributed in 10 weeks.
B1, B2, C1 and C2 level courses will last a total of 70 hours each, distributed in 12 weeks.
Dates: April 14th - June 26th 2025
Day and time: Mondays and Thursdays from 17:00 to 19:30
Classroom location: Palazzina Briati
Instructor: Alessandra Panfilo
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: Ciro Massimo Naddeo, Euridice Orlandino - "DIECI A1" - Alma Edizioni. You can select one of the following options:
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Syllabus for level A1 [ITA] | 521 KB |
Dates: April 16th - June 25th 2025
Day and time: Wednesdays and Fridays from 13:00 to 15:30
Classroom location: Palazzina Briati
Instructor: Paola Begotti
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: Naddeo Orlandino, "Dieci lezioni di italiano A2", Alma edizioni, ISBN: 9788861827240
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Syllabus for level A2 [ITA] | 520 KB |
Dates: April 14th - June 30th 2025
Day and time: Mondays and Wednesdays from 17:30 (sometimes from 16:30) to 20:00
Classroom location: Palazzina Briati
Instructor: Barbara Bonadio
Final test: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: Rossella Bozzone Costa, Chiara Ghezzi, Monica Piantoni - "Nuovo Contatto B1" - Corso di Lingua e Civiltà italiana per stranieri, Torino, Loescher editore, 2017, ISBN: 9788858308653. Please buy textbook + exercise book.
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Syllabus for level B1 [ITA] | 520 KB |
Dates: April 15th - July 4th 2025
Day and time: Tuesdays and Fridays from 17:00 to 20:00
Classroom location: Palazzina Briati
Instructor: Barbara Bonadio
Final exam: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: Rossella Bozzone Costa, Chiara Ghezzi, Monica Piantoni - "Nuovo Contatto B2" -Corso di Lingua e Civiltà italiana per stranieri, Torino, Loescher editore, 2017, ISBN: 9788858308660. Please buy textook + exercise book.
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Syllabus for level B2 [ITA] | 521 KB |
Dates: April 17th - July 14th 2025
Day and time: Mondays and Thursdays from 14:00 to 17:00
Classroom location: Palazzina Briati
Instructor: Elena Ballarin
Final exam: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: Giorgio Massei, Rosella Bellagamba - "Nuovo Espresso 5" - Alma edizioni
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Syllabus for level C1 [ITA] | 520 KB |
Dates: April 15th - July 1st 2025
Day and time: Tuesdays and Fridays from 14:00 to 17:00
Classroom location: Palazzina Briati
Instructor: to be defined
Final exam: to be defined
Office hours: to be defined
Textbook: to be defined
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Syllabus for level C2 [ITA] | 519 KB |
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.
Applications open from March 5th until March 26th 2025.
Full rate:
*Partially reduced rate:
**Fully reduced rate:
People from Ukraine are allowed to attend for free under specific circumstances. For more information please contact us at cfsie@unive.it.
You will be required to confirm your place for Italian language courses by sending through receipt of (full) payment to cfsie@unive.it with “Enrolment Italian [LEVEL] - confirmation” in the email’s subject line.
Please Note: You will be required to finalize your payment only after receiving our confirmation email.
Payment must be made according to our instructions and by clicking on a link that will be sent to you via email.
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 (severe medical conditions, serious family problems). In this case the paperwork must be sent within the first week from the beginning of classes.
Upon request, the School can organise Italian language programmes for partner Universities which aim at creating a real experience of life in Venice. The programmes can be combined with courses on Venetian and Italian culture, and can include numerous activities such as guided visits of the city and its museums, excursions in the lagoon and its surroundings, cultural events organised by Ca’ Foscari (theatre, music, cinema, writers conferences....), and cultural workshops, among many others.
Contact us at cfsie@unive.it to find out how.