alpha beta piccadilly is the Authorised Centre in South Tyrol for the renowned international Russian language exams ТРКИ-TORFL (Test Of Russian as Foreign Language).

These exams are run by Saint Petersburg University and certify the level of Russian as a foreign language following a system developed by the Russian Ministry of Education. The exams can be taken at our school in Bolzano / Bozen and are recognised by numerous universities and companies.

All St Petersburg exams are aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (A 1 - C 1) and candidates can choose to take any one of the six levels.

In order to pass the exam, candidates have to get at least 66 % in four of the five parts, plus at least 60 % in the fifth part. Should a candidate not pass one or two parts of the exam, they can retake those parts within two years of first taking the exam.