General Information

Specific requirements concerning curricula, duration of courses and number of units may vary form individual to individuai person and from program to program, on the contrary, general requirements for completion of the degree are:

Criteri d'ammissione

Study progress

Associate Degree max. 3 Academic years
Bachelor Degree max. 4 Academic years
Master Degree max. 3 Academic years
Doctoral Degree max. 3 Academic years
Ph.D. Degree max. 4 Academic years

(one Academic year is equivalent to 9 calendar months)

The student has to complete the chosen Study program within the period mentioned above.

Award of credits

Every passed exam is estimated in 5 Unit/CR. Works of Diploma, Thesis (Master Program) or Doctorate (Doctoral & Ph.D. Programs) in 10 Unit/CR. In exceptional cases, some exams or research works can be estimated in 6 or more Unit/CR.
Postgraduate Programs
UEP organizes post-graduate programs. These courses are directed by specific regulations which are available at each corresponding office.

Dismissal policy

A student may be dismissed from UEP for the following reasons:

o lack of achievement of progress;
o detrimental conduct of the student, towards other students, to staff and/or to the University;
o plagiarism, cheating and other violations of scholastical activity;
o non payment of fees.

If the student's Study Committee determines that the student is unable to complete successfully the Academic Program requirements, the President of the Study Committee may recommend that the student be dismissed from the University. Upon receipt of a recommendation for dismissal, the Dean of Students will notify the student to the Committee's recommendation and to the righi of appeal.

Re-enrollment

If the candidate was dismissed from the program for the lack of achievement of progress but he decides to re-enroll the Study Program, a registration ex-novo is required according to the regulations of the university. Twenty per cent of the credits previously obtained will be transferred. In exceptional and well documented cases, the Office of the Register can decide to apply a different rule.

Advancing in the Study Program

In order to pass from an lower to a higher course level, the UEP student does not have to present all the admission's documents again, but simply ask the admission to the higher course level to the Dean of Faculty through registered letter.