Two-Weeks Intensive Italian Language Course

Dear partners,

This is to inform you that Politecnico di Milano organizes a series of free of charge Italian language courses for the international students who will regularly enrol in one of its programmes for the a.y. 2014/2015, such as the Two-weeks Italian course at Politecnico di Milano as well as several Italian language courses starting in the 1st and in the 2nd semesters, respectively.

Two-weeks Intensive Italian language course

WHEN from Sept. 1 to 12, 2014 - 40 hrs, entrance and final tests are provided for

WHERE COMO campus

LEVELS beginner or elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate

MANDATORY ASSESSMENT TEST Sept. 1, 2014

LESSONS from Sept. 3 to 12, 9:30am to 12:30pm; 2.00 to 4:00 pm (5 hrs/day)

Application deadline: June 26 – July 2, 2014(at midnight - local time).

This language course is addressed to the exchange students who have been admitted to study at Politecnico di Milano from the 1st semester of the a.y. 2014/2015 (Erasmus + Non-EU exchanges, Double Degrees programmes, Unitech project, MEDES programme, etc. ).

We would like to draw your attention to two important issues:

The places available for this course are limited. For this reason the application system will automatically close even earlier than the foreseen deadline upon reaching the maximum number of applicants.

Please, kindly invite the candidates who could not enrol in the test not to write e-mails to studesk Como asking to be enrolled. From next Sept. approximately they will be able to apply through the same operating system for another Italian language course organised by Politecnico di Milano over the academic year (for more details:

The application procedures have been slightly changed.

Students have to apply for the assessment test through the Politecnico di Milano “Online services”

NO login details will be sent. Students who have already completed the “Preimmatricolazionestudenti incoming” step, will find there the “Course catalogue” link

Then in order to apply for the test they have to click on the following links:

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<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->add the Two-weeks Course to “My Courses”

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All students who will be admitted to take the assessment test have to start attending from Monday, 1 September 2014, morning.

The students who will arrive after Sept. 1 will not be admitted to the Italian classes.

Students who will attend a minimum of 75% of the total Italian lessons will be provided with a confirmation of attendance after the end of the course. (Credit points are not applicable. It is not an EILC course).

Attendance to the Italian language course is free of charge.

Students have to pay for:

- their own travel and living expenses

- a small fee for the course materials

Accommodation

The University residences in Como city do not arrange accommodations for temporary stays and most of them are usually available between the second half and the end of September.

From July 10, students who will be confirmed their final enrolment in the assessment test will be sent some addresses of youth hostels and hotels they can refer to by themselves and a special accommodation package at a Bed&Breakfast in Como city from August 31 to Sept. 12 included, which they can book directly at the B&B upon availability.

Alternatively, and upon the University residence service availability of places, students admitted to Leonardo or Bovisa campuses may reserve University accommodation in Milan and commute to Como campus by train to attend the Two-Weeks course.

For more details about accommodations in Milan:

Candidates’ identification process

The official start date of all students’exchangeprogrammes at Politecnico di Milano will be the day of their enrolment in the study programme they have been accepted to. If students wish that the Two-weeks Italian language course is included in the official duration of their exchange programme, they must be identified by a Studesk of the Politecnico di Milano and then enrol to the exchange programme by themselves through the Online services.

Students accepted to the Two-Weeks Italian language test can identify on Sept. 1st in the language testing room at COMO campus or at the Studesk of the campus where they will study before Sept. 1st (if students make their exchangeprogramme at a campus other than Como campus, they are recommended to contact their Studesk to check its availability to identify them in the week before the start of the Two-weeks course).

Visas

Non-EU citizens who have been confirmed the registration for the Two-Weeks Italian language test needing to apply for the Italian study visa may write an e-mail to studesk Como between July 10 and 14.

Studesk Como will include the Two-weeks course start and end dates in their letter of acceptance and send them the letter as a .pdf enclosure by e-mail within the end of July. Students may enclose this to the original letter of acceptance that they have been sent or will be sent by their Studesk. Studesk Como WILL NOT send any original letters by post.

For CIÊNCIA SEM FRONTEIRAS 2014/2015 Brazilian students only

The Brazilian students winners of a CIÊNCIA SEM FRONTEIRAS 2014/2015 SCHOLARSHIP will be invited by the Polimi CSF office to apply for a three-week Italian language course that will be organized in Milan solely for this group next Sept. 2014.

These candidates are invited not to apply for the Two-Weeks Italian language course at Como campus.
Should they apply for, they would not be accepted.

Other Brazilian students who will participate to the CIÊNCIA SEM FRONTEIRAS 2014/2015 programme but who are not scholarship holders can apply for the Two-Weeks language course in Como and will be accepted according to the availability of places.

Please, share this e-mail with your outgoing students who have been nominated for an exchange programme at the Politecnico di Milano in the first semester or for the full academic year 2014/2015.

Kind regards

VittoriaCapriccioli

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VittoriaCapriccioli

International Exchange Office - StuDesk Como

Politecnico di Milano

Polo Territoriale di Como

ViaCastelnuovo, 7 - groundfloor

I-221000 Como

Phone: +39 031 332,7511

Fax +39 031 332.7565

E-mail:

Opening hours

Tuesday and Thursday

from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm