As a Master’s student you may incur in automatic forfeiture if:
- you do not pass any exam for two consecutive years, or
- you do not pass all the exams (excluding the Final Examination) in four years.
In these cases 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 Master’s degree programme (if this is still offered) without having to sit the admission test (if any).
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 in a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico starting from a.y. 2016/2017. The rules on forfeiture are also applicable to the students who first enrolled in a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico before a.y. 2016/2017, but in this case the number of years of enrolment is
calculated starting from a.y. 2016/2017, instead of taking into account the actual date of enrolment.
17 July 2018 update
Forfeiture for a.y. 2018/2019
In a.y. 2018/2019 forfeiture is applied only to students who did not pass any exam for two consecutive years (2016/2017 and 2017/2018).
Students NOT ENROLLED in a.y. 2017/2018
If you were not enrolled at Politecnico in a.y. 2017/18 and you have forfeited but you want to enrol again in a Master’s degree programme offered by Politecnico:
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 may have some pending exams which you are going to take in the September examination session.
In this case we recommend you:
- apply for admission from the Apply@polito platform as a precaution.
You are allowed to sit your pending exams in September even if you have submitted your application for admission. At the end of the September examination session:
- if you meet the requirements to continue your studies, you will not incur in forfeiture and you can follow the standard procedure for the creation of your Personal Study Plan/ Annual Personal Study Plan and for enrolment in a.y. 2018/19.
- If you incur in forfeiture, you can enrol in first year of a new Master’s degree programme following the standard application procedure for admission to Politecnico. When you forfeit and begin a new academic path, you can request the recognition of the credits earned during the Master’s degree programme from which you have forfeited.
How to apply for admission from Apply@polito
- submit your application from the Apply@polito platform. More information on the application process is available at: https://didattica.polito.it/lauree_magistrali/2019/it/procedura_iscrizione_ingegneria
- Wait for the outcome of your application which will become available on your Apply@polito personal page under the “ Valutazioni/Evaluations” section. If you are admitted, follow the procedure for online enrolment.
- upon conclusion of online enrolment, 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.