Additional Language Skills (IPLE) - 3 credits
SLAM - University of Milan Language Centre manages the 3-credit Additional Language Skills assessment for the Bachelor's degree in International Politics, Law and Economics (IPLE).
The required CEFR levels are the following:
- French: B1
- Spanish: B1
- German: A2
French, Spanish and German language assessments are open to first-year, second-year and third-year students.
If you already hold a language certificate accepted by the University, obtained no more than three years ago and certifying proficiency at a level equal to or higher than the required one, please send it to SLAM via the InformaStudenti platform ("Language test" category, option "Language assessments" or "Advanced language assessments"). If the certificate is valid, SLAM will enter the language assessment as "passed" in your academic records. Please note that the certificate must certify language proficiency in all the following skills: oral comprehension (listening), written comprehension (reading), oral production (speaking) and written production (writing).
If you do not have a valid language certificate, you will have to sit an assessment test. Test sessions are held according to the schedule published on the "Other Foreign Languages" homepage.
If you have registered for the test but are unable to take it on your booked date, you are required to cancel your registration via UNIMIA before registration closes. In the event of unforeseen circumstances on the day of the test, due to medical or work-related reasons or disruptions to public transport, appropriate supporting documentation (e.g. a medical certificate) must be submitted within one week of the test date. Students who fail to cancel their registration in time or do not provide a valid justification for their absence will not be permitted to retake the test for the same language within the same academic year.
You can sit the test in your chosen language only once per academic year.
Students who pass the test at the required level will receive the corresponding language assessment credits. Those who fail to achieve the required level will be offered an optional 40-hour language course, organised by SLAM during the third trimester. The course will be run only if the minimum number of participants is met. For those who choose to take the course, attendance is compulsory. The course culminates in an on-campus test. Students who fail to attend at least 75% of classes will not be admitted to the end-of-course test, but may retry the assessment test in the following academic year.
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Students can register for the test through their Unimia personal account, in the section Exams and student opinion > Do you want to register or modify registration for an exam?
In order to request accommodations for the tests, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs) have to contact SLAM via InformaStudenti ("Language test" category, option "Language assessments" or "Advanced language assessments"). Students with disabilities are entitled to 50% extra time and students with SLDs to 30% extra time.
The test lasts one hour and assesses grammar, vocabulary, oral comprehension (listening) and written comprehension (reading). Exercise formats include multiple-choice questions, sentence completion, drag-and-drop and true-or-false.
Tests will be held on the dates, times, and at the venues indicated on the previous page.
Registration is available online via the Exam Registration service available on Unimia as well (Exams and student opinion > Do you want to register or modify registration for an exam?); registrations open about one month prior to the test date.
BASIC level tests: dedicated to students enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree of the Humanities Faculty (Assessment of a European Union language, 3 credits) and to IPLE students - International Politics, Law and Economics, 3 credits.