As a Bachelor’s student you may incur in automatic forfeiture in the following cases:
a) if, within two years, you do not pass your first-year compulsory exams which are required for admission to your second year of study. In this case you are considered to have forfeited and cannot continue your studies in the same academic path. If you intend to re-enrol in a new Bachelor’s degree programme at Politecnico you must sit and pass the admission test and conveniently place yourself on the ranking list.
b) if you do not pass any exam for three consecutive years, or if you do not pass all the exams (excluding the Final Examination) in six years. In this case you are considered to have forfeited and cannot continue your studies in the same academic path. As a forfeited student, you are allowed to re-enrol in the same Bachelor’s degree programme (if this is still offered) without having to sit the admission test.
A year of part-time enrolment counts as 0.5 / year.
The rules on forfeiture provided for by article 12 of the Student Regulations are applicable to the students who first enrolled at Politecnico starting from a.y. 2016/2017. The rules on forfeiture are also applicable to the students who first enrolled at Politecnico before a.y. 2016/2017 a.y., but in this case the number of years of enrolment is calculated starting from a.y. 2016/2017 a.y., instead of taking into account the actual date enrolment date.
17 July 2018 update
Forfeiture for a.y. 2018/2019
In a.y. 2018/2019 forfeiture is applied only to the students referred to in letter a)
Students NOT ENROLLED in a.y. 2017/2018
If you were not enrolled at Politecnico in a.y. 2017/18 and you have forfeited: you must sit the admission test in order to re-enrol in a Bachelor’s degree programme at Politecnico.Check the Calls for admissions to Politecnico Bachelor’s degree programmes for more information on the admission test and registration deadlines. Students ENROLLED in a.y. 2017/18 If you were enrolled at Politecnico in a.y. 2017/18 you probably still do not know if you may incur in forfeiture because you have some pending exams which you are going to take during the September examination session. In this case we recommend you register for the admission test as a precaution. You are allowed to sit your pending exams in September even if you have registered for the admission test. At the end of the September examination session:
- If you fail your exams and incur in forfeiture, you must re-enrol in first year of a new Bachelor’s degree programme. In this case you can request the recognition of the credits earned during the Bachelor’s degree programme from which you have forfeited.
How to register for the admission test: - log into the Apply@polito platform and register for the admission test;
- select 5 (five) Bachelor’s degree programme and rank them in order of preference. This order of preference can be modified in accordance with article 3, paragraph 2 of the Call for Admissions to the Bachelor’s degree programmes of the Enginerring area;
- confirm your data and submit your application; take the admission test and wait for the results;
- if you pass the test and are admitted to a programme, you must confirm that you want to enrol in that programme. Go back to the Apply@polito platform and pay the first instalment of your tuition fees (amount and deadlines are displayed by the system). Even if you do this operation, you are allowed to take your pending exams in September.
- after confirming your enrolment, Politecnico evaluates your academic records in order to verify if your previously earned credits can be recognized.
- accept or reject the credit recognition from the Apply@polito platform.
IMPORTANT: wait until all the exams you took in September are recorded before you accept or reject the credit recognition. This decision can be postponed until you enrol. After enrolment you will no longer be able to modify your choice (acceptance/refusal). - at the end of the September examination session, you will know if you have forfeited. If this is the case you must complete your online enrolment in the new programme from your Apply@polito personal page - Valutazioni/Evaluations section;
- upon conclusion of this operation, you will get a new student number and you will have to go to the Office of Student Services to check your documents and collect your Smart Card (the date of the appointment can be modified).
- within 10 days of the date of acceptance/refusal of the credit recognition, you must create your Personal Study Plan/Annual Personal Study Plan for a.y. 2018/2019. For this operation, log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal - Segreteria on line - Compila il piano carriera- carico didattico/ Fill in your PSP/APSP.
An instance to the Rector for deferment of the terms of forfeiture is permitted in the event of serious and certifiable reasons.