ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS “LAUREA MAGISTRALE” ADMISSION POLICY

A.Y.2017/2018

Student who apply to graduate degree courses (Laurea Magistrale) taught in English satisfy the language requirement if they hold one of the following certificates:

Academic IELTS with a score of at least 6.0; make sure you indicate Università Cattolica as a recipient of your scores

TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 80; Università Cattolica code at ETS is 2605

First Certificate of English (FCE) with a minimum B Grade

Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)

Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage with a minimum B Grade

Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher

The certificate has to be provided at the time of application. However, if the test has not been taken yet, candidates are allowed to send the results before July 1, 2017.

Exemptions based on prior study

The following applicants are not required to undertake English language tests:

1. Applicants who completed their university studies from one of the following national education systems:

Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada (excluding Quebec) Dominica Fiji Grenada Guyana Ireland Jamaica

New Zealand Papua New Guinea Singapore Solomon Island St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom (including Northern

Ireland) United States of America

Botswana Brunei Cameroon

Gambia Ghana India

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS “LAUREA MAGISTRALE” ADMISSION POLICY

A.Y.2017/2018

Kenya Lesotho Liberia Malawi Namibia Nigeria Sierra Leone

South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

2. Applicants who completed a degree program entirely taught in the English language.

To this end, they will need to upload to the online application an official statement from the University indicating that English is the language of instruction.