To participate in the Erasmus+ mobility for study call for application, the assessment of language skills is compulsory for all applicants. The languages assessed must be those indicated in the specific vacancy the applicant is interested in, which will be part of the Erasmus mobility for study Call for applications 2025/26. They could be French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, or German.
A minimum level of language skills is required. This standard has been set at the A2 level of the CFR -Common Frame of Reference for language knowledge as recognised by the European Council. The language level is an eligibility requirement but will also be used for the evaluation of the application.
Language skills must be verified by satisfying one of the following options:
- assessment tests organised by the University Language Centre - CLA
- belonging to a specific category listed in the document Language requirements – assessment modalities [.pdf 174 KB]
Assessment tests organised by the CLA
For the Erasmus+ call for application 2025-2026, it will be possible to take an assessment test in November 2024, even before the publication of the call for application itself (expected in January 2025).
To access the tests, an online registration is required, from 30 October 2024 (at 12 p.m.) to 11 November 2024, within 12 p.m., Italian time, (subject to availability).
The assessment tests will take place from 19 November 2024 to 22 November 2024. The tests will take place only in presence.
Further information and support will be available by contacting aform.accertamentilinguistici@unibo.it from 30 October 2024 to 22 November 2024.
In order to register for the test:
- you must select the kind of test and the language from the section “Mobilità internazionale – AlmaRM" on Studenti Online;
- book the assessment test from the section "Prenotazioni" on Studenti Online
In order to take part to the assessment test, the registration is compulsory.
Another test session will be organized, presumably, between the end of January 2025 and the beginning of February 2025.
Warning: the Erasmus+ mobility for study call for application a.y. 2025/26 foresees a unique testing session, which includes both November 2024 and January/February 2025 (dates to be defined) language assessment sessions. Candidates may sit the test for up to two languages only once for each language in total overall the November 2024 and January/February 2025 language assessment sessions.
Students can take the language assessment test in the January/February 2025 session only if:
- they did not registered for the November 2024 session
- they did registered for the November 2024 but did not show up to take the test
- they achieved the A1 level in the November 2024 session
- they did not achieved any level in the November 2024 session.
Therefore, students who have taken the November 2024 test and obtained an A2 level or higher will not be able to repeat the test in the January/February 2025 session in the same language(s).
Students who pass the language assessment test may obtain its automatic recognition as a curricular language proficiency test only if they submit the Erasmus+ 2025/26 application and meet or exceed the proficiency level required by their study plan.
Exemptions from sitting the assessment tests
Students who belong to one of the categories listed in the document Language requirements – assessment modalities [.pdf 174 KB] for the language requested by the exchange can be exempted from sitting the language assessment tests organised by the CLA. These students have to be asked to declare their status in the application and uploading, where requested, the relevant supporting documents.
Further information and support will be available by contacting aform.accertamentilinguistici@unibo.it from 30 October 2024 to 22 November 2024.