STUDENT GUIDE
(2025 - 2026)
Bachelor's degree programme in
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FOR FOOD SYSTEMS (change programme)
Location: Torino/Parma
Class: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
OTHER ACTIVITIES
LEARNING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Politecnico can recognize 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 or 12 credits depending on the activity. Politecnico can recognize more than one learning activities outside the University during your educational path.
You can ask for the recognition of external activities that you have carried out outside the University before your enrolment at Politecnico, but you must do it during the admission phase (credit transfer). After enrolment you can only request the recognition of activities carried out during your course of study.

Politecnico does not recognize any activity which lasted less than 50 hours (2 credits).
Politecnico does not have a specific list of recommended learning activities outside the University.
Politecnico can award you some credits if:
  • you participated in lectures/conferences/ courses, provided that the teaching contents, duration and testing methods can be clearly identified;
  • you won or were selected for a competition for ideas/design;
  • you attended a specific School (i.e, Summer School);
  • you have professional skills which are in line with the learning objectives of your degree programme;
  • you took part in workshops;
  • you have taken part in the Civil Service with tasks that are coherent with the learning outcomes of your degree programme.
You cannot ask for the recognition of the following activities:
  • internships;
  • professional licenses;
  • cooperation with associations;
  • scholarships;
  • computer licences (i.e., ECDL);
  • aptitude tests (i.e., SAT).
COMPETITIVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES
Politecnico can recognise this activities on the criteria outlined in the Dual Career Regulation, up to a maximum of 6 credits and once during the entire duration of your studies (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme).
Recognition can be requested only by students admitted to the Dual Career Program, as specified in Article 7.1.e (Annex 2) of the Dual Career Regulation. After completing the procedure described below and filling out all the required fields, your credits will be automatically recognized as soon as you accept the approval of the board.
PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT TEAMS
For the Bachelor's degree programmes, 3 or 6 credits may be awarded for team member activity or 12 credits may be awarded  for team leader activity once during the first level of study; for Master's degree programmes, 6 or 8 credits may be awarded for team member activity or 12 credits for team leader activity, only once during the second level of study.

Once the activity has ended, those who have actively participated in a student team can apply for recognition.
Information on student teams is published on the University website.
After following the approval request procedure on your personal page and filling in all the fields required for the team activity, you will have to wait for the team leader to certify the nature of the collaboration and the amount of time dedicated to it.
The request for recognition of student team activity can be made at any time during your university career, but the process must be completed before you register for the final exam. Requests for recognition that remain pending after you have registered for the final exam cannot be evaluated.

The student team activity provides for registration without a grade.
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGES (3 CFU)
Politecnico can recognize this competence only one time during the Bachelor’s degree programme
If you have a certificate of a foreign language other than the mandatory languages of your Bachelor's degree programme, you can ask for its recognition at any time of your academic career. The request shall be made through the portlet called “Approvazione attività esterne”/Approval of external activities", available under the "Carriera "/Career" tab of your personal page. You will have to upload a copy of your language certificate. 
The table with the list of languages and of the recognised certifications is published on the Polito Language Centre.
ProcedureTo apply for recognition, regardless of the type of activity, you must:
  • access the Carriera/Career - portlet Approval of external activities
  • Fill out all fields and upload the necessary supporting documents depending on the type of activity. For learning activities outside the university and Student Team activities you must upload the programme of the activity including activity description, duration and certificate of attendance/participation;
  • If you are requesting the recognition of an activity that you have already completed, please enter the start and end dates. If you are requesting the recognition of an activity that is still in progress, you will have to resend your request when the activity is over.
  • in the field "Note to the professor" specify if you are requesting the recognition of the activity in substitution for your free choice credits (also indicate the course/s that should be replaced by the external activity, if approved);
  • click Save and submit to send your request;
  • you can check the status of your request for approval of external activities at any time.
  • The Academic Advisor of your degree programme will evaluate your request and - in case of approval - will indicate how many credits are recognized and which course (free choice credits) is replaced by the external activity.
  • The number of recognized credits cannot exceed the yearly credit limit imposed by your enrolment workload (part-time or full-time) nor the overall credit limit of your Personal Study Plan.

If your activity is approved, you must:
  1. go back to the Approval of external activities portlet; 
  2. click the "View" button (referred to the approved activity);
3. in the next screen click the "Accept" button.
The procedure ends when you accept and the activity is recorded in your transcript.
IMPORTANT:
If the following message is displayed: "insufficient space in your Annual Personal Study Plan, contact the Office of Student Services", it means that you have already reached the maximum number of credits allowed in your APSP. In this case: a) If your external activity replaces some free choice credits, this replacement will not be automatic. You will have to contact the Student Careers Unit which will review your career and, if applicable, update your APSP. b) If you have requested to register your external activity as credit overload, the registration cannot take place in the current academic year as there is not enough space in your APSP. Your external activity will be recorded in the following academic year, after the enrolment.
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