English language: profit examinations and recognition of certifications for each degree course

The first-year course (English Language 1) is the same for all students. In order to encourage attendance, there are three groups (A-B-C) of language exercises conducted by Collaboratori Esperti Linguistici (CELs) at different times but with the same content and the same final exam. Students are therefore invited to choose the group according to their own class schedule. 

Some meetings will instead be held in a “single group” (A+B+C): this is the part of Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology, included in the English Language 1 syllabus (read “Basic Linguistics” in the Syllabus) and taught by Prof. Laura Tommaso, who is the principal teacher.

For Modern Foreign Languages students, no substitution/no recognition, even partial, of parts of examinations from the Three-year BA course will be possible (this applies to any certification, at any level).

Students coming from external universities must undergo an admission interview to check their entry language skills (if they are interested in English). The interview is also foreseen for all new entrants who do not come from a three-year degree course in class L-11 or L-12, or who, coming from such courses, have obtained a grade lower than 103, provided that they are not three-year graduates in Modern Foreign Languages from Università del Piemonte Orientale. The interview to ascertain initial language skills is also scheduled for graduates who obtained a three-year degree L-11 or L-12 prior to the five-year period preceding enrolment.

The outcome of the interview is NOT binding, is not considered a prerequisite for admission, and does not imply any educational debts. However, depending on the outcome of the interview, additional credits in foreign languages may be assigned among the other activities of the Study Plan should the Teaching Commission deem it necessary.

Class LM/37: The course for the Master's Degree in Languages, Cultures, Tourism (Master's English Language 1) consists of Specialist English Linguistics A (Prof. Elisabetta Lonati) and Specialist English Language Exercises. The exercise course associated with the LM/37 is General English (Dr. Kalinina). 

Class LM/49: The Master's degree course in Languages, Cultures and Tourism (Master's English Language 1) consists of Specialist English Linguistics A (Prof. Laura Tommaso) and Specialist Exercise English Language. The exercise course associated with the LM/49 is Business English (Dr. Della Chiara).

Level B2 or lower

Students with skills equivalent to levels below B2 (CEFR) must opt for the English Language 2 course (Prof. Laura Tommaso) of the Three-year degree in Modern Foreign Languages. The course consists of English Linguistics A and English Language A Exercises Year 2, Business English 2 (Dr. Della Chiara).

Further information:

• those who have studied in UPO for L11, regularly follow the exercises of the specialisation;
• those who have not studied in UPO but have L11 and L12, regularly follow the exercises of the specialisation;
• those who have studied in UPO but in other degree courses (other than L11) may start to follow the 2nd year of the three-year degree:
• if the admission interview reveals skills comparable to B2/B2+ levels or higher, then they will be able to move on to the specialist course, otherwise they will remain on the 2nd year L11 (which is expected)
• those who have not studied in UPO will have to sit the admission interview for English Language.

For further information, please contact the Course Chair (Prof. Elena Giovannini).

No certification can replace the admission interview (for those who have to take it), or parts of the exam. It is therefore not necessary and/or possible to submit any.

From the academic year 2021-2022, English language courses for non-specialist students of the Bachelor of Arts degree are provided entirely by CLUPO, both the realignment course and the 50-hour curricular course of study (for the attainment of B2-level skills).

In the event that the certification attests a B1 level, recognition counts as passing the EPT (English Placement Test) and gives access to English language teaching; in the event that the certification attests a level of at least B2, students may ask the CDS for validation, for the purposes of recognition of English language teaching, bearing in mind that the certifications are valid for a limited period of time. 

To find out more about all the language certifications accepted, please refer to the dedicated section of the website or the University Language Centre website.

From the academic year 2021-2022, English language courses for non-specialist students of the Bachelor of Arts degree are provided entirely by CLUPO, both the realignment course and the 50-hour curricular course of study (for the attainment of B2-level skills).

In the event that the certification attests a B1 level, recognition counts as passing the EPT (English Placement Test) and gives access to English language teaching; in the event that the certification attests a level of at least B2, students may ask the CDS for validation, for the purposes of recognition of English language teaching, bearing in mind that the certifications are valid for a limited period of time. 

To find out more about all the language certifications accepted, please refer to the dedicated section of the website or the University Language Centre website.

Students in the Master's degree course in Modern, Classical and Comparative Philology are required to take an interview (in telematic mode) to test their incoming language skills (for those who choose English). The dates will be announced in October on UpoBook.

If the result of the interview is lower than level B2, it will be compulsory to include in the Study Plan the exam of English Language 1 (borrowed from Modern Foreign Languages - code L0176), for which Prof. Laura Tommaso is the referent and holder. For further information, please read the reference programme carefully. If, on the other hand, your level is equal to or higher than B2, you will be able to choose from among the Anglo-American language and literature courses borrowed from Modern Foreign Languages.

PLEASE NOTE: If the English language exam was taken in one of the Three-year degree courses at Università del Piemonte Orientale within the last 24 months, the initial interview is not required. In this case, the entry level to the Laurea Magistrale is B1, and it will be necessary to include in the Study Plan (for those who choose English language) English Language 1 (L0176), borrowed from the first year of Modern Foreign Languages.

PLEASE NOTE: possession of a certificate of at least C1 level allows the student NOT to take the entrance interview and allows the student to sit an exam chosen between language and literature. Certification is considered valid if obtained less than 24 months previously.

For more information on the recognition of language certifications, please visit the Recognition of certifications page.

Only C1 level certifications, recognised by our University and issued less than 24 months ago, can partially replace the English Language 1 exam for students in the Master of Modern, Classical and Comparative Philology degree course.  The assignment of the grade in thirtieths will take into account the conversion table approved by the University. In any case, even following partial recognition, students of Philology/Philosophy LM must compulsorily take “Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology”, an integral part of the English Language 1 syllabus and called “Basic Linguistics” (read English Language 1 Syllabus).

For further information, please contact the course lecturer, Prof. Laura Tommaso.