This Italian Cultural Institute is home to the certification exams for knowledge of the Italian language (CELI) issued by the University for Foreigners of Perugia
Two exam sessions are held every year for any level in two sessions. June and November. Contact this Institute at least 6 weeks prior to the session of your choice.
The cost of the certification exam is K.shs. 5000,- per person.
CELI certificates are certificates of general Italian that are aimed at adults and young people (not under the age of 16) with schooling.
The certificates can be spent in the field of work and study.
CELI levels:
The CELI are divided into 6 levels on the model of the Common European Framework of Reference for the language (CEFR)
CLICK HERE to download the exam texts
2021
June 2021 session:
- Exam date: 22.6.2021
- Registration deadline: 10.5.2021
November 2021 session:
- Exam date: 22.11.2021
- Registration deadline: 10.10.2021
How to register:
Applications for registration must be submitted using the appropriate form by the dates indicated by the IIC, and sent by e-mail to the following address: iicnairobi@esteri.it
Terms of payment:
• Check deposited directly into the IIC account
• Bank Transfer
Institute Bank details:
- Bank: NCBA
- n. CC: 6708230017
- Made out to: Embassy of Italy - IIC
- Agency: Village Market
- SWIFT: cbafkenx
Documents to be attached to the form:
• Copy of valid identity document
• Bank proof of payment.
Registration form: CLICK HERE
Certification in Italian as a Foreign Language
Certificates in Italian are qualifications that declare the level of communicative competence in Italian as a foreign language. The recipients are all foreign citizens, Italian citizens resident abroad (descendents of Italian emigrants) and foreign immigrants in Italy.
To sit the exams no particular qualification is necessary.
For the administration of the exams abroad through Italian Institutes of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ha stipulated agreements with the following institutions:
- Università per Stranieri di Perugia (CELI – CIC) - Offered by this Institute
- Università per Stranieri di Siena(CILS)
- Università degli Studi di Roma Tre(IT – ele.IT)
- Società Dante Alighieri(PLIDA)
Correspondence of the Certifications with the European Common Reference Outline
| Università per Stranieri di Perugia | Università per Stranieri di Siena |
Università degli Studi di Roma Tre | Dante Alighieri | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIVELLO C2 Padronanza |
CELI 5 | CILS Quattro-C2 | IT | PLIDA C2 | |||
| LIVELLO C1 Efficacia |
|
CILS Tre-C1 | ------ | PLIDA C1 | |||
| LIVELLO B2 Progresso |
CELI3 | CILS Due B2 | ------ | PLIDA B2 | |||
| LIVELLO B1 Soglia |
CELI2 | CILS Uno B1 | ele.IT | PLIDA B1 | |||
| LIVELLO A2 Sopravvivenza |
CELI1 | CILS A2 | ------ | PLIDA A2 | |||
| LIVELLO A1 Contatto |
CELI1 | CILS A1 | ------ | PLIDA A1 |
The Italian Institute of Culture, Nairobi administers the certifications of Università degli studi di Siena at an intermediate level, Certification CILS
