Taking the PLIDA exam at Politecnico

The following information is applicable for the first Semester of a.y. 2025/26:

Politecnico di Torino organises exam sessions for PLIDA (Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri)  for the CEFR levels A2 and B1 for its students. 

PLIDA A2 - 12 November 2025, information available soon

PLIDA B1 - 12 November 2025, information available soon

Before registering for PLIDA through your PoliTo Languages page, you are required to create your account on the PLIDA website https://plida.dante.global/it/news/il-certificato-plida-diventa-digitale (button Clicca qui under the title of the page) with your PoliTo e-mail snnnnnn@studenti.polito.it.

 

Registration for PLIDA - Do I have to pay?
Absence from PLIDA - Do I have to pay?

PLIDA exam format (page in Italian)

In order to register for PLIDA, you have to:

  1. create your account on the PLIDA website https://plida.dante.global/it/news/il-certificato-plida-diventa-digitale (button Clicca qui under the title of the page) with your PoliTo e-mail snnnnnn@studenti.polito.it;
  2. register for the PLIDA exam only through your PoliTo page - Lingue/Languages Tab when the specific registration link becomes available.

In lack of one of the steps described above, you will not be able to take the PLIDA.

Please check the PLIDA session calendar on top of this page to learn about the time frame for registration for each PLIDA exam session.

The PLIDA exam is composed of 4 separate tests (see “What is the PLIDA exam format?”). The first time you register for the PLIDA exam, you must register for the full exam  and take all 4 tests.
You will be able to register for make-up tests within 18 months of your first PLIDA registration.
After 18 months, you will have to register again for the full exam.
 

Before registering for the PLIDA through your PoliTo page, you have to create your account on the PLIDA website: https://plida.dante.global/it/news/il-certificato-plida-diventa-digitale (button Clicca qui under the title of the page) with your PoliTo e-mail snnnnnn@studenti.polito.it.

Your registration for PLIDA is not completed if:

- you have not created your account on the PLIDA website

- you do not see the message of successful registration on your PoliTo page - Lingue/Languages tab.

If you have to pay for your PLIDA exam registration, after payment do not close your browser and do not click on any button until the message of successful registration is displayed on your PoliTo page - Lingue/Languages tab by the PLIDA registration application.

If you are ABSENT from one or more of the PLIDA tests (Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking) or from the PLIDA full exam, you can justify your absence: 

send a medical note to esamiplida.torino@dante.global stating that you are unable to attend the PLIDA exam or one or more PLIDA single tests. The e-mail must be sent within 5 working days of the date of the written tests or of the date of the single test(s) you have been absent from.
If you do not justify your absence by sending the medical note:
- you will be charged the cost of your PLIDA registration fee
or
- you will not be reimbursed the PLIDA registration fee 

PLIDA payment policy - Full text

Your PLIDA results will be available on the page https://certificazioneplida.dante.global/ as of the date indicated in the Calendar for each PLIDA exam session.