As a Master’s student, you will incur in automatic forfeiture if:- you do not pass any exam for two consecutive years, or
- you do not pass all the exams (except for your thesis) in four years.
In these cases, you are considered a forfeited student and cannot continue your studies in the same academic path. After forfeiture, you are allowed to re-enrol in the same Master’s degree programme (if this is still offered) without having to take the admission test (if there is any) or without submitting your academic records to an evaluation (when this is provided for by the rules of the programme).
A year of part-time enrolment counts as 0.5 / year.
Each year of non-enrolment counts as 1 year.
The rules on forfeiture provided for by article 15 of the Student Regulations are applicable to the students who first enrolled at Politecnico starting from a.y. 2016/2017. The rules on forfeiture also apply to the students who first enrolled 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 a.y., instead of taking into account the actual date of first enrolment.
If you incur in forfeiture and you want to enrol again in a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico, you must check the admission requirements, deadlines and enrolment procedure on Politecnico website: Master’s degree programmes 2020-2021. You are required to submit a new admission application from the Apply@polito platform.
If you were regularly enrolled in a Master’s degree programme at Politecnico in a.y. 2018/19, you probably still do not know if you may incur in forfeiture or not, since you may have some pending exams that you are going to take during the September examination session. You must check the admission requirements, deadlines and online enrolment procedure available on Politecnico website: Master’s degree programmes 2019-2020. You must submit a new application for admission from the Apply@polito platform.
You can request the recognition of the credits you have earned before forfeiture.
An appeal to the Rector for deferment of the terms of forfeiture is permitted in the event of serious and certifiable reasons.