Admission criteria

Candidates must possess a good level of knowledge in the various fields that distinguish the Master's Degree: the literary, linguistic, historical, artistic and rhetorical field in relation to the European context. In order to apply for the CLE Master's Course, both Program and Partner candidates must possess:

a) a BA-equivalent degree (180 credits) allowing access to education Bac + 5 (i.e. a «Laurea triennale», a «Licence» or a Bachelor of Arts, etc.);

b) a university degree demonstrating they have taken a course in the following subjects: Literature, Language (Expressions Techniques, Linguistic and Language Sciences, Philology), History, Art History;

• for students who have obtained a degree within the Italian university system, see the Avviso di Ammissione;
• for students who have obtained a degree from any other country, the verification of the curricular requirements is based on the list of the exams as described in the transcript of records.

c) Suitable Academic Performance. Admission to the Master CLE (Erasmus Mundus) is subject to verification of the Suitable Academic Performance, carried out by a Selection Board, as representation of the partner universities. 

ACADEMIC COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT 

The assessment of the Suitable Academic Performance is carried out based on the following criteria:

a) Degree, final grade and average of exams passed.

• For candidates with a qualification obtained in Italy, personal preparation is considered adequate if the final degree grade is equal to or higher than 100/110.
• For candidates with a qualification not obtained in Italy, the Selection Board, on the basis of the dossier submitted, will decide whether to invite the candidate to an oral interview or not.
• Candidates must obtain the first cycle degree by 31 July 2025. If the candidate has not yet obtained the first cycle degree at the time of submitting the application, he / she may be admitted provisionally, upon presentation of a document from his / her home University, which certifies the expected date of graduation.
• If the candidate does not obtain the degree by the deadline indicated above, the application will not be considered.

b) Knowledge and competency of the language of the University of the consortium where the student intends to stay during the first year of the Master's Degree (minimum level required B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Knowledge of Languages ​​- see TAB.1), must be proved in one of the following ways:

• language certification
• cycle of previous university studies carried out in the language required for access
• cycle of primary and secondary studies entirely carried out in the language required for access.

c) Knowledge and skills of the English language (minimum level required B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Knowledge of Languages) certified in one of the following ways:

• language certification
• cycle of previous university studies carried out in the language required for access
• cycle of primary and secondary studies entirely carried out in the language required for access

For students choosing three destinations:  when applying they must possess a minimum B1 level in one of the languages of the universities chosen for the second year.

TAB. 1

Mandatory languages to access the Master Course (1st year)

PLEASE NOTE:

Students have to study necessarily in two or three universities of the consortium in order to complete their training and develop a research work. For mobility rules, please see the section Mobility. The lack of indication of a mobility implies the cancellation of the application.

For students choosing three destinations:  when applying they must possess a minimum B1 level in one of the languages of the universities chosen for the second year.

For the language in which the courses will be taught, see the section Didactic units. 

SELECTION BOARD

The Selection Board is composed of the local coordinating professors of the eight consortium institutions:

• prof. Bruna Conconi  (CLE Program coordinator) - Università di Bologna, ITALIA
• prof. Tania Collani (Local coordinator) - Université de Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse), FRANCE
• prof. Enrica Zanin  (Local coordinator) - Université de Strasbourg, FRANCE
• prof. Maria Litsardaki (Local coordinator) - Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessaloniki, ELLAS
• prof. Augustin Coly (Local coordinator) - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, SENEGAL
• prof. José Pedro Serra  (Local coordinator) - Universidade de Lisboa, PORTUGAL
• prof. Vidya Vencatesan (Local coordinator) - University of Mumbai, INDIA
• prof. Irine Darchia (Local coordinator) - Tbilisi State University, GEORGIA

ATTENTION!

• If the application does not satisfy above mentioned requirements, it will not be taken into consideration.
• Candidates who obtained their degree within the Italian academic system will find all information about the admission requirements in the Avviso di Ammissione.

PLEASE NOTE - about languages skills

European Literary Cultures are based on plurilingualism; students must attend courses taught in different languages. For this reason, it is essential to know the language of the university in which the student intends to study during the first year (the minimum requirement is B2). During the first year the student will receive didactic support offered by CLE to learn the required languages (depending on the chosen mobility plan). Students without a sufficient language knowledge are advised to work on their language skills in order to avoid difficulties during their study period.

Students who choose Greece and Portugal in their mobility plan:  apart from the language required to access the Master Course it is necessary to work on the language skills of the local language during the whole study period.

For example:

- a student selecting Portugal without knowledge in Portuguese will be able to carry out the mobility with French and English knowledge. However, it will be necessary to learn Portuguese during these two years in order to carry out a part of the final defense and obtain the Portuguese degree.

- a student selecting Greece without knowledge in Greek will be able to carry out the mobility with French knowledge. However, it will be necessary to learn Greek during these two years in order to carry out a part of the final defense and obtain the Greek degree.