Italian Cultural Institute Cairo

The Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo lists its address at 3 Sheikh El Marsafi Street in Zamalek. The institute’s general Italian courses are aimed at adults and accept learners from the age of sixteen. Its teaching sits within a wider programme of Italian culture in Egypt. The Italian embassy also identifies the institute as a source of information about Italian higher education and Italian language certification.

How the Italian course levels work

The institute divides the A1 to C2 range into fourteen internal stages. Early levels are split into two parts, while the advanced C1 and C2 levels are divided further. A student who has completed a course called B1 elsewhere should therefore ask which internal stage matches their knowledge. Completing one local stage and completing an entire CEFR level can involve different amounts of study.

Each stage of the general programme is described as forty hours over eight to ten weeks. The institute publishes alternating-day evening schedules, a relevant detail for learners travelling to Zamalek after work. Students interested in an official language certificate can separately enquire about the CELI or CILS examination and the level they need. The general course timetable and the examination calendar serve different purposes and should be checked together.