International Medical School students: compulsory B2 level

International students enrolled in the single-cycle Master’s degree course at the International Medical School (IMS) must prove the B2 or higher level of Italian language proficiency for them to be admitted to their third year.

In lack of a valid language certificate, these students must sit the entry-level test, which is held once at their first year. The entry-level test can be sat only once. Test registration is available via the dedicated exam registration platform, i.e. Sifa, to be accessed from your personal Unimia page, under the category of 'Educational activities and other events’. Being absent on the date students had registered for is the same as not taking the test.

Those who, sitting the test, reach the required Italian language proficiency level will have met the requirement to be admitted to their third year.

Those who, sitting the test, do not reach the required Italian language proficiency level must attend one or more than one Italian language course and pass the relevant end-of-course test until they reach the B2 level to be admitted to their third year.

The Italian language courses for foreigners, from level A0-A1 to level B1 and from level B1 to level B2, require compulsory attendance.

Participants who attend at least 75% of classes and complete at least 75% of the activities available on the online didactic platform in use are admitted to sit the end-of-course test. Test registration is available via the dedicated exam registration platform, i.e. Sifa, to be accessed from your personal Unimia page, under the category of 'Educational activities and other events’.

Sitting the end-of-course test on the first scheduled date, which is held right after the end of the course, is compulsory.

Those who do not pass the end-of-course test will have access to 5 more tries to be sat not necessarily in a row (for a total of 6 tries for each Italian course attended); still, these students will be registered anyway in the next level course, but they will not be allowed to sit the B2 end-of-course test before passing the B1 end-of-course test first. Students who are not admitted to the end-of-course test or who do not show up at the first compulsory test session loose their right to access any further tries and any further courses and will have to get a language certificate to be admitted to their third year.