Requirements for students from other universities

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Below are the rules for enrolling in Master's Degree programme in Landscape architecture for applicants from others Universities.

To apply for our Master's degree programmes you need to fill out the application form, available on the Apply@polito platform.

You can apply for a maximum of two Master's degrees programmes: if you are considered eligible for both programmes,  you will only be allowed to enrol in the Master's degree programme which you indicated as your first choice. 

You can apply for admission if you have already graduated or if you are still a student and you have earned at least 140 credits by July 2023 (this is considered the minimum number of credits for the assessment of your previous academic records).

The deadlines for the submission of applications are illustrated in the deadlines section.

Failure to comply with these procedure and deadlines will result in your automatic exclusion from admission to our Master's degree programmes.

Admissions to the Master's degree programme is allowed only in the first semester.

Once the curricular requirements have been met, the methods for verifying the adequacy of personal preparation are as follows:

  1. Verification of weighted average marks
  2. Admission test (interview)

1. Verification of weighted average marks

Candidates for whom the weighted average (2) of examinations is greater than or equal to 24/30 regardless of the number of years taken to obtain the degree are eligible, without the need to pass the admission interview, after having sent their application via the Apply procedure.

The weighted average (1) is calculated on all credits with a grade in thirtieths acquired and useful for the achievement of the bachelor's degree without any rounding.

In the case of career shortening, the calculation of years must be increased in proportion to the number of CFUs validated (10-60 CFUs =1 year, etc.). 

(1) The weighted average is obtained by summing (grades x credits) / summation of credits.

2. Admission test (interview)

In the event that the adequacy of personal preparation is not met by means of the weighted average test, as indicated above, an admission interview is scheduled. 

The outcome of the admission interview will be announced on the personal page of the APPLY procedure.

Considering that the application for admission to the Master's degree may be made upon achievement of 140 credits and that the average and duration requirements may vary until the degree is obtained, the possibility is given to take the admission interview, in order to satisfy the requirement of personal preparation, even if the requirements are met at the time of application.

This possibility is offered in order to protect oneself in the event of a later deterioration of the average for obtaining the degree.

Enrolment

Those who have obtained eligibility and do not proceed with enrolment for a Master's degree in the academic year for which they have applied for admission must re-apply through the Apply procedure for access in subsequent academic years and, if necessary, take the admission test again.

Possession of the curricular requirements for admission to the Course of Study is automatically verified for those who hold a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree from courses in the following degree classes:


D.M. 270/04:
L-17, Scienze dell'architettura;
L-21, Scienze della pianificazione territoriale, urbanistica, paesaggistica e ambientale;
L-23 Scienze e tecniche dell'edilizia;
L-25 Scienze e tecnologie agrarie e forestali,
LM‐4 Architettura e ingegneria edile.

D.M. 509/99:
Classe 4, Scienze dell'architettura e dell'ingegneria edile;
Classe 7 Urbanistica e scienze della pianificazione territoriale e ambientale;
Classe 20 Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Agroalimentari e Forestali.

Fulfilment of the curricular requirements for access to the Course of Study is also automatically verified for those who have obtained a Bachelor's degree in other degree classes in Italy or abroad provided that they have acquired at least 45 CFUs in the following scientific-disciplinary sectors:

AGR/02 – Agronomia e coltivazioni erbacee
AGR/03 – Arboricoltura generale e coltivazioni arboree
AGR/04 – Orticoltura e floricoltura
AGR/05 – Assestamento forestale e selvicoltura
AGR/08 – Idraulica agraria e sistemazioni idraulico-forestali
AGR/09 – Meccanica agraria
AGR/10 – Costruzioni rurali e territorio agroforestale
AGR/11 – Entomologia generale e applicata
AGR/12 – Patologia Vegetale
AGR/13 – Chimica agraria
AGR/14 – Pedologia
BIO/03 – Botanica ambientale e applicata
BIO/07 – Ecologia
GEO/04 – Geografia fisica e geomorfologia
GEO/05 – Geologia applicata
ICAR/06 – Topografia e cartografia
ICAR/07 – Geotecnica
ICAR/12 – Tecnologia dell'architettura
ICAR/14 – Composizione architettonica e urbana
ICAR/15 – Architettura del paesaggio
ICAR/17 – Disegno e rappresentazione
ICAR/18 – Storia dell’architettura
ICAR/20 – Tecnica urbanistica
ICAR/21 – Pianificazione urbanistica
INF/01 – Informatica
ING-INF/05 – Sistemi di elaborazione delle informazioni

Within the limit of 10 cfu the Course Coordinator may deem the curricular requirement to have been met with the indication of any tied courses; if the number of missing credits is greater than 10 cfu the assessment will be subject to final approval by the Course Coordinator or Vice-Coordinator.

Any curricular integrations identified by the evaluator must be filled prior to enrolment in the Master's degree programme.

In order to make up the curricular integration, in the event that it is less than or equal to 60 credits, students must enrol in the in Single course enrolment for unfulfilled curricular requirements and subsequently attend the courses and sit the relative exams; this enrolment may only include in the annual personal study plan the courses assigned by the evaluator as an unfulfilled academic requirement.

Passing the admission test (interview) will allow, exclusively for those who have to complete the curricular integration, access also to the academic year following the one for which the admission test was taken (in any case after passing the exams relating to the curricular integration).

Commissions for the evaluation of personal preparation for admission to the Master's degree courses offered by the Collegio di Architettura' are appointed by Rector's decree.    

Those with disabilities and those with specific learning disorders (DSA) may request appropriate support by contacting the staff of the Special Needs Unit, which manages student support services (https://didattica.polito.it/disabili/it/presentazione).

Should the need to complete curricular integrations be identified, for the purposes of enrolment, any suitability acquired after passing the admission test shall be kept until the following academic year.

All those who have obtained eligibility, whose need for curricular integrations has not been identified, and who do not proceed with enrolment or with the advancement of the Master's degree courses in the academic year for which they have applied, will have to re-apply through the Apply procedure and, if necessary, take the admission test again for access in following academic years.

The results of the admission tests will be published on the Apply personal page in the "Evaluations" section.

Admission test

In the event that the average requirement is not met, there will be an interview with a specially appointed committee that will decide on the possibility of admission. The interview will focus on the following fields of knowledge

- landscape architecture, with particular reference to the design of urban open space
- landscape history and culture;
- plant ecology.

Place, date and time of the test are published in the deadlines section.

The outcome of the test will be announced by the deadline indicated in the deadlines section.