The examination for the third year is conducted in two different ways for attending and non-attending students.

Attending students have the option of taking two partial exams, one at the end of each semester, so that the final exam during the regular exam sessions for them is only oral.

Non-attending students and students who choose not to take or fail the partials will take the final written and oral examination in one go at the regular examination sessions.

As far as the written part is concerned, the exam for non-attending students is structured as follows (maximum scores are listed for each part):

- a dictation of four sentences, for which it is necessary to provide, in addition to the transcription in simplified Chinese characters and the translation into Italian, also the transcription in Latin alphabet according to the pinyin system with the correct indication of the tone, as well as the indication of the radical with which that character is catalogued in the reference simplified character dictionaries (e.g. Xiandai Hanyu cidian, 7th edition). The dictation section is worth a maximum of 8/30, but for students who indicate the original forms for all simplified characters there is an additional award of 3/30.
- a section on transcribing a cursive sentence into regular form (kaishu): max. 3/30:
- a section of grammar and lexicon exercises worth a maximum of 6/30;
- a section on translation from Italian to Chinese worth a maximum of 5/30;
- a composition of a Chinese business e-mail: max. 4/30;
- a Chinese to Italian translation of an article from Chinese language press (for this part only the use of the dictionary is allowed): max. 5/30.

The final grade will be compounded by an additional score (from 1/30 to 3/30 depending on the results obtained) for participation in extracurricular activities relevant to the study of the Chinese language and for participation in in-class dictation tests. However, this additional score will have to be defended in the oral test, which is diriment for the formulation of the final grade. The oral test may improve the grade of the written paper by a maximum of 3/30 and its passing is in any case decisive for passing the overall examination.