Non-EU citizens resident abroad, who do not have an Italian residence permit, are required to pass an Italian language test before enrolling in undergraduate programmes, in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The date is set by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and cannot be modified but the kind of test may vary from university to university. If you want to know what’s the structure of the language test administered by the University of Pavia you can take a look at the following links: