The
Università per Stranieri di Siena – Siena’s state-run University
for Foreigners, is right in the old centre of town. Its special status enables
it to carry out teaching and scientific research with a view to spreading
Italian langage and culture throughout the world.
The university offers a broad range of activities, aimed both at teachers and
students, and issues a degree diploma, a specialised degree diploma and research
doctorates, as well as running training courses and specialisation courses for
teachers. The university works in close collaboration with the Italian Foreign
Affairs and Education ministries.
The Università per Stranieri di Siena contains the following faculties: the
Facoltà di Lingua e Cultura Italiana, the Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, the
Centro Linguistico, a centre for the certification of Italian as a foreign
language and an international relations office.
- The Facoltà di Lingua e Cultura Italiana carries out a number of
teaching activities. Since the 2001/2002 academic year it has been running
three-year degree courses in Lingua e Cultura Italiana and in Mediazione
Linguistica e Culturale. It specialised degree courses produce excellently
qualified teachers. Since the 1998/99 academic year the faculty has
instituted the Scuola di Specializzazione in Didattica dell’italiano a
stranieri. The faculty also runs research doctorate courses with the aim of
enabling participants to carry out advanced research activities.
Faculty dean: Prof.ssa Marina Benedetti
Tel.: +39 0577.240147 E-mail:
facolta@unistrasi.it Via Pantaneto, 45 – 53100 Siena/Italia
Tel.: +39 0577.240146-149 Fax: + 39 0577.240148 E-mail:
facolta@unistrasi.it
- The Dipartimento di Scienze Umane of the Università per Stranieri di
Siena runs two three-year research doctorates: “Linguistica e didattica
della lingua italiana a stranieri”, directed by Prof. Massimo Vedovelli; and
“Letteratura, storia della lingua e filologia italiana”, directed by Prof.
Claudio Ciociola.
- The Centro Linguistico of the Università per Stranieri di Siena teaches
Italian as a foreign language and conducts linguistic and glottodidactic
research activities, as well as training and updating courses for teachers
of Italian to foreigners.
Director: Prof. Maurizio Trifone Tel.: 0577.240301
Secretariat: Laura Grassi – Capo Divisione Tel.: 0577.240307 Fax:
0577.42112 E-mail: cluss@unistrasi.it
- The Centro per la Certificazione della conoscenza della lingua italiana
come lingua straniera issues two different certifications from the
Università per Stranieri di Siena: the Cils (Certificazione di italiano come
lingua straniera) and the Ditals (Certificazione di competenza in didattica
dell’italiano a stranieri).
Centro Certificazione CILS
Via Sallustio Bandini, 35 - 53100 Siena/Italia
Tel.: +39 0577.240467 Fax: +39 0577.240461 E-mail:
cils@unistrasi.it
Centro Certificazione DITALS
Via Pantaneto, 45 - 53100 Siena/Italia
Tel.: +39 0577.240113 Fax: +39 0577.283163 E-mail:
info@unistrasi.it
- The Ufficio Relazioni Internazionali of the Università per Stranieri di
Siena takes care with the promotion of the university abroad.
Capo Divisione Promozione e Relazioni Internazionali: Deanna Fineschi
Via Pantaneto, 45 - 53100 Siena/Italia Tel.: +39 0577.240180 Fax: +39
0577.281030 E-mail:
prorelint@unistrasi.it