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 "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) Degrees, degree note, 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 2023. 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

TAB. 1

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

PLEASE NOTE - about languages skills

European Literary Cultures programme is based on plurilingualism; students must attend courses taught in different languages. lt is essential to know the national language of the country in which the student intends to study during the first year (the minimum requirement is B2). Then, while receiving didactic support to learn French and/or Greek and ltalian (depending on the chosen mobility), the student (if his/her language proficiency is not on par) must be aware of the linguistic difficulties he/she will encounter and, therefore, make efforts to reach the required level of proficiency.

lf a student intends to start at universities accepting also French as language of instruction (Greece and Portugal), he/she must also be aware of having to deal with the study of the national language during the first and the second years.

For example: a student who wants to start in Portugal and does not know Portuguese can do it if he/she has knowtedge of both French and English. However, it will be up to him/her to study Portuguese during these two years in order to be able to hold a part of the defense of the dissertation in this language. lf a student wants to start in Greece without knowing Greek, he/she can do it if he/she knows French. However, he/she will have to study Greek to hold a part of the defense of the dissertation in Greek and to obtain the Greek degree.

PLEASE NOTE:

For the language in which the courses will be taught, see the section Didactic units. The language in which the exam is given corresponds to the language in which the teaching is carried out.

Students are obliged to stay 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 candidacy.

 
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. Bertrand Marquer (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. Pedro Serra (Local coordinator) - Universidade de Lisboa, PORTUGAL
• prof. Vidya Vencatesan (Local coordinator) - University of Mumbai, INDIA

ATTENTION!

• If the application does not satisfy these 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".