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Undergraduate (Bachelor)
Italian Studies
Why choose this field of study?
Discover the charm of the Italian language - regarded as one of the most beautiful-sounding European languages! Its melodic beauty and accessible grammar have fascinated and united people around the world, making it a language of culture, music, fashion and cuisine. By choosing the Italian Studies program at the VIZJA University, you will be able to master the Italian language at a professional level and immerse yourself in the fascinating Italian culture. With us, you are sure to acquire knowledge and a practical skillset that is essential for any language professional. Invitiamo!
Three extension modules are offered as part of the program: Translation, Business and Tourism, and Language Education. Choosing a module will allow you to focus the language skills you acquire for future professional work in the wider language services market or in the tourism industry.
Italian Studies (undergraduate) – what sets us apart?
- We will teach you how to use modern solutions, technologies, and new media in the work of a language specialist.
- Practicality – this is what we focus on! In the curriculum, we have minimized the courses that are not useful for professional work.
- You will learn to work with the project method and develop entrepreneurial and business skills.
- During the course of your studies, you will receive valuable training to thoroughly prepare you for the job market.
- We have an excellent staff of instructors with many years of experience and teaching practice.
- With us, you can also study online – if you want to combine your studies with other responsibilities or develop your passions.
- In addition to the practical study of the Italian language, you will also study a second foreign language in order to improve your proficiency.
- Do you think writing a thesis is boring? With us, you will complete a social project with a philological or interdisciplinary theme as part of your thesis!
- We are ranked among the top universities in the Internationalization category, so you will study in a cross-cultural environment with people from all over the world.
Italian Studies – what can you do after these studies?
After graduating with a degree in Italian from the VIZJA University, you will have a wide range of career options open to you, including employment as a:
- translator in multinational corporations, translation agencies, or government institutions;
- Italian language teacher, flexibly adapting the form and content of classes to the needs of students, that is (children, adolescents, or adults);
- language and communication specialist in companies, publishing houses, or cultural institutions;
- language and cultural expert in the tourism industry, i.e., as a guide, tour guide, travel agency representative, for example;
- an independent entrepreneur offering language services.
This program
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Admission rules and regulations
Note: important information for 2025 candidates
Please read carefully the application procedures in line with the changes introduced by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2025.
Programme and structure of studies
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
(BACHELOR’S DEGREE)
The educational model is based on core courses in Italian Studies and three elective extension modules, namely: Translation, Business and Tourism, and Language Education.
FIRST
YEAR OF STUDY:
The first two semesters consist of directional courses that are common to all students in a particular field of study.
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Safety | 0 | 8/8 |
| Academic Skills | 1 | 15/8 |
| Anthropology / Introduction to Philosophy (Elective) | 5 | 30/16 |
| Basics of Social Communication / Introduction to Psychology (Elective) | 4 | 30/16 |
| Latin: Practical Study and Its Contemporary Importance for Philologists | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Lexicon and Reading) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Practical Grammar) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Conversation) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Writing and Stylistics) | 4 | 30/16 |
| Introduction to Linguistics | 4 | 30/16 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Basics of Intercultural Communication | 5 | 60/32 |
| Sports and Recreation | 0 | 30/0 |
| Practical Italian (Lexicon and Reading) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Practical Grammar) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Conversation) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (Writing and Stylistics) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional Foreign Language I (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
| Descriptive Grammar of Italian | 3 | 30/16 |
| Phonetics of Italian I | 4 | 45/28 |
| Socio-Political Issues of Contemporary Italy / History and Culture of Italy (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
SECOND
YEAR OF STUDY:
During the third semester, students continue with their specialization courses, which are designed to enable them to master a foreign language as quickly as possible. In the fourth semester, the student chooses one of three extension modules: Translation, Business and Tourism, and Language Education.
Third semester
Students choose a total of 2 electives from a pool of 4 in the third semester. The list includes the following: Entrepreneurship; Project management; Language acquisition; Psycholinguistics.
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreation | 0 | 30/0 |
| Practical Italian (lexis and reading) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (practical grammar) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (conversation) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (writing and stylistics) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language II (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| Phonetics of Italian II | 2 | 30/16 |
| Cultural studies | 3 | 60/32 |
| Morphology and syntax of Italian | 3 | 30/16 |
| Introduction to literary studies | 3 | 30/16 |
| Entrepreneurship / Project management (Elective) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Language acquisition / Psycholinguistics (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
Fourth semester
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Italian (lexis and reading) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (practical grammar) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (conversation) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (writing and stylistics) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language IV (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
| Italian literature I | 4 | 30/16 |
| Philologist's workshop: modern technological solutions and career prospects | 4 | 60/32 |
| Translation theory and techniques (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Italian (lexis and reading) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (practical grammar) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (conversation) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (writing and stylistics) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language IV (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
| Italian literature I | 4 | 30/16 |
| Philologist's workshop: modern technological solutions and career prospects | 4 | 60/32 |
| Basics of marketing and marketing in the tourism services industry (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Italian (lexis and reading) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (practical grammar) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (conversation) | 2 | 30/16 |
| Practical Italian (writing and stylistics) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language IV (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
| Italian literature I | 4 | 30/16 |
| Philologist's workshop: modern technological solutions and career prospects | 4 | 60/32 |
| Educational psychology and foreign language didactics (Elective) | 5 | 60/32 |
THIRD
YEAR OF STUDY:
The third year continues with courses specific to the three extension modules. From the fifth semester on, students begin an internship and the preparation of their own social project, which replaces the obligation to prepare a written bachelor’s thesis at VIZJA University.
Fifth semester
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Italian (integrated skills) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language V (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| Intellectual property protection and corporate social responsibility | 2 | 30/16 |
| Italian literature II | 2 | 30/16 |
| Project preparation methodology | 2 | 30/16 |
| Technological tools supporting the work of a translator (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Internship I (Elective) | 14 | 360/360 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Italian (integrated skills) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language V (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| Intellectual property protection and corporate social responsibility | 2 | 30/16 |
| Italian literature II | 2 | 30/16 |
| Project preparation methodology | 2 | 30/16 |
| Managerial competences (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Internship I (Elective) | 14 | 360/360 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Italian (integrated skills) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional foreign language V (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| Intellectual property protection and corporate social responsibility | 2 | 30/16 |
| Italian literature II | 2 | 30/16 |
| Project preparation methodology | 2 | 30/16 |
| Legal, organizational and methodological aspects of language school activity (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Internship I (Elective) | 14 | 360/360 |
Sixth semester
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Internship II (Elective) | 14 | 360/360 |
| Practical Italian (integrated skills) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional Foreign Language VI (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| Specialist Translations (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Social Project | 6 | 60/32 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Internship II (Elective) | 14 | 360/360 |
| Practical Italian (integrated skills) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional Foreign Language VI (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| Tourism Business of the Mediterranean Area (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Social Project | 6 | 60/32 |
| Subject name | Cummulative amount of ECTS points | Cummulative amount of hours (FT/PT) |
|---|---|---|
| Internship II (Elective) | 14 | 360/360 |
| Practical Italian (integrated skills) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Additional Foreign Language VI (Elective) | 4 | 60/32 |
| E-learning and Distance Learning: Modern Technologies in Language Education (Elective) | 3 | 30/16 |
| Social Project | 6 | 60/32 |
The content of the study program may change as a result of efforts to improve the quality of education and adapt the teaching offer to the current challenges of the labor market. Each change is approved by the University Senate and introduced with the aim of preparing students for their future careers in the best possible way.
Tuition fees
Fixed tuition - flexible payments
By choosing to study at VIZJA University, you can be sure that the tuition fee will not change throughout the duration of your studies. You can pay the tuition fee once for the entire year of study or spread over a semester payment. This allows you to decide how you want to plan your expenses.
Scholarships - easier than you think
While studying at VIZJA University, you can take advantage of a wide range of financial support from the state budget and European funds, as well as benefit from special discounts with VIZJA University discount program
You can submit most scholarship applications quickly and easily through your online account.
In the academic year 2023/2024, VIZJA University awarded 800 Rector’s Scholarships, ranging from PLN 400 /month to PLN 1000 /month, depending on the average or achievements. For outstanding sport, artistic or scientific achievements, the Scholarship Committee awarded scholarships of PLN 600 /month.
Detailed information on the possibility of applying for the Rector’s Scholarship is available in the dean’s system.
A sports scholarship may be awarded to a student who excels in sport achievements at least national level. In addition we also encourage our students to take part in additional support programs- eg. the National Academic Representation.
Young sportsmen can count on financial support in the amount of PLN 600 /month.
Detailed information on the possibility of applying for sports scholarship is available in the dean’s system.
A scholarship for people with disabilities may be awarded to a student who has a disability certificate, a disability degree certificate, a ZUS certifying physician’s certificate, a disability group certificate or a certificate of permanent or long-term incapacity to work on a farm.
In the 2023/2024 academic year, depending on the degree of disability, 350 scholarships for people with disabilities were awarded, ranging from PLN 1700 /month to PLN 1900 /month.
Detailed information on the possibility of applying for a scholarship for people with disabilities is available in the dean’s system.
The allowance is a form of emergency financial assistance. Any student who found himself temporarily in a difficult life situation resulting from random events beyond the student’s control can apply for it.The allowance may be granted twice in one academic year, and the allowance is not granted twice for the same random event.
In 2024, we granted 51 allowances for a total of PLN 255 000. The allowances, depending on the student’s situation, were paid in the amount of PLN 2,000 to PLN 5,000 at a time.
Detailed information on the possibility of applying for the allowance is available in the dean’s system.
2023/2024 academic year
800 Rector’s Scholarships
51 allowances
350 scholarships for people with disabilities
12 500 000 PLN was spent in 2023/2024 on scholarships
PLN 1,890,289.35 was spent in 2019/2020 on scholarships
PLN 2,911,662.50 was spent in 2020/2021 on scholarships
PLN 4,158,177.00 was spent in 2021/2022 on scholarships
PLN 7,829,950.00 was spent in 2022/2023 on scholarships
Rector’s Scholarship – highest average: 5,44
