STUDENT GUIDE
(2023 - 2024)
Master's degree programme in
ARCHITECTURE FOR SUSTAINABILITY (change programme)
Location: Torino
Class: ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
COMPULSORY COURSES - ALLOCATIONS
Compulsory Courses - Allocations for students enrolled in a Master's degree programme 
As a student of the Master’s degree programme in "Architecture for sustainability" you can choose to attend this programme entirely taught in English or with classes both in English and Italian.
Compulsory Courses - Allocations for students enrolled in a Master's degree programme 
As a student of the Master’s degree programme in "Architecture for heritage" you can choose to attend this programme entirely taught in English or with classes both in English and Italian.
English-taught learning path
If you want to attend this path, you must specify it when you define your Personal Study Plan/ Annual Personal Study Plan by 24th September 2023.
Your Personal Study Plan will contain the generic codes of the various types of courses. By the same deadline you must also define your Annual Personal Study Plan and enter the generic codes of the various courses that you want to take.  Course allocations will take place according to a merit criterion based on the order of preference that each student expressed during the creation of the Annual Personal Study Plan.  
Learning path offered both in English and Italian
If you want to attend this path, you must specify it when you define your Personal Study Plan/ Annual Personal Study Plan within 24thSeptember 2023.
Your Personal Study Plan will contain the generic codes of the various types of courses. By the same deadline you must also define your Annual Personal Study Plan and enter the generic codes of the various courses that you want to take. 
Course allocations will take place according to a merit criterion based on the order of preference that each student expressed during the creation of the Annual Personal Study Plan. For this reason, you could be assigned to courses in Italian and in English, only courses in Italian or only courses in English, on the basis of the order of preference that you have indicated and of the merit criterion.
Notice for all merit-based course allocations  
You are required to express your course preferences through the procedure for the definition of the Personal Study Plan - Annual Personal Study Plan indicated below.
How to rank your courses in order of preference
You must make sure you have included in your APSP the course titles and the generic codes of each type of course of your Master's degree programme. You can find the course titles and codes on the Teaching Portal: course catalogue – Master’s degree programmes – name of your programme – Course programme (curriculum). To express your order of preferences, log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to “Segreteria online”/"On line services" TAB, choose the “Create your PSP/APSP” PORTLET.

If you have not been able to express your order of preference before the deadline, you will have the possibility to compete for a place in the courses that still have some places available during a second phase from 3rd to 4th of October.  The second phase will be activated only if there are at least two courses with available places. Otherwise, course allocations will be automatic. 

Allocations of courses assigned to students taking into account their merit score and their order of preference cannot be changed under any circumstances.
Allocations will take place with the following order:
  • Allocations of students enrolled in an English-taught programme
  • Allocations of students enrolled in a blended programme taught both in English and Italian
Course allocations method
After the deadline for expressing the preferences, Politecnico counts how many students have chosen each generic code. This number is equally distributed so that places in each course are offered to students taking into account their preferences and their position on the ranking list. 
If several students with the same position on the ranking list have chosen the same course but the number of available places is insufficient to satisfy all demands, places in the course will be offered taking into account the number of exams passed with honors by each student, and (subsequently) by random computerized drawing. 
For the allocation of first-semester courses: the calculation of merit takes into account the exams taken by each student by the end of the Summer examination session (July 2023).
For the allocation of second-semester courses: the calculation of merit takes into account the exams taken by each student by the end of the Autumn examination session (September 2023).
Calculation of the merit score
The merit ranking will be calculated as follows:
Students already enrolled in the Master's degree programme
Calculation of merit score:
(overall weighted average of the three-year degree * 180) + [(V1 * CFU1) + (V2 * CFU2) + (Vn * CFUn)] ________________________________________________________________________________________
6 + number of semesters of enrollment in the Master's degree programme.
The number 6 refers to the minimum number of semesters necessary for the achievement of the Bachelor's degree programme.
The calculation of the number of semesters starts from the first enrolment in the Master's degree programme; for the calculation of the score, only the exams validated by the Politecnico di Torino are considered.
When to rank courses in order of preference
Students need to rank their courses in order of preference in accordance with the deadlines of the following table.
 
Students enrolled in the blended programme taught both in English and Italian
Year Generic code Course denomination semester start date end date
102VLXPXAtelier 1120/07/202324/09/2023
133ICWPXInsegnamento a scelta da Tabella 1120/07/202324/09/2023
101VLMPXSeminari introduttivi da Tabella A120/07/202324/09/2023
101VLRPXSeminari introduttivi da Tabella B120/07/202324/09/2023
128OBVPXInsegnamento a scelta da Tabella 2220/07/202324/09/2023
102VMDPXAtelier 2206/02/202411/02/2024
102VMMPX Atelier 3 206/02/2024  11/02/2024
 201VOBPXAtelier 4  - Architettura e Innovazione120/07/2023 24/09/2023 
 2 06IFJPX Insegnamento a scelta da Tabella 3 1 20/07/202324/09/2023 
 2 07IENPX Insegnamento a scelta da Tabella 4 1 20/07/202324/09/2023 
Students enrolled in the English-taught programme:
Year Generic code Course denomination semester start date end date
103VLXPXAtelier 1120/07/202324/09/2023
102DWUPXIntroductory Seminars from Table A120/07/202324/09/2023
101VLYPXIntroductory Seminars from Table B120/07/202324/09/2023
103VMDPXAtelier 2206/02/202411/02/2024
103VMMPXAtelier 3206/02/202411/02/2024
201VOCPXAtelier 4 - Architecture and Innovation 120/07/202324/09/2023
In any case students must have included the generic codes of these courses in their Annual Personal Study Plan and they must have ranked the courses in order of preference by 24th September 2023.
Students taking part in an outgoing mobility project must not express any preferences regarding Polito courses that are offered while they are abroad.

Students taking part in an incoming mobility project (double degree / Erasmus + / bilateral agreement) must contact the Incoming Mobility Office for advice on this issue.
Special cases
Please find here below the courses with mandatory allocations
Introductory seminars from Table A and Table BIntroductory Seminars from Table A and Table B are assigned to students according to a merit criterion and to the order of preference that each student expressed during the creation of the Annual Personal Study Plan. 
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Students who advance some Master's courses
Students enrolled in the Bachelor's degree programme who meet the requirements and advance some courses of their future Master's degree programme will be able to rank in order of preference only the first-semester coursesof their Master's first year when they create their Personal Study Plan / Annual Personal Study Plan. Allocations are based on a merit ranking list.
When to rank courses in order of preference
from 20th July 2023 to 17th September 2023
If for any reason you do not express your course preferences during the specified time frame, you will have the possibility to specify your order of prefrence among the courses that have residual places in a second phase (from  3rd to  4thOctober 2023).The second phase will be activated only if there are at least two courses/atelier with available places. Otherwise, course allocations will be automatic.
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If you have advanced some Master’s courses, you can express the order of preference for your second-semester courses during a time frame to be definedprovided that you have attained your Bachelor's degree and after you enrol  in your Master’s degree programme according to the table below.
You are allowed to express your preferences exclusively among the courses with residual places.
Bachelor's degree awarded inExpression of preferences among courses with available places
fromto
December 202306/02/202411/02/2024
February 2024to be definedto be defined
Calculation of the merit score
The merit ranking list is calculated as follows:
Students enrolled in a Bachelor's degree programme who advance Master's courses
Calculation of the merit score

(GR1 * CFU1) + (GR2 * CFU2) + (GRn * CFUn) + (overall average grade * CFU pass-or-fail exams)
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number of semesters since first enrolment in the university system
How to rank courses in order of preference (for students enrolled in the Master's degree programme and for Bachelor's students who advance Master's courses)
Merit-based allocation
After creating your Personal Study Plan / Annual Personal Study Plan you will be redirected to a new page displaying the possible choices (exclusively for the generic codes already included in your APSP). You can rank the courses in order of preference using the arrows or dragging and dropping them in the desired position, as illustrated in picture 1. 
Picture 1
You can repeat this operation as many times as you wish until the closing date of the time frame for expressing the order of preference. 
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