As you enrolled in the Course, you will have to take a initial preparation test to assess your knowledge of mathematics and maritime culture.

In addition, if you do not present a language certification of B2 or higher (C1 or C2), you will have to take an English language test of B2 level. The certifications accepted at the University are listed on the dedicated CLAT page. Certifications verified as compliant will allow the B2 level to be recognised.

Students who can certify with a letter issued by the institution that the medium of instruction (MOI) was English will be exempted from the English language test. This document can only be equated with an English language proficiency certificate if all the years of study related to the diploma were conducted in English.

Both tests are not selective nor do they foresee any closed number and will be available in several sessions during the first semester. If you do not reach the minimum score required in the initial preparation test or in the English language proficiency test, you will be given Additional Educational Obligations (OFAs) which you can fulfil within the first semester of your first year.

The test lasts a total of 60 minutes and consists of answering multiple choice questions proposed in English as follows:

General and Maritime Culture, Logic and Mathematics (40 minutes)

The questions will focus on general and maritime culture knowledge. The questions are geared towards testing basic knowledge about maritime culture and history, with its characters, products and specific events. The questions are in English.

Assessment of the ability to logically complete an argument, in a manner consistent with the premises, which are stated in symbolic or verbal form through multiple-choice questions.

For the mathematical part, questions are aimed at ascertaining the mastery of:

• numeric sets and arithmetic (natural, relative, rational, real numbers; ordering and comparing numbers; order of magnitude; operations, powers, radicals, logarithms), algebraic calculus;
• Euclidean geometry (polygons, circumference and circle, measurements of lengths, surfaces and volumes, isometry, similarities and equivalences, geometric places).
• elements of plane trigonometry (sine function, cosine, tangent and their inverses, fundamental relations of goniometry, formulae of associated angles, theorems of the right triangle).

English Language (20 minutes)

The test is aimed at ascertaining comprehension of the English language. Students who present a language certificate of level B2 or higher among those accepted by the University do not have to take this part of the test.

Tuesday 14 October 2025 at 10:00 the Initial Knowledge Check will be held. For those who cannot attend on that date, another session will be held Friday 24 October 2025 at 10:00. The third and final session will be held Monday 15 December 2025 at 16.30.

To register, please send an email to maritime@unige.it stating your First Name, Last Name and matriculation number.
Enrolled students will receive further instructions by e-mail.

If you have a valid English B2 (or higher) certificate, please upload it here

Following the verification of initial knowledge, an English test will also be held for those who do not hold the B2 English language certificate. 


Students who score less than 18/30 in either test are enrolled with Additional Educational Obligations (OFAs) that must be fulfilled within the first year of the course. OFAs are considered fulfilled when students obtain at least 6 CFUs (credits) by passing one of the first-year exams. 


A student who does not meet the OFAs by the deadline for submitting the second year syllabus must register as a repeat student.