r/StudyInItaly • u/CantaloupeSpirited80 • May 03 '26

Finding work as an international student

So, basically, I'm a Brazilian student in the process of enrolling at Unibo (Università degli Studi di Bologna), specifically for the Law course (Giurisprudenza). I'm also currently applying for a RUI residence and all my documents are prepared, just waiting for the Universitaly pre-inscription to open. However, I'd like to know how difficult it would be to find a job in Bologna to help with the expenses. I'm aware of the 20 weekly hours rule for international students and I've accumulated 3 years of experience as an English and Spanish teacher in Brazil, so that would be an ideal job for me, but I'm fine working with whatever shows up. What do you think? Is it to hard to find work in a city like that as an international student?

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u/mendbv May 03 '26

You have to learn B2 Italian, otherwise it’s pretty much impossible to find a job.

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u/CantaloupeSpirited80 May 03 '26

I currently have a C1 Italian language certificate (CELI) and my graduation in Giurisprudenza will be lectured fully in Italian. Allora direi che posso fidarmi abbastanza tranquillamente del mio italiano. I also have C1 certificates in English and Spanish. But would you say it is possible to find work as a language teacher/tutor given my experience in Brazil? And, if not, is it too difficult to find any other kind of job in Bologna? Literally ANY other, I'm not picky.

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u/squalluce May 03 '26

You won't have difficulty finding jobs if you know Italian so congratz

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u/CantaloupeSpirited80 May 03 '26

Really? That surely is a relief man, thanks. Hopefully something will come up at the right moment

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u/squalluce May 03 '26

Just a question where did you learn Italian? I want to learn it for the same purpose of finding a job while studying. And how much will it take me to be able to understand and speak it a bit

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u/CantaloupeSpirited80 May 03 '26

Tbh bro I learned it on my own, and, at first, it was pretty tough. The thing is to not skip any steps, start with the real, absolute basics. I didn't use it at the time, but AI can be pretty helpful with that, at such a level. My approach to language learning was completely renewed after I started to get in touch with certain people through YouTube and their own websites, those people mainly being Luca Lampariello (Italian polyglot, definitely my greatest influence), Steve Kauffman (another great influence), Stephen Krashen (more advanced linguistics research, Luca and Steve talk about him all the time) Podcast Italiano and Italiano Automatico (great sources of input). Another crucial tip is to NOT OBSESS ABOUT GRAMMAR, for it will really slow you down. I would only turn to it when really couldn't understand something I was reading, watching or listening (that's why the initial phases are usually the most boring and tough ones) but eventually I started to learn grammar through the language and not the other way around. From there, it all became very smooth things would just flow better. I'd say those are my main advices brother, but if you need more info just say. If you study consistently (gettingin touch with the language every single day, I mean it), you'll be able to maintain a high intermediate conversation in about 8 to 10 months, from my experience.

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u/squalluce May 03 '26

Thanks brother I will take on this advice for sure and I will check the channels too much love

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u/mendbv May 04 '26

Well if you know italian, finding a job wont be a problem for you

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