The University of Naples Federico II is the main university in Southern Italy and one of the most important in Italy (in the second half of the twentieth century the University of Naples is the second in the country in terms of size after the University Sapienza of Rome). Established by Frederick II (Emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily) through a generales licterae, it is the oldest state secular university in Europe. It currently has 4 schools: Science and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Medicine; 26 departments and 2508 among professors, associate professors and assistant professors.

In particular the University Language Center (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo – CLA) promotes interculturality and contributes to the development of multilingualism. It offers its services to students enrolled at the Federiciano university as well as to doctoral students and trainees, full professors and researchers, T.A. and auxiliary. It ensures curricular and extra-curricular language teaching and issues the certifications of the acquired language skills; carries out support activities for the recognition of training credits and for the achievement of internationally recognized certifications; provides consulting, training, updating, translation and professional qualification services for the University’s teaching and research structures as well as university and extra-university bodies and institutions. Finally, it develops and manages a field of study dedicated to the study of translation in its theoretical and practical aspects.