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FREE CREDITS (8 CFU)
You can acquire free credits with the following
training activities:
You have to choose your courses within the following deadlines:
Design Unit 3: from 25th July to 29th September 2017 (merit ranking list)
Specializing Workshops: the time frame for the choice of the Specializing workshops will be published as soon as the course catalogue becomes available.
How courses (with merit ranking list) are allocated to students
After the deadline for course choice, Politecnico counts the number of students who have registered for each course with a generic code and tries to balance the number of students assigned to each course of the same type. This operation is carried out taking into account the merit ranking list and the preferences expressed by the students.
It might happen that several students with the same position on the ranking list choose the same Optional course, but places are not sufficient to satisfy all requests. In this case the course will be offered to those students who have the highest number of exams passed with honours; subsequently, remaining places will be randomly allocated by a computerized draw.
First-semester courses are alloacted to students on the basis of a merit ranking list which is calculated taking into account the exams that every student has passed within the July 2017 examination session.
Second-semester courses are allocated to students on the basis of a merit ranking list which is calculated taking into account the exams that every student has passed within the September 2017 examination session.
If you are participating in an outgoing mobility project, you do not need to express your preferences for the courses which are offered while you are aboard.
If you are participating in an incoming mobility project (double degree / Erasmus + / bilateral agreement) you do not need to express any preferences. You will choose your workshops and ateliers during the meeting with your Academic Advisors which will take place every semester before the beginning of classes. Free choice courses (workshops, ateliers) will be allocated to students by the Mobility Office-Incoming on the basis of available places and after consultation with the Academic Advisors.
The Master Course number of semesters is calculated starting from the first enrolment. The score is calculated taking into account only those exams that were recognized and validated by Politecnico di Torino.
How to indicate your order of preference
Course allocation on the basis of merit
You can indicate your order of preference only if you had previously included the names and the generic codes of the courses during the preparation of your APSP. The names and the generic codes are available in the curriculum of your Bachelor’s degree programme on the Teaching Portal. Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to SEGRETERIA ON-LINE, then select ACCEDI/ACCESS and click on COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP.
Upon completion of your PSP/APSP, you will be redirected to a new page. From this page you can express your preferences only for the courses which have a generic code in your APSP. You can set the order of preference using the arrows or dragging and dropping the courses, as illustrated in picture no.1:
- Specializing Workshops (8 CFU)
- Introductory Workshops (3 CFU)
- Reasearch essay (4 CFU)
- Design unit 3 (8+6 CFU)
- Learning activities outside the university (the number of CFU depends on the activity type)
- Competitive sporting activities (3 CFU)
- Student team activities (the number of CFU depends on the activity type)
You have to choose your courses within the following deadlines:
Design Unit 3: from 25th July to 29th September 2017 (merit ranking list)
Specializing Workshops: the time frame for the choice of the Specializing workshops will be published as soon as the course catalogue becomes available.
How courses (with merit ranking list) are allocated to students
After the deadline for course choice, Politecnico counts the number of students who have registered for each course with a generic code and tries to balance the number of students assigned to each course of the same type. This operation is carried out taking into account the merit ranking list and the preferences expressed by the students.
It might happen that several students with the same position on the ranking list choose the same Optional course, but places are not sufficient to satisfy all requests. In this case the course will be offered to those students who have the highest number of exams passed with honours; subsequently, remaining places will be randomly allocated by a computerized draw.
First-semester courses are alloacted to students on the basis of a merit ranking list which is calculated taking into account the exams that every student has passed within the July 2017 examination session.
Second-semester courses are allocated to students on the basis of a merit ranking list which is calculated taking into account the exams that every student has passed within the September 2017 examination session.
If you are participating in an outgoing mobility project, you do not need to express your preferences for the courses which are offered while you are aboard.
If you are participating in an incoming mobility project (double degree / Erasmus + / bilateral agreement) you do not need to express any preferences. You will choose your workshops and ateliers during the meeting with your Academic Advisors which will take place every semester before the beginning of classes. Free choice courses (workshops, ateliers) will be allocated to students by the Mobility Office-Incoming on the basis of available places and after consultation with the Academic Advisors.
(overall weighted average of the Bachelor’s degree *
180) + [(V1 * CFU1) + (V2 * CFU2) + (Vn + CFUn)]
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6 + Master Course number of semesters
The Master Course number of semesters is calculated starting from the first enrolment. The score is calculated taking into account only those exams that were recognized and validated by Politecnico di Torino.
How to indicate your order of preference
Course allocation on the basis of merit
You can indicate your order of preference only if you had previously included the names and the generic codes of the courses during the preparation of your APSP. The names and the generic codes are available in the curriculum of your Bachelor’s degree programme on the Teaching Portal. Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to SEGRETERIA ON-LINE, then select ACCEDI/ACCESS and click on COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP.
Upon completion of your PSP/APSP, you will be redirected to a new page. From this page you can express your preferences only for the courses which have a generic code in your APSP. You can set the order of preference using the arrows or dragging and dropping the courses, as illustrated in picture no.1:
You can repeat this operation until the deadline for the preparation of the Annual Personal Study Plan.
Update of the 4th of december 2017:
When indicate the preferences order of Specializing workshops
from the 4th of december to the 18th of december 2017 until 11,59 PM (merit-based course allocation)
Choice of courses with residual seats (after merit-based course allocation)
If, for any reason, you haven’t chosen your Specializing Workshops before the deadline, you will be offered the possibility to choose a single preference among the courses with residual seats.
Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to “SEGRETERIA ON-LINE”, then select “ACCEDI/ACCESS” from the box named “COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP”. The system will show the list of courses with residual seats, as illustrated in picture no.2
When indicate the preferences order of Specializing workshops
from the 4th of december to the 18th of december 2017 until 11,59 PM (merit-based course allocation)
Choice of courses with residual seats (after merit-based course allocation)
If, for any reason, you haven’t chosen your Specializing Workshops before the deadline, you will be offered the possibility to choose a single preference among the courses with residual seats.
Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to “SEGRETERIA ON-LINE”, then select “ACCEDI/ACCESS” from the box named “COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP”. The system will show the list of courses with residual seats, as illustrated in picture no.2
In this phase you should pay careful
attention to the course you are selecting. In fact, once you confirm your choice, it cannot
be modified.
SPECIALIZING WORKSHOPS (allocation on the basis of merit)
Specializing Workshops for the Master’s degree programmes of the Collegio of Architecture, Design, Urban Studies and Planning are allocated to students on the basis of thier academic achievement, taking into account the preference order expressed by every student and the number of places available for each workshop. We remind you that it will be possible to choose the Specializing Workshops before the beginning of the second semester. You will be able to indicate your order of preference only if you had previously included the names and the generic codes of the courses during the preparation of your APSP which must take place before the deadline illustrated in the academic calendar.
You will be allowed to express your preferences only if you had previously inserted in your APSP the following generic code: 01RQDPQ – Workshop.
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS (3 CFU)
If you are enrolled in any Master’s degree programme of the Collegio di Architettura, or if you are a student of the Bachelor’s degree programme in Architettura and in Architettura/Architecture, and if you anticipate first-semester courses, you can get 3 free choice credits attending one of the Introductory Workshop offered by Politecnico.
The Introductory Workshops will take place from 2nd to 7th October 2017.
If you want to attend these Introductory Workshops, you have to insert in your APSP the generic code that you will find on the Teaching Portal – Course catalogue - Curriculum.
Please note that Introductory Workshops are capped at limited number of places. Therefore, once the maximum number of places has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats.
When to choose your Introductory Workshops
From 10.00 a.m. of 27th September to 23:59 of 28th September 2017.
How to choose your Introductory Workshops
From the home page of the Teaching Portal, choose “MAIN” or “LA MIA DIDATTICA” tab. You will see the picture illustrated here below. In order to make your choice, log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal and select the desired Workshop. Please find here below some explanatory screen shots: You need to click on the desired Workshop from the home page of the Teaching Portal (tab “MAIN” or “SEGRETERIA ON –LINE”)
SPECIALIZING WORKSHOPS (allocation on the basis of merit)
Specializing Workshops for the Master’s degree programmes of the Collegio of Architecture, Design, Urban Studies and Planning are allocated to students on the basis of thier academic achievement, taking into account the preference order expressed by every student and the number of places available for each workshop. We remind you that it will be possible to choose the Specializing Workshops before the beginning of the second semester. You will be able to indicate your order of preference only if you had previously included the names and the generic codes of the courses during the preparation of your APSP which must take place before the deadline illustrated in the academic calendar.
You will be allowed to express your preferences only if you had previously inserted in your APSP the following generic code: 01RQDPQ – Workshop.
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS (3 CFU)
If you are enrolled in any Master’s degree programme of the Collegio di Architettura, or if you are a student of the Bachelor’s degree programme in Architettura and in Architettura/Architecture, and if you anticipate first-semester courses, you can get 3 free choice credits attending one of the Introductory Workshop offered by Politecnico.
The Introductory Workshops will take place from 2nd to 7th October 2017.
If you want to attend these Introductory Workshops, you have to insert in your APSP the generic code that you will find on the Teaching Portal – Course catalogue - Curriculum.
Please note that Introductory Workshops are capped at limited number of places. Therefore, once the maximum number of places has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats.
When to choose your Introductory Workshops
From 10.00 a.m. of 27th September to 23:59 of 28th September 2017.
How to choose your Introductory Workshops
From the home page of the Teaching Portal, choose “MAIN” or “LA MIA DIDATTICA” tab. You will see the picture illustrated here below. In order to make your choice, log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal and select the desired Workshop. Please find here below some explanatory screen shots: You need to click on the desired Workshop from the home page of the Teaching Portal (tab “MAIN” or “SEGRETERIA ON –LINE”)
Please note that Introductory Workshops will not be allocated to
students on the basis of their academic achievement. Therefore you should pay
careful attention to your selection. In fact, once you confirm your choice, it
cannot be modified.
Once the maximum number of available places for each workshop has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats. If all workshops are full, you will not be able to make any choice. If you had correctly inserted the workshop code in your Annual Personal Study Plan, but you were unable to choose it because the workshop is full, you will be able to modify the code and substitute it with other activities available in the Curriculum. For this operation, you need to go to the Office of Student Services located at the Castello del Valentino
Once the maximum number of available places for each workshop has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats. If all workshops are full, you will not be able to make any choice. If you had correctly inserted the workshop code in your Annual Personal Study Plan, but you were unable to choose it because the workshop is full, you will be able to modify the code and substitute it with other activities available in the Curriculum. For this operation, you need to go to the Office of Student Services located at the Castello del Valentino
RESEARCH ESSAY
The historical research essay is not allocated to students on the basis of a merit ranking list. When you prepare your Annual Personal Study Plan, you need to insert the name and code of the research essay, available on the Teaching Portal (Offerta formativa – piano degli studi /Course catalogue – Curriculum).
DESIGN UNIT 3 - (merit-based allocation (reserved to students who have already passed two compulsory design units)
When you insert in your APSP the Design Unit 3 (worth 14 credits), you can choose 6 credits belonging to your major and 8 free choice credits.
The Design Unit 3 can be chosen among the Design Units worth 14 credits offered in the first semester. The Design Unit 3 is allocated on the basis of the order of preference expressed by every student and of the number of available places.
There are …… student places for every Design Unit 3.
If the number of students interested in the same Design Unit is greater than the number of available places, allocations will be made on the basis of students’ academic achievement and preferences.
If you are interested in attending a Design Unit 3 (14 credits), on top of the other two which you have already attended, you need to insert in your APSP the following code: 01OXBPQ - Terza unità di progetto.
The calculation of the merit score is based on the exams passed within the July 2017 examination session.
When to express your order of preference for Design Unit 3
From 25th July to 29th September 2017 (merit ranking list)
The historical research essay is not allocated to students on the basis of a merit ranking list. When you prepare your Annual Personal Study Plan, you need to insert the name and code of the research essay, available on the Teaching Portal (Offerta formativa – piano degli studi /Course catalogue – Curriculum).
DESIGN UNIT 3 - (merit-based allocation (reserved to students who have already passed two compulsory design units)
When you insert in your APSP the Design Unit 3 (worth 14 credits), you can choose 6 credits belonging to your major and 8 free choice credits.
The Design Unit 3 can be chosen among the Design Units worth 14 credits offered in the first semester. The Design Unit 3 is allocated on the basis of the order of preference expressed by every student and of the number of available places.
There are …… student places for every Design Unit 3.
If the number of students interested in the same Design Unit is greater than the number of available places, allocations will be made on the basis of students’ academic achievement and preferences.
If you are interested in attending a Design Unit 3 (14 credits), on top of the other two which you have already attended, you need to insert in your APSP the following code: 01OXBPQ - Terza unità di progetto.
The calculation of the merit score is based on the exams passed within the July 2017 examination session.
When to express your order of preference for Design Unit 3
From 25th July to 29th September 2017 (merit ranking list)
OTHER LEARNING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Politecnico can recognize 3,4,5,6,8,10 or 12 academic credits (ECTS) depending on the kind of activity. Politecnico can recognize more than one activity during the course of your studies.
If you are going to participate or have participated in external learning activities (training courses, workshops, Summer or Winter Schools,…) which are relevant and coherent with your educational path, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page.
You will have to upload the activity supporting documents (agenda, contents and duration). The Programme Academic Coordinator will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
COMPETITIVE SPORTING ACTIVITIES (3 CFU)
Politecnico can recognize up to a maximum of 3 academic credits, only one time during the entire duration of your studies (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme).
If you achieve outstanding results in competitive sporting activities while you are studying at the university, you can ask for the recognition of this activity at any time of your academic career. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. As a general rule, the term “outstanding results in competitive sporting activities” refers to:
a) athletes called into the Italian national team of disciplines which have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
b) absolute champions or champions of division in Italian championships, or medalists in European /World championships in one of the disciplines that have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
c) athletes, couches or referees who have participated in top level national and international championships
d) students who have won the open competition for the Agon project promoted by CUS Torino
STUDENT TEAM ACTIVITIES
Politecnico can recognize 3,6, or 12 academic credits, only one time during the Bachelor’s degree programme and only one time during the Master’s degree programme.
If you are actively involved in a student team, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. The team leader will have to certify the nature of your collaboration and the amount of time that you have dedicated to it. On the basis of such information the Faculty member in charge of your Personal Study Plan (referente del piano carriera) will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
Further information on Student teams is available on: https://didattica.polito.it/team_studenteschi.html
Politecnico can recognize 3,4,5,6,8,10 or 12 academic credits (ECTS) depending on the kind of activity. Politecnico can recognize more than one activity during the course of your studies.
If you are going to participate or have participated in external learning activities (training courses, workshops, Summer or Winter Schools,…) which are relevant and coherent with your educational path, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page.
You will have to upload the activity supporting documents (agenda, contents and duration). The Programme Academic Coordinator will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
COMPETITIVE SPORTING ACTIVITIES (3 CFU)
Politecnico can recognize up to a maximum of 3 academic credits, only one time during the entire duration of your studies (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme).
If you achieve outstanding results in competitive sporting activities while you are studying at the university, you can ask for the recognition of this activity at any time of your academic career. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. As a general rule, the term “outstanding results in competitive sporting activities” refers to:
a) athletes called into the Italian national team of disciplines which have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
b) absolute champions or champions of division in Italian championships, or medalists in European /World championships in one of the disciplines that have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
c) athletes, couches or referees who have participated in top level national and international championships
d) students who have won the open competition for the Agon project promoted by CUS Torino
STUDENT TEAM ACTIVITIES
Politecnico can recognize 3,6, or 12 academic credits, only one time during the Bachelor’s degree programme and only one time during the Master’s degree programme.
If you are actively involved in a student team, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. The team leader will have to certify the nature of your collaboration and the amount of time that you have dedicated to it. On the basis of such information the Faculty member in charge of your Personal Study Plan (referente del piano carriera) will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
Further information on Student teams is available on: https://didattica.polito.it/team_studenteschi.html