UCSC Charity Work Program 2022

3 available positions, destination reserved for the following Faculties Scienze della Formazione, Scienze politiche e sociali, Psicologia, Economia

4 available positions, destination reserved for the following Faculties: Giurisprudenza, Scienze politiche e sociali, Scienze della Formazione, Psicologia, Lingue e Letterature straniere

Applicants must submit their application within February 12th 2021.

To submit their application, applicants must:

a) register online, with I-Catt credentials, and pay the application fee (25 Euros non-refundable); you can register HERE;

b) send an email to charityworkprogram.CeSI@unicatt.it with the following documents attached:

1. receipt of the executive credit transfer, only if the fee’s payment was made by bank transfer;

2. application form (download HERE) filled out in all its parts; in the form it is compulsory to specify: form one to five destinations, in order of preference (according to your Faculty); lthe date on which you intend to take the English language test (for the dates and information on the language tests and for the further ways to demonstrate linguistic competence, see the section "Language and Language certifications” below);

3. Bachelor's Degree certification with grade (only for students enrolled in a Master's Degree course who have obtained a Bachelor's Degree in a University other than Università Cattolica)

OR

Degree certification with grade (only for students enrolled in a Master, PhD or Specialization School of Università Cattolica who have obtained a degree in another University).

Please note that students selected to participate in the volunteering program will not be able to apply for the future editions of UCSC Charity Work Program in the next years. 

To participate in the UCSC Charity Work Program, you must demonstrate knowledge of English. To register for the language tests, it is necessary to complete the registration procedure and indicate the date of the test in the application form.

Language tests will be held online in the following dates:

• Wednesday Januay 19th 2022 (registration witihin January 18th at 12:00);

• Tuesday February 15th 2022 (registration witihin February 14th at 12:00).

To take the test, you will need to access a link, which will be sent by email together with all the information for carrying out the test. The link will remain active from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on the tests days.

The Placement Test is divided into 4 sections (Listening, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary) and has a maximum duration of 50 minutes; it evaluates grammar and lexical knowledge, written and oral comprehension.

Please note that English test taken to apply for Exchange and Erasmus programs are note valid for UCSC Charity Work Program.

It is not necessary to take the language test if you have already taken a SeLdA Placement Test not earlier than September 1st 2020; if this is the case, please indicate in the application form the date and score of the Placement Test taken.

It is not necessary to take the test if you have a language certification that meets the criteria listed in the table below; if this is the, please indicate in the application form that you are in possession of a certification and attach the certification with the score obtained. Language certificates exempt from the Placement Test if obtained no earlier than January 1st, 2020.

ENGLISH

• Cambridge English Language Assessment, certificate and minimum level required: Cambridge English: Preliminary or higehr

• British Council - IDP: IELTS Australia Cambridge English Language Assessment, certificate and minimum level required: IELTS minum score required 4.5

• ETS, certificates and minimum level required: TOEFL IBT minum score required 60

• Trinity College London, certificates and minimum level required: ISE minum score required B1

• Pearson, certificate and minimum level required: PTE Academic 43

FRENCH

• Ministère Français de l'Éducation Nationale Enseignement Supérieur Recherche, certificate and minimum level required: Diplôme d' Etudes en Langue Française (DELF) B1 e superiori

• Ministère Français de l'Éducation Nationale Enseignement Supérieur Recherche, certificate and minimum level required: EsaBac

Please Note: for some destinations, preference will be given to those candidates with French knowledge (when specified in the project sheet). To demonstrate French knowledge candidates can send a French certification with all the other documents required.