16 Language Master's Degree Programs in Italy

This Englishg-taught programme allows you to achieve proficiency in the Thai language and helps you acquire an in-depth knowledge of the economic, legal, historical and political aspects of the relevant geographical area.

In this 2-year second-cycle Master's in Specialized Translation you will train as a language specialist, learning to professionally translate, revise and proofread texts and multimedia/audiovisual products in a variety of highly specialized domains, including technical, commercial and multimedia communication and the publishing industry.

The Master's Degree Course in "Italian Language and Culture for Foreigners" (acronym MCS) responds to a large demand addressed to the University both by foreign students, who, thanks to the ancient tradition of the University "L'Orientale" and its numerous agreements with European and non-European universities, attend first-level courses, and by Italian students who would like to complete their training for the teaching and dissemination of the Italian language and culture abroad.

The Master's Degree Course in Asian and African Languages and Cultures stands out for its structured teaching organization and the wide range of courses in languages and cultures of Asian and African countries. Strongly characterized in a linguistic-literary and historical-cultural sense, the Course offers the possibility of obtaining a highly specialized and competitive qualification.

This second-cycle degree programme (laurea magistrale) provides graduates with an advanced level of competence (at least C1) in two languages (chosen amongst English, Russian, Chinese and French), and a solid background in economic and legal studies.

It involves the study of a single language and literature chosen from French, English, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Anglo-American and Hispanic-American. It aims to improve knowledge of languages, cultures and literatures in their geographical and cultural dimensions connected to the history of colonization and the processes of globalization.

The CdLM aims to train graduates who have the ability to confidently master the written and oral expression of two of the six foreign languages on offer. It pays particular attention to the creation of skills in specialized translation with an emphasis on specialized languages in various domains and disciplinary lexicons.

The Master’s Degree in Language, Society, and Communication (LSC) is a two-year second-cycle Degree Program within the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation of the University of Bologna.

The Master's course aims to train teachers of Italian as a second language who are prepared to respond with the most appropriate means to the linguistic needs of different types of audiences: immigrant minors and adults; asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants; adults with limited literacy; Italian communities scattered across the continents and still eager to maintain a lively relationship with the Italian language and culture; citizens of Europe and the world eager to access Italian culture and art.

The curriculum Interpreting and Technologies for Communication (InTeCo) is part of the Master’s program in Interpreting. The Master’s program also includes a separate curriculum in Conference interpreting (ConfInt), which is taught in Italian and therefore will not be the focus here. InTeCo trains experts on technology-mediated interpreting.

The course trains professional interpreters, translators and experts in the intercultural professions able to operate in all contemporary fields of work, which require specialized skills: from traditional to newer sectors, including the field of new technologies and digital and multimedia communication.

Language Sciences and Cultural Studies for Special Needs is a second-level degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Linguistics (LM39-Linguistica), taught entirely in English, offered by the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries of the University of Parma. It devotes specific attention to aspects related to language learning and teaching, with particular reference to Special Educational Needs affecting communication and language, such as developmental language disorders, learning disorders and sensory disabilities. A strength of the course is the acquisition of competences in the field of inclusive language education. It is a two-year course and on successful completion, graduates are awarded the “Laurea Magistrale” (second cycle degree certificate). Language Sciences and Cultural Studies for Special Needs is designed for candidates from different academic backgrounds and aims to provide a thorough grounding and advanced linguistic and cultural competencies in English and in a second foreign language (including Italian as an FL/L2), and research skills in the field of Language Sciences, in particular Educational linguistics. The course dedicates specific attention to aspects related to language learning and teaching, mainly as regards educational contexts which include learners with special needs, such as language impairments and disadvantages, learning disorders, or sensory disabilities.

Italian Studies is the Second Cycle Degree program based on the newest results of cultural analysis developed by the University of Bologna.

The 2-year MA program in English and American Studies at the University of Turin is a graduate program in the humanities focusing on English and North American language/linguistics, literatures and cultures, analysed in an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective.

The Master's Degree in Languages and Societies with a specialization in Arabic Studies trains you in research techniques and the issues, concepts, theories and methodologies of your disciplinary field in order to prepare you for careers in higher education, research and training.