The Foreign Languages Centre is an authorized centre for Cambridge exams: B2 First, C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency. All exams are paper-based.
You should only enrol for the exam if you are well prepared. Please, for self-study see a list of recommended textbooks and websites at the end of this section. You can also find the 2024/2025 exam calendar. The next exams sessions will be held in June 2025.
If you would like to attend an advanced level English course, also in order to prepare for Cambridge exams, please visit this page.
Complete the enrolment form (to be published on this page) and send it by email to the Foreign Languages Centre at: infocla@unisi.it.
Once you have sent the form, the Foreign Languages Centre CLA will send you an email with the instructions for payment of exam fees through PagoPA.
Enrolment will be confirmed once payment has been made. Confirmation of payment will be made by PagoPA; it is not necessary to send a copy of payment to the CLA.
For further information, please contact:
Gabriella Della Valle - Centre Exams Manager - gabriella.dellavalle@unisi.it
or
Centro Linguistico d'Ateneo (Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) - infocla@unisi.it
CRUI/MIUR/ISP fees (students, ex-students, University of Siena personnel, and high school students)
- B1 Preliminary (PET): €99,00
- B2 First (FCE): €188,00
- C1 Advanced (CAE): €211,00
- C2 Proficiency (CPE): €222,00
Standard fees (external candidates)
Before enrolling in the exam, external candidates should contact Gabriella Della Valle, Centre Exams Manager, at: gabriella.dellavalle@unisi.it
- B1 Preliminary (PET): €128,00
- B2 First (FCE): €250,00
- C1 Advanced (CAE): €255,00
- C2 Proficiency (CPE) : €260,00
Ban on electronic devices from 2016
From January 2016 candidates will not be permitted to take their mobile phones or any other electronic devices into the exam room or the speaking test. Electronic devices include iPods, iPads, e-readers, smart watches, wrist watches and any other device on which notes could be accessed, data received or transmitted during an exam session.
Any candidates found with mobile phones or other electronic devices in their possession in an exam room will be disqualified.
Students should present a valid ID (Identity card, diver’s liscense, passport) at the exam. University badges will not be accepted.