All Polytechnic School students enrolled in graduate and undergraduate courses must possess adequate proficiency in the English language in order to graduate.
All first-year students enrolled in Bachelor’s Degree programs at the Polytechnic School must take the B1 Assessment Test (AT B1).
English language certificates. Students can upload an English language certificate (B1 – C2) among the certificates accepted by the University of Genoa listed at the following link
In the 2025-26 academic year
- Students graduating from the degree courses listed below must have an English B2 CEFR level (subject code 108708)
Code | Degree course | Deparment | Location | AT B1 and tutored course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8715 | Civil and Environmental Engineering | DICCA | GE | If you did not pass AT B1, we strongly advise you to take the online EN B1 monitored course and exam, since having a B1 English level is crucial to achieve the EN B2 goal that is required in your study plan. |
11765 | Ingegneria civile, edile e ambientale | DICCA | GE | |
11949 | Ingegneria civile, edile e ambientale | DICCA | GE | |
10375 | Chemical and Processes Engineering | DICCA | GE | |
11918 | Chemical and Processes Engineering | DICCA | GE | |
11911 | Electronic Engineering and Information Technology | DITEN | GE | |
11879 | Electrical Engineering | DITEN | GE | |
11882 | Pleasure craft Engineering | DITEN | SP | |
11881 | Mecchanical Engineering | DIME | GE | |
11976 | Mecchanical Engineering for Automation | DIME | SP | |
11941 | Energy Engineering | DIME | SV | |
11924 | Management Engineering | DIME | GE | |
11878 | Biomedical Engineering | DIBRIS | GE | |
11880 | Computer Engineering | DIBRIS | GE | |
11883 | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | DITEN | GE | Students must pass the EN B1 AT before sitting the B1+ exam. |
- The following Bachelor’s Degree course requires an English B2 CEFR level upon admission:
Code | Degree course | Department | Location |
11880 | Computer Engineering | DIBRIS | IM |
- Students graduating from the degree courses listed below must have an English B1 CEFR level (course code 27975)
Code | Degree course | Department | Location | AT B1 and tutored course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11942 | Product and Communication Design | DAD | GE | If you did not pass AT B1, you must take the online English B1 monitored course and sit the English B1 test as soon as possible. The English B1 level is a first-year compulsory subject in your study plan (more information here) |
11940 | Product and Nautical Design | DAD | SP | |
11870 | Sciences of Architecture | DAD | GE | |
11428 | Technologies for Building and Territory | DICCA | GE | |
11429 | Industrial Technologies | DICCA | GE | |
11758 | Agrifood Science and Culture of the Mediterranean | DICCA | IM |
- The following Postgraduate’s Degree courses require an English B1 CEFR level upon admission:
Code | Degree course | Department | Location |
11945 | Digital Humanities - Interactive Systems and Digital Media | DIBRIS | SV |
- The following Postgraduate’s Degree courses require an English B2 CEFR level upon admission:
Code | Degree course | Department | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
11930 | Architectural Composition | DAD | GE |
10799 | Civil Engineering | DICCA | GE |
11926 | Civil Engineering | DICCA | GE |
10376 | Chemical and Processes Engineering | DICCA | GE |
11919 | Chemical and Processes Engineering | DICCA | GE |
10720 | Environmental Engineering | DICCA | GE |
11925 | Environmental Engineering | DICCA | GE |
11766 | Building Engineering | DICCA | GE |
11969 | Building Engineering | DICCA | GE |
11917 | Energy Engineering | DIME | SV |
11920 | Safe Transport and Logistics Engineering | DIME | GE |
11956 | Management Engineering | DIME | GE |
11959 | Mecchanical Engineering – Design and Production | DIME | GE |
11960 | Mecchanical Engineering – Energy and Aeronautics | DIME | GE |
11962 | Internet and Multimedia Engineering | DITEN | GE |
11921 | Engineering for natural risk management | DITEN | SV |
11994 | Engineering Technology for Strategy (and security) | DITEN | GE |
11957 | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | DITEN | GE |
11958 | Yacht design | DITEN | SP |
11970 | Electronic Engineering | DITEN | GE |
11965 | Computer Engineering | DIBRIS | GE |
11963 | Robotics Engineering | DIBRIS | GE |
11933 | Bioengineering | DIBRIS | GE |
11945 | Digital Humanities - Affective Computing, Arts and Cultural Welfare | DIBRIS | GE |
- The following Postgraduate’s Degree courses require students to sit an English B2 CEFR test or upload an English B2 certificate. English B2 is a compulsory subject in the degree courses listed below:
Code | Degree course | Subject code | Department | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11913 | Architecture | 98941 | DAD | GE |
11943 | Product and Event Design | 98176 | DAD | GE |
11904 | Landscape Architecture | 111732 | DAD | GE |
11905 | Vessel & Yacht Design | 105324 | DAD | GE |
For further information, please check your study plan, find the code for the English Language in your study plan and check it at the link https://corsi.unige.it/off.f/ins/index.
Students with special educational or learning needs should follow the instructions at the following UNIGE link.