First Year Master’s Degree in Specialized Translation and Interpreting (LM-94)

ACCREDITATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• MINISTERIAL ACCREDITATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS obtained from the MIUR, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy authorize ICOTEA, as a Ministerial Qualified Training Institute, to carry out training activities recognized as suitable by Public Institutions.
• the CERTIFICATES ISSUED are valid in Italy and abroad, for freelancing, public competitions, career advancement, professional training credits and school rankings.
• ICOTEA is authorized for the CONTINUING TRAINING OF FREE PROFESSIONALS: Physicians; Nurses; Health Professions; Lawyers; Social Workers; Notaries; Accountants; Accounting Experts; Engineers; Surveyors; Surveyors; Architects; Geologists; Agronomists and Food Technologists. CMEs or CFPs will be validated upon completion of these training courses.
• ICOTEA is a CERTIFYING INSTITUTION for LANGUAGES thanks to authorization from Gatehouse for English, TELC for German, Herzen State Pedagogical University of St. Petersburg for Russian, and finally the University of Foreigners of Perugia for Italian.
• MEPA: ICOTEA is an Institution enabled by the MEF and Consip for the provision of training to Public Administration employees.
• ICOTEA has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFICATION by the RINA group to provide courses IAF:37/34/35.
• ICOTEA provides SERVICES to its students: FORMAZONE24H a national association accredited by MISE for intellectual professions; STUDENT SERVICES certification and degree issuance; TOMMASO BARONE an expert in Safety and Hygiene in the School and Public Administration sector since 1998; HELP DESK for professional growth and E-CONVERTER Interpreting and Translating agency.

Access Qualifications Master’s Degree in Specialized Translation and Interpreting (LM-94)

• No entrance test is required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic Mediation (L-12) or equivalent

Recipients Degree in Linguistic Mediation

• The Master’s Degree (LM-94) confers points for Public Competition.
• Master’s Degree in Specialized Translation and Interpreting (LM-94) can be evaluated as a cultural qualification for the school rankings of ATA staff and for the rankings of the second and third levels for Italian state quotas abroad.
• Mobility: the Master’s Degree awards points for mobility for public administration, teaching, and ATA staff
• In the rankings of Military Personnel, it confers points and is evaluated as a qualification of merit.
• The attendance of the Degree Course allows to obtain, by the Public and Private Administration, the recognition of exemption from service, with PERMITS for the right to study of 150 hours per year, within the limits provided by law.

Professional Opportunities Master’s Degree in Specialized Translation and Interpreting

• The two-year master's degree program in Specialist Translation and Interpreting (LM-94) allows students to specialized in English and French languages, and to be able to draft literary, legal technical and editorial translations or work as interpreters either in simultaneous, consecutive or chuchotage mode.
• Career advancement (rankings, public competitions and use of the PhD title);
• Free Profession (Linguistic Mediator, Cultural Mediator, Linguistic-Cultural Consultant in Info Points, Associations, Cooperatives, Companies, Agencies working in the field of immigration, Interpreter, Translator in congresses, in cultural, industrial, commercial and sports operative meetings, Tourist Guide, Tourist Supporters);
• Linguistic assistance in companies that interface with foreign partners, etc.);
• Public Sector (competitions in various branches of public administration or other entities: Municipalities Social Services sector, ASL, Consultants, Hospitals, Ministries, Embassies, Regions, Courts, Chambers of Commerce, Museums, Foundations, Prisons, Public Schools, UN, International Trade Office, FAO, etc.);
• Private Sector (Tertiary/Social Sector, Cooperatives, Service Companies, Web and E-commerce Agencies, Artisan, Industrial and Commercial Companies operating in Italy and abroad, Banks, Cruise Ship Companies, Domestic and Foreign Airlines, Travel and Tourism Agencies, Tourist Villages, Tour Operators).

COURSES AND EXAMS PROVIDED IN E-LEARNING MODE

• Courses provided in E-learning mode:
  • Within 24 hours since enrollment, you will be notified of the registration procedure and access key to access the ICOTEA e-learning platform where you will find all the lectures and exams of your training course.
  • To enroll on the platform you must click on "E-LEARNING": icotea.it - located on the site uni.icotea.it at the top right of the home page. Here you will be asked to insert: username, password and enable your biometric facial recognition.
  • Biometric facial recognition is an automatic system that checks that you are taking classes. To enable it, you will be asked to take a photo of yourself through the webcam on your PC or camera on the device you are connecting from. For the photo we recommend that you frame your face totally, without covering it with hands, hair, headphones or anything else.
  • The lectures are consequential. To continue with the training course, the student is required to follow the lectures by demonstrating his presence in front of the screen of their device. In this way they will be able to access the various intermediate and final exams.
  • You will have the support of a tutor who will follow you during your training course, responding within 24 hours to any questions or requests, which will be sent to the e-mail address icotea@icotea.it.

  Exams provided in E-learning mode:

  • Final exams consist of a series of multiple-choice tests and an oral exam:

  - You will be asked to complete a multiple-choice test via Icotea's e-learning platform.

  - This will be followed by an oral exam, administered by your course instructor, via ZOOM platform (you will be sent guidelines to dowloand ZOOM before the exam date).

  • The questions asked by the teacher will cover the topics included in the study plan of your training course.
  • -After receiving on your email the positive result of the final exam (non-intermediate), you will be able to download and print the end-of-course certificate directly under "my certificates" on your profile in the icotea.it platform. The end-of-course certificate can be downloaded and printed only after:

  - the successful passing of the final exam;

  - the verification of the attendance recorded on the login report;

  - the completion of the course

  - verification of the regularity of payments to ICOTEA training courses/services.

Study Plan Master’s Degree in Specialized Translation and Interpreting

I Academic Year: Teaching of modern languages, Linguistics, Italian Linguistic, Information processing systems, English language and translation, French language and translation, International Marketing, Business Law.

ECONOMICS ADVANTAGES AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Courses provided in E-learning mode:

• Within 24 hours since enrollment, you will be notified of the registration procedure and access key to access the ICOTEA e-learning platform where you will find all the lectures and exams of your training course.
• To enroll on the platform you must click on "E-LEARNING": icotea.it - located on the site uni.icotea.it at the top right of the home page. Here you will be asked to insert: username, password and enable your biometric facial recognition.
• Biometric facial recognition is an automatic system that checks that you are taking classes. To enable it, you will be asked to take a photo of yourself through the webcam on your PC or camera on the device you are connecting from. For the photo we recommend that you frame your face totally, without covering it with hands, hair, headphones or anything else.
• The lectures are consequential. To continue with the training course, the student is required to follow the lectures by demonstrating his presence in front of the screen of their device. In this way they will be able to access the various intermediate and final exams.
• You will have the support of a tutor who will follow you during your training course, responding within 24 hours to any questions or requests, which will be sent to the e-mail address icotea@icotea.it.

Exams provided in E-learning mode:

• Final exams consist of a series of multiple-choice tests and an oral exam:

- You will be asked to complete a multiple-choice test via Icotea's e-learning platform.

- This will be followed by an oral exam, administered by your course instructor, via ZOOM platform (you will be sent guidelines to dowloand ZOOM before the exam date).

• The questions asked by the teacher will cover the topics included in the study plan of your training course.
• -After receiving on your email the positive result of the final exam (non-intermediate), you will be able to download and print the end-of-course certificate directly under "my certificates" on your profile in the icotea.it platform. The end-of-course certificate can be downloaded and printed only after:

- the successful passing of the final exam;

- the verification of the attendance recorded on the login report;

- the completion of the course

- verification of the regularity of payments to ICOTEA training courses/services.