International Student guide by LIbera Università Maria Ss. Assunta

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025

International Student guide

Deadlines, fees and procedures

Introduction

This guide is for students of Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) and contains the deadlines, fees and procedures valid for the academic year 2024-2025, in accordance with the Enrollments Regulation.

LUMSA guarantees to all students the possibility of enrolling in its courses, without any type of economic discrimination, ensuring resources, services and infrastructures for the implementation of the Righ to Education and the active participation of the students in the university life.

LUMSA is committed to maintaining, throughout the duration of the student’s course of study, the income bracket on the basis of the tuition fee table published on https://lumsa.it/en/welcome-office/fees-scolarships

The total amount of the tuition fees is divided into 4 installments. The possible withdrawal from studies after the completion of the enrollment does not exempt from the payment of the full amount of the tuition fees due for each academic year in which the student has been enrolled.

International students

International students residing in Italy must pay the tuition fees according to the tuition fee table published on https://lumsa.it/en/welcome-office/fees-scolarships presenting the necessary tax documentation to determining the income bracket.

For the academic year 2024-2025 international students residing outside Italy must pay tuition fees equal to the fourth bracket of the tuition fees table, plus the regional tax for the Right to Education.

Non-EU students residing abroad, for the enrollment, must possess a regular residence permit and a health insurance.

Application and Enrollment of Non-EU requesting Visa students

a) Bachelor's Degrees and single cycle degrees

The Bachelor’s degrees and the Single cycle degrees are all in Italian language and a B2 level of Italian is requested.

The call for application is generally published in Spring on the web page of each course: www.lumsa.it

It is recommended to contact the Welcome office to communicate the application and to be followed in the process.

Documents to be sent to the Welcome office to establish the eligibility

• To participate in selection, students have to send to the Welcome Office:

• Secondary school diploma with minimum 12 years of schooling with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Original Mark sheet with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Declaration of value (Dichiarazione di valore) of the secondary school diploma issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study or the statement of comparability Cimea www.cimea.it.

• Apostille / Legalization of the high school diploma or statement of verification Cimea www.cimea.it

• Copy of the successful completion of the academic eligibility exam (if applicable).

• Sworn/legalized translation in Italian of the study documents and of the mark sheet (if written in languages different from English, French, German, Spanish).

• A valid Italian language certificate with minimum B2 level (if any).

• Passport.

On

line admission test

Students have to register the personal data on https://servizi.lumsa.it/AddressBook/ABStartProcessoRegAction.do and book the on line admission test on the page of the course of interest (the system will require the payment of EUR 100,00 to participate in the admission test).

Italian language verification

Students have to submit to the Welcome office a valid Italian language certificate with minimum B2 level. Otherwise they must pass an Italian exam with the https://lumsa.it/en/language-centre

Letter of admission

In case of admission, the Welcome Office will issue a letter of admission to submit to the Italian Embassy or Consulate of residence.

Universitaly application

Students have to register and apply on Universitaly in order to request the Visa: https://universitaly-private.cineca.it/index.php/registration/firststep

Enrollment

In order to be enrolled, students have to present the original copies of the following documents:

• Visa for study (University Enrollment).

• Secondary school Diploma with minimum 12 years of schooling with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Original Mark sheet with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Declaration of value (Dichiarazione di valore) of the secondary school diploma issued by the Italian Em-

b) Master's Degrees

bassy/Consulate of the country of study or the statement of comparability Cimea www.cimea.it

• Apostille/Legalization of the high school diploma or statement of verification Cimea www.cimea.it

• Copy of the successful completion of the academic eligibility exam (if applicable).

• Sworn/legalized translation in Italian of the study documents and of the mark sheet (if written in languages different from English, French, German, Spanish).

• Health insurance valid in Italy and / or in Europe.

• Italian fiscal code officially issued by the AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE (or it can be requested before the arrival at the Italian Embassy of the country of residence).

• Registration of the personal data on LUMSA web site.

• Copy of the passport.

• Jpg photo of the face (for the personal page).

LUMSA may at any time request further documents for enrollment purposes.

All the necessary documents, once obtained, must be anticipated by email to international.admissions@lumsa.it for the evaluation. Students cannot be enrolled without the approval of the above mentioned documents by the Welcome office. After the approval of the Office, students will be invited to pay the fee for enrollment.

Application on line

On https://www.lumsa.it/en/apply-to-enroll students have to upload: valid passport, bachelor diploma (if obtained), last transcript of records, C.V., language certificate (if any), letter of reference, letter of motivation, etc..

Only if eligible LUMSA will require the payment of EUR 100,00 to go on with the selection and to pass the following steps:

a) On line interview with the President of the course.

b) Language verification.

If the students don’t possess a valid language certificate with the level required by the course, they will have to pass an language assessment with the https://lumsa.it/en/language-centre.

Letter of admission

In case of admission the Welcome office will issue a letter of admission to submit to the Italian Embassy or Consulate of the country of residence.

Universitaly application

Students have to register and apply on Universitaly in order to request the Visa: https://universitaly-private.cineca.it/index.php/registration/firststep.

Enrollment

In order to be enrolled, students have to present the original copies of the following documents:

• Visa for study (University Enrollment).

• Original final degree Diploma - or a certified copy - with Legalization (Apostille). The Apostille can be replaced by the statement of verification CIMEA (www.cimea.it). The degree must give access to the 2nd cycle of study (master’s degree) in the country of study.

• Transcript of the academic records with legalization (Apostille).

The applications for the academic year 2024-2025 are open from December 2023. Deadline for selections: July 31st 2024.

The applications for all the master degrees by international students non residing in Italy can be submitted on https://www.lumsa.it/en/apply-to-enroll

LUMSA offers 4 Master's degrees completely in English language:

• Marketing and digital communication - LM59: https://lumsa.it/en/corsi/marketing-digital-communication

• Management and finance and data analytics - LM77: https://lumsa.it/en/corsi/management-finance-data-analytics

• RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI – CURRICULUM IN International relations in the digital era - LM52: https://lumsa.it/en/corsi/international-relations

• PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE, FORENSE E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI – CURRICULUM IN Psychology of work and organizational well-being - LM51: https://lumsa.it/en/social-forensic-and-organizational-psychology

• Declaration of value of the completed final university degree OR the statement of comparability CIMEA (www.cimea.it) or the Diploma supplement in English that indicates the degree course, the duration, the number of credits (at least equal to or equivalent to 180 ECTS), the access to the 2nd cycle of study (master’s degree), issued according to the criteria established by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and by UNESCO. If the Diploma supplement is issued by a Non-European University, it must be Apostilled or legalized.

• Certified or legalized translation in Italian of the high school diploma, degree diploma, transcript of records (except for the documents written in English, French, Spanish, German).

• Any international certificate of the English proficiency (if any).

• Copy of the high school diploma.

• Health insurance valid in Italy and / or in Europe.

• Italian fiscal code officially issued by the AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE (it can be requested before the arrival at the Italian Embassy of the country of residence).

• Registration of the personal data on LUMSA web site.

• Copy of the passport.

• Jpg photo of the face (for the personal page).

All the necessary documents, when obtained, must be anticipated by email to international.admissions@ lumsa.it for the evaluation. Students cannot be enrolled without the approval of the above mentioned documents by the Welcome office.

LUMSA may at any time request further documents for enrollment purposes. After the approval of the Office, students will be invited to pay the fee for the enrollment.

VISA for study

Students can verify the need of a Visa on https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home.aspx. In case of admission, Non-EU students will receive a letter from LUMSA. In order to request and begin the Visa process they have to register and apply on Universitaly: https://universitaly-private.cineca.it/index.php/registration/ firststep

After LUMSA validation students can contact the Embassy of the country of residence in order to prepare all the necessary documents for the enrollment. It can be useful to bring at the appointment the Universitaly summary of the validation placed on the platform’s web page. Be careful: LUMSA cannot interfere in the Embassy/Consulate procedure or decision for the issuance of the Visa.

Application and Enrollment of Eu students non-residing in Italy

a) Bachelor's degrees and single cycle degrees.

Bachelor's degrees and single cycle degrees are all in Italian language and a B2 level of Italian is requested.

The call for application is generally published in Spring on the web page of each course: www.lumsa.it

It is suggested to contact the Welcome office to communicate the application and to be followed in the process.

With regard to foreign qualifications LUMSA strictly follows the Ministerial decree. In order to access to bachelor's degrees and single cycle degrees students must present a valid diploma with minimum 12 years of previous schooling that grants access to bachelor's degrees or single cycle degrees.

Documents to be sent to the Welcome office for the eligibility

To participate in the selection, students have to send to the Welcome Office:

• Secondary school diploma with minimum 12 years of schooling with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Original Mark sheet with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Declaration of value (Dichiarazione di valore) of the secondary school diploma issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study or the statement of comparability Cimea www.cimea.it

• Apostille / Legalization of the high school diploma or statement of verification Cimea www.cimea.it.

• Copy of successful completion of the academic eligibility exam (if applicable).

• Sworn/legalized translation in Italian of the study documents and of the mark sheet (if written in lan-

guages other than English, French, German Spanish).

• Valid Italian language certificate with B2 level (if any)

• ID or passport.

On line admission test

Once the documents have been approved by LUMSA, students must register the personal data on https://servizi.lumsa.it/AddressBook/ABStartProcessoRegAction.do;jsessionid=049505D30DC2EF742DA5C51A0C0B85F7.esse3-lumsa-prod-01?cod_lingua=eng and book the on line admission test on the page of the course of interest (the system will require the payment of EUR 100,00 to participate in the admission test).

Italian language verification

Students have to present to the Welcome office a valid Italian language certificate with minimum the B2 level, otherwise they have to pass an Italian exam with the https://lumsa.it/en/language-centre

Letter

of admission

In case of admission the Welcome Office will issue a letter of admission.

Enrollment

In order to be enrolled, students have to present the original copies of the following documents:

• Secondary school diploma with minimum 12 years of schooling with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Original Mark sheet.

• Apostille/Legalization in Italian of the high school diploma or statement of verification Cimea www.cimea.it.

• Copy of the successful completion of the academic eligibility exam (if applicable).

• Sworn/legalized translation in Italian of the study documents and of the mark sheet (if written in languages different from English, French, German, Spanish).

• Any valid certificate of the Italian proficiency (if any).

• Health insurance valid in Italy and / or in Europe.

• Italian fiscal code officially issued by the AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE (it can be requested before the arrival at the Italian Embassy of the country of residence).

• Registration of the personal data on LUMSA web site.

• Passport.

• Jpg photo of the face (for the personal page).

• All the necessary documents, when obtained, must be anticipated by email to international.admissions@lumsa.it for the evaluation. Students cannot be enrolled without the approval of the above mentioned documents by the Welcome office.

LUMSA may at any time request further documents for enrollment purposes. After the approval of the Office, students will be invited to pay the fee of enrollment.

b) Master's Degrees

The applications for the academic year 2024-2025 are open from December 2023. Deadline for selections: July 31st 2024.

The application for all the master's degrees by European students non residing in Italy can be submitted on https://www.lumsa.it/en/apply-to-enroll

LUMSA offers 4 master's degrees completely in English language:

• Marketing and digital communication - LM59: https://lumsa.it/en/corsi/marketing-digital-communication

• Management and finance and data analytics - LM77: https://lumsa.it/en/corsi/management-finance-data-analytics

• RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI – CURRICULUM IN International relations in the digital era - LM52: https://lumsa.it/en/corsi/international-relations

• PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE, FORENSE E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI – CURRICULUM IN Psychology of work and organizational well-being - LM51: https://lumsa.it/en/social-forensic-and-organizational-psychology

Application on line

On https://www.lumsa.it/en/apply-to-enroll students have to upload: bachelor diploma (if obtained), last transcript of records, C.V., language certification (if any), letter of reference, letter of motivation, etc.

Only if eligible LUMSA will require the payment of EUR 100,00 to go on with the selection and to pass the following steps:

a) On line interview with the President of the course.

b) Language verification.

If the students don’t have a valid language certificate with the level required by the course, they must pass an assessment online with the https://lumsa.it/en/language-centre

Enrollment

In order to be enrolled students have to present the original copies of the following documents:

• Original final Bachelor Diploma - or a certified copy - with Legalization (Apostille). The Apostille can be replaced by the statement of verification CIMEA (www.cimea.it). The degree must give access to the 2nd cycle of study (master’s degree) in the country of study.

• Transcript of the academic records with legalization (Apostille).

• Certified or legalized translation in Italian of the high school diploma, degree diploma, transcript of records (except for the documents written in English, French, Spanish, German).

• Any international certificate of the English proficiency (if any).

• Copy of the high school diploma.

• Health insurance valid in Italy and/or in Europe.

• Italian fiscal code officially issued by AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE (it can be requested before the arrival at the Italian Embassy of the country of residence).

• Registration of the personal data on LUMSA web site.

• Copy of the passport.

• Jpg photo of the face (for the personal page).

LUMSA may at any time request further documents for enrollment purposes.

After the approval of the Office, the student will be invited to pay the fee for enrollment.

Application and enrollment of international students residing in Italy and Italian students with a foreign qualification

a) Bachelor's degrees and single cycle degrees.

Students who regularly live in Italy and have a foreign qualification before any pre-enrollment must present their documents to the Welcome Office.

With regard to foreign qualifications LUMSA strictly follows the Ministerial decree. In order to access to bachelor's degrees and single cycle degrees, students must present a valid diploma with minimum 12 years of previous schooling that grants access to bachelor's degrees or single cycle degree. After the approval of the documents by the Office they can proceed with the pre-enrollment and selection and with the final enrollment by following the calls of application that are published on LUMSA web site each academic year.

To participate in the selection, students have to send to the Welcome Office:

• Secondary school diploma with minimum 12 years of schooling with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Original Mark sheet with Apostille issued by the Italian Embassy/Consulate of the country of study.

• Apostille / Legalization of the high school diploma or statement of verification Cimea www.cimea.it.

• Copy of the successful completion of the academic eligibility exam (if applicable).

• Sworn/legalized translation in italian of study documents and of the mark sheet (if written in languages different from English, French, German, Spanish).

• A valid Italian language certificate with minimum B2 level (if any).

• ID or passport.

• Valid residence permit (only for non-EU students).

LUMSA may at any time request further documents for enrollment purposes.

b) Master's degrees

Students who regularly live in Italy and have a foreign qualification before any pre-enrollment have to present their documents of study to the Welcome Office.

With regard to foreign qualifications LUMSA strictly follows the Ministerial decree. In order to access to master's degrees, students must present a valid Bachelor's degree that grants access to Master degree courses.

After the approval of the documents by the Office students can proceed with the pre-enrollment, any selection and with the final enrollment by following the calls for application that are published on LUMSA web site each academic year.

To participate in the selection, students have to send to the Welcome Office:

• Original final Bachelor Diploma - or a certified copy - with Legalization (Apostille). The Apostille can be replaced by the Statement of verification CIMEA (www.cimea.it). The degree must give access to the 2nd cycle of study (master’s degree) in the country of study.

• Transcript of the academic records with legalization (Apostille).

• Certified or legalized translation in Italian of the high school diploma, degree diploma, transcript of records (except for the documents written in English, French, Spanish, German).

• Any international certificate of languages proficiency (if any).

• ID or passport.

• Valid residence permit (only for non-EU students).

The University may at any time request further documents for enrollment purposes.

Enrollment in subsequent years

Students are required to register continuously in each academic year subsequent the one of enrollment until obtaining the degree. For the academic year 2024-2025, enrollment in subsequent years can be completed with the payment of the first installment of the tuition fees by October 9th, 2024. This payment is equivalent to an enrollment application.

It is recommended to make the due payments within the deadlines to avoid in the late payment fees or to not be able to perform any activity related to the career (booking of the exams, submission of a graduation application etc.).

Credits to be acquired to enroll in subsequent years

Students who, enrolled in the academic year 2023-2024 in a course of study, have not acquired by the autumn session of exams, (30 September 2024) at least 25 credits if enrolled in the first year, 60 credits if enrolled in the second year, 120 credits if enrolled in the third year, 200 credits if enrolled in the fourth year, will be enrolled for the academic year 2024-2025 to the same year of the course of 2023-2024 as "repeating" student.

In case of enrollment as "repeating" students, if necessary, a change of order will be made, ex officio, to allow the regular attendance of the new subjects provided by the study plan and with the recognition of the exams already taken if coherent with the new order.

Payments

The amount of the tuition fees for the A.Y. 2024/2025 can be paid in 4 installments according to the following deadlines:

• the first installment together with the regional fee for the Right to Education for first year students must be paid at the moment of the enrollment, in accordance with the terms provided for each course by the admission rankings or by the annual calls; while for students enrolled in subsequent years after the first one, must be paid within on October 09th 2024;

• the second installment by December 06th, 2024;

• the third installment by February 14th, 2025;

• the fourth installment by April 18th, 2025.

Please note: receipts relating to the paid fees must be kept by the students and presented, upon request, for every control purpose.

The regular payment of the tuition fees is a necessary condition to obtain the exams registration in the

career.

Students who obtain the recognition of the university credits obtained elsewhere or before, are in any case required to pay the tuition fees for the the full amount.

Students who are not in compliance with the payment of the fees, tuition, or any late payments fees and with the submission of the required documents for the enrollment may not:

• be registered for any “in corso” or "fuori corso";

• be admitted to the exams;

• obtain any certificate concerning the academic career for the period not in compliance with the payment of the tuition fees;

• obtain the transfer to another bachelor's degree or master’s degree course;

• obtain the transfer to another University;

• obtain the benefits provided by the Right to Education.

Students regain the fullness of their status only with the regularization of all due payments, to be carried out within the academic year.

Students who have obtained the enrollment to a year of university course are not entitled, in any case, to get the refund of the tuition fees (art. 27 of the Student Regulations - R.D. 4 June 1938, n. 1269).

Late payment fee

The payment of the tuition fees, which will be visible in the personal area of the student Mi@Lumsa.it, must be carried out within the prescribed deadlines.

The late payment fee is in charge of the students even for a single day of delay in payments. Please note that in case of a late payment fee, the students can not proceed with the booking of the exams, submit the graduation application, request the issuance of the certificates until the regularization of the administrative position.

The delay in the payment of one of the four installments of the fees automatically produces a late payment fee of EUR 50,00.

Reductions-refunds-benefits

Students who have a member of the family already enrolled in a course of study in LUMSA can obtain a 30% of reduction on the second, third and fourth installment of the fees.

To obtain this benefit students must submit a self-certification attaching the identity document by e-mail to economato.roma@lumsa.it (Rome office) or economato.palermo@lumsa (Palermo office) by October 09th, 2024.

If there are more than two students, the discount is applied to all new enrolled students. The reduction is applied only if all students of the same family group are regularly enrolled "in corso"

In addition, shall be granted upon request:

• 50% of reduction on the second, third and fourth installment of the tuition to students who enroll in the first year “Fuori corso” to take only the final exam/thesis;

• Subsidies for tuition and fees’ reductions according to specific calls published by deliberation of the Board of Directors.

Upon request, the sum of EUR 300,00 may be refunded to students who graduate within the regular duration of the course:

a) students enrolled in the first cycle’s degrees graduating by the summer session of the 2nd year “in corso” with top marks (110/110 and Honours);

b) students enrolled in the master’s degree courses graduating by the summer session of the 2nd year “in corso” with top marks (110/110 and Honours);

c) students enrolled in the single cycle master’s degree courses graduating by the summer session of the 5th year "in corso" with top marks (110/110 and Honours).

Enrolled "repeating" students cannot obtain the refund.

The refund request by students who graduate with top marks (110/110 and Honours) must be submitted within 7 days from the graduation, with a special form, to the Bursar Office or by E-mail to economato. roma@lumsa.it (Rome office) or to economato.palermo@lumsa.it (Palermo office).

There are financial advantages on the due university fees according to agreements between LUMSA and individual agencies.

It is possible to read the updated list and the criteria for the application of the Agreements at this link https://lumsa.it/it/convenzioni-con-enti

To benefit from an Agreement by November 20th, 2024, the enrolled student must:

• fill in the form for affiliated organizations, signed by the student, attaching the documentation demonstrating the membership with the affiliated agency;

• follow the procedure indicated in the https://lumsa.it/it/convenzioni-con-enti

After the payment of the 2nd installment, it will not be possible to submit applications for Agreements.

The application of the Agreements excludes the application of the discount for the second enrolled member of the family.

Course transfers

LUMSA student who wishes to change the course of study in which he/she is enrolled and wishes to enroll in another course of LUMSA must make a course transfer following the procedures indicated annually in the proper call, pay the first installment of the tuition fees for A.Y. 2024/2025 and, after the payment, contact the Students Office to arrange the payment of the administrative fees equal to EUR 120,00, non-refundable and that will be generated in the reserved area, as course transfer’s fee The course transfer’s fee is always due even if it is not necessary to take the entrance test to access to the degree course of interest.

Campus Transfers

LUMSA students who wish to make a campus transfer must contact the Student Office which will provide all the necessary information. The campus transfer requires a payment equal to EUR 120,00 for the administrative fees, not refundable.

The Campus transfer can take place only once in the student’s career.

“Repeating” and “Fuori corso” enrollments

“Fuori corso” enrollment is provided for students who, having followed the university course for its entire duration and having attended with regular enrollment all the classes prescribed by the study plan, have not obtained the academic qualification or have not passed all the exams required for the admission to the final exam/thesis.

Enrollment as “repeating” is provided for students who have followed the course of study where are enrolled in, and have not acquired the number of credits necessary for enrollment in subsequent years.

Students may enroll “fuori corso” or as "repeating", no later than October 9th, 2024.

Students who enroll “fuori corso” or as "repeating" after the date of October 09th, 2024 will have to pay, in addition, a late payment fee.

The subsequent fees’ deadlines remain unchanged.

“Fuori corso” students will not be able to complete a new study plan and will only have to take the exams following the study plan already approved.

In the event that the “fuori corso” students wish to modify the study plan, they must apply for an enrollment as "repeating" students.

Enrollment in single courses

Enrollment in single courses is valid only for one academic year. For the academic year 2024-2025, enrollment must be made by October 09th, 2024:

• for enrollment in annual single courses, students must pay a tuition fee of EUR 300,00 and a fee of EUR 150,00 for each course they intend to attend;

• for enrollment in single-semester courses the tuition fee is EUR 230,00 in addition to the payment of EUR 150,00 for each course that the students intend to attend;

• for enrollment in single-semester courses that take place both in the first and in the second semester, the enrollment fee is EUR 300,00 in addition to the payment of EUR 150,00 for each course that the students intend to attend.

Students who wish to attend single courses that take place only and exclusively in the second semester, must pay the enrollment fee of EUR 230,00 in addition to the payment of EUR 150,00 for each course and submit the enrollment form by February 28th, 2025.

Students who choose to enroll in both annual and semester courses must pay a single enrollment fee of EUR 300,00.

Enrollment in single courses is subject to a maximum annual limit of 30 credits. For the attendance of single courses, students are required to take the relevant exams within the extraordinary session of exams of the academic year of enrollment.

Students must contact the Student Office after having finished all the exams of the single courses. If the students intend to give up all single courses or only some of the single courses they are enrolled, they must notify the Student Office.

If no exams are taken, the amount of the paid fees cannot be refunded.

Part-time enrollment

At the moment of the enrollment or at the moment of enrollment in subsequent years, students enrolled “in corso” can opt for a study part-time contract, which allows the students to divide the effort required for each academic year in two years and to achieve a variable number of credits:

from a minimum of 20/year to a maximum of 40/year, instead of the 60 credits/year required normally, to avoid to go “fuori corso”.

Students who opt for a part-time contract commit themselves to undertake to all exams within a longer time than the normal duration planned for the course of study (e.g. if the duration of the course of study is 3 years and the agreed duration is 4 years, the course cannot be completed before 4 years).

The possibility of a part-time study contract must be assessed by the Student Office; the request must be submitted by e-mail no later than October 09th, 2024.

In the event that the conditions required by the Teaching Regulation of the course of study are met, students must contact the President of the degree programme for the part-time study plan’s approval.

Incoming transfers

Students from other universities can apply for a transfer to LUMSA as indicated in the specific call and following the procedure indicated in the IT dedicated guide https://www.lumsa.it/ateneo_ict_guide.

After entering the personal data, by accessing the Mi@Lumsa portal, students are required to fill the on-line application for a prior evaluation of the career and pay the transfer incoming fee of EUR 250,00. Later, students will have to take a career evaluation interview, previously submitted online, at the administrative teaching support office, which will proceed to an initial evaluation upon the year of enrollment and possible validations to be submitted to the President of the course for the approval.

Upon completion of the evaluation, students must submit to the university of origin an “Outgoing transfer request” and ask for the relevant receipt or authorization.

Once the transfer has been authorized, students must complete the enrollment within the deadlines following the procedure described in the specific call.

Applications for transfers will not be accepted in:

• year IV and V for single cycle master’s degree courses;

• third year for bachelor’s degree courses;

• second year for master’s degree courses.

Incoming transfers are not allowed for students who have previously interrupted their studies at LUMSA through an outgoing transfer and who intend to enroll again in the same course of study.

Outgoing transfers

Only at this point the student will be able to fill a specific study contract (available on the website www.lumsa.it - Servizi e opportunità – Segreteria studenti) to obtain the signature of the Student Office's Head.

Once the part-time study contract has been signed, students must send it to the Bursar Office by e-mail to economato.roma@lumsa.it, (Rome office) or to economato.palermo@lumsa.it (Palermo office), to obtain the amount of the fees necessary for enrollment, related to the credits established in the contract and determined in one solution in the tuition fees table.

After the payment of the fees, students must send by e-mail the study contract and study plan to the Student Office.

The application for a part-time option can be submitted only once in the career. It is possible, upon request of the students, the return to the full-time student status, only if the minimum term (2 years) for the complete conclusion of the academic year is passed as agreed in the part-time study contract

Students who intend to transfer to another university must be up to date with the tuition fees for all years of the enrollment. First, they must read carefully the procedure contained in the dedicated IT guide https://www.lumsa.it/ateneo_ict_guide and then submit the online application for outgoing transfer, supported by the identity document, by the authorization to enroll of the new University and by the receipt of payment of the departure transfer fee of EUR 250,00, between 22th July 2024 and 09th October 2024.

After the deadline, it will be possible to request a transfer under the following conditions:

• having obtained the availability of the new University (no objection to registration) and having proceeded with - if the application is formalized from October 10th, 2024 - the payment of the first installment of LUMSA tuition fee related to the for academic year 2024/2025, the regional tax for the rRight to Education excluded

• having obtained the availability of the new University (no objection to registration) and having proceeded with - if the the application is made after December 06th, 2024- the payment of the first and second installments of LUMSA tuituion fees related to the academic year 2024/2025, the regional tax for the Right to Education excluded.

After the deadline of December 30th, 2024, it will no longer be possible to apply for outgoing transfer. Students will have to access their reserved area Mi@Lumsa (https://servizi.lumsa.it/), Login and in the MENU at the top right on Student Area click on Outgoing Transfer Request. Students will have to print and sign the application for outgoing transfer and then attach it, along with the copy of the ID document (front/back) in the section of the reserved area in Career Attachments.

The outgoing transfer fee equal to EUR 266,00 (EUR 250,00 for the departure transfer fee plus EUR 16,00 for the duty stamp) will be automatically generated.

The administrative checks of the student’s career regularity will follow to proceed the actual outgoing transfer.

The transferred students will no longer be able to enroll for transfer to the same LUMSA course of study in which they were enrolled.

Interruption of studies

The interruption of the university studies is automatically realized when the students fail to pay of one installment of the tuition fees and suspends the activity for at least one full academic year.

Students who wish to resume their studies after a period of interruption of one academic year are required to request thr recognition of the career to calculate of the amount of fees to be paid.

Students who wish to resume their studies after a period of interruption of at least two academic years, are exempt from payment of the tuition fees (cf. art. 9, paragraph 5 d.lgs. n. 68 of 29th March 2012), but are required to pay a fixed contribution of EUR 300,00 for each academic year of interruption.

Students who are forced to interrupt studies because of serious and duly prolonged infirmities are exempted from paying the tuition fees for this period (cf. art. 9, paragraph 4 d.lgs. n. 68 of 29th March 2012), except the service fee of EUR 300,00.

Students who, enrolled in LUMSA courses of study of the old order (ex. D.M. 509/99 and previous), have interrupted the studies and intend to resume them with an enrollment in the courses of the new order (ex. D.M. 270/04), must verify their administrative position.

If the administrative position is regular the students can make a new enrollment for the academic year 2024-2025 without paying fees for previous years, but by paying a fixed contribution of EUR 300,00 for each academic year of interruption. If, however, their position is irregular students will be required to regularise any incomplete payments related to the last academic year of enrollment, as well as the new enrollment.

During the academic years of interruption of the studies, students may not carry out any act of the university career.

Suspension of studies

Enrolled students have the right to suspend their studies for the entire academic year in the case of:

1. voluntary civil or military service (VFI and VFT),

2. maternity or paternity,

3. several duly certified reasons.

During the period of suspension students cannot perform any act of the university career (they cannot attend classes and cannot take exams).

The request for suspension cannot be revoked during the academic year. Requests for suspension by students enrolled “fuori corso” are not allowed.

The request for suspension must be sent by October 9th, 2024 and an administrative fee must be paid equal to EUR 300,00 per year together with a fee for duty stamp of EUR 16,00.

The suspension shall take effect on the day in which the application is submitted and shall cease on September 30th of the subsequent year.

Students can apply for the suspension only once for the entire duration of the course; it can may be renewed for a second year only for serious certified reasons.

During the period of suspension the students are not obliged to pay the tuition fees. If LUMSA, through its teaching bodies, decides to deactivate the course of study in which the students were enrolled before the request for suspension, it will be timely indicated the course of study to which the students can transfer to continue their studies at the end of the suspension.

Career freezing

Students who do not intend to take advantage of the possibility of simultaneous enrollment as well as established by Law no. 33 of 12 April 2022 and by the Ministerial Decree no. 930 of 29 July 2022 may request the career freezing for:

• enrollment in foreign universities;

• enrollment in Italian military academies;

• enrollment in a PhD;

• enrollment in courses of study and university professional Masters;

• specialization courses for support activities to pupils with disabilities.

The proper form, downloadable from LUMSA website, must be submitted by October 9th, 2024. The application must state the reasons on which it is based and it must be supported by documents certifying the enrollment in a course of study of the type listed above.

The documents must be submitted to the Student Office, attaching the receipt of the payment of EUR 300,00 for each academic year for which the freezing is requested and with the fee of EUR 16,00 for the duty stamp.

An application for freezing shall be submitted only once and it is valid for all the necessary years for the completion of studies elsewhere. The student must be in compliance with the payments related to the enrollments in the previous years.

Ended or not the period of study for which a career freezing has been requested, students can return to enroll in the LUMSA course with immediate and free reunification with the last valid year of enrollment.

If LUMSA, through its teaching bodies, decides to deactivate the course to which the students were enrolled before the request for freezing, it will be promptly indicated the course of study to which the students can transfer to continue their studies.

Withdrawal and loss of studies

The withdrawal from studies must be expressed only by a written document, clearly and explicitly, without any conditions and without terms or clauses that restrict its effectiveness. It is a personal act and irrevocable and causes the annulment of the prvious university career.

In order to be able to do the withdrawl from studies, students must be up to date with the payment of the whole amount of tuition fees of the last year of enrollment.

In order to submit the online withdrawal, students will have to access their private area, Mi@Lumsa (https://servizi.lumsa.it/) login and in the MENU at the top right on Student Area click “withdrawal from studies”.

The online procedure to follow is available in https://issuu.com/l.u.m.s.a./docs/guida_presentazione_domanda_di_rinuncia?fr=sNzUwNzEwMTQ4ODY.

Students who have done the withdrawal, must request the return of the secondary school diploma, if submitted to the Students’ Office at the moment of the enrollment (only for enrollments prior to the academic year 2012-2013).

Students enrolled in the courses of study lose their studies, regardless of the renewal of the enrollment, if they have not passed at least one exam over a period of years equal to twice as the number of years plus one of the years expected from the normal duration of the course of study. For example: after 7 years from the the last exam in the case of a bachelor degree, after 5 years from the last exam in the case of a master’s degree and after 11 years from the last exam in case of a single cycle master’s degree. The loss works ex officio and the university is not obliged to communicate to students about their status of lost students or who wish to lose.

Students who have lost from studies, coming from another University, may request a new enrollment in the the first year with possible credit recognition to a course of study of order DM 270/04 activated by the University.

For LUMSA students, who have lost their studies, there is the possibility to to submit a duty stamp application for the resumption of the studies to the new order of the study course in which they were enrolled, by the payment of the first installment and of the regional tax for the Right to Education, plus the payment of a specific reinstatement fee of EUR 300,00 for each recovered academic year.

Graduating students

a) Students who are enrolled in the last year of the course and wish to graduate in the winter session of the academic year 2023-2024 shall not pay the tuition fees for the enrollment in the academic 2024/2025. If these students are unable to defend the thesis by the winter session, the last one for the academic year 2023/2024, they are required to pay the tuition fees for the enrollment in the new academic year 2024/2025 with the late payment fee.

b) Students are required to submit the graduation application and to pay EUR 136,00 as costs of issuing the Degree certificate (EUR 120,00) and the virtual stamp of EUR 16,00 related to for the graduation application, within the deadlines set by the academic calendar and that can be found in the dedicated section of the course of study’s page.

However, it is possible to submit, within and no later than 20 days from the deadline, a request to obtain the late submission of the graduation application. This request, addessed to the Rector, must be submitted to the Student Office specifying the motivation and by attaching the late payment fee of EUR 100,00.

The late payment fee of EUR 100,00 must be paid even in case of submission of the graduation application, without the payment of the stamp and/or costs related to the issue of the Degree certificate, within the prescribed time-limit.

c) Students who are in debt to the graduation exam only, and who have interrupted their studies, if they intend to resume their university career, they must submit to the Student office the duty stamp application for the resume of the career and pay a fixed fee of EUR 300,00 for each year od interruption, instead of the university fees.

If from the moment of interruption 10 years or more have passed, the fixed administrative fee shall be reduced in the measure of EUR 150,00 for each year of interruption. The same students, related to the academic year in which they apply for graduation, must pay fees in the ordinary measure of the year of enrollment, as provided in the tuition fee table, including any late payment fees.

d) Upon request, students who obtain their degree within the the summer graduation session under the conditions set out in the point “Reductions-refunds-facilities” can obtain a refund of EUR 300,00.

e) For students enrolled “in corso” and to the last year of LUMSA courses that have had access to the courses by October 2022, at the same time, to the achievement of 24 credits totally or only partially, as additional credits and not curricular credits, the regular duration of the course attended can be prolonged of a month (the student should graduate "in corso" in the subsequent summer session to the last one to graduate "in corso"

To take advantage of the additional semester students who are in the above conditions must submit an application to the Students’ office by 28th February of each academic year and the cost of secretarial services is of EUR 300,00.

Such extension of the duration of the course may occur only once in the student’s career.

Recognition of a foreign qualification

The evaluation and recognition of university study cycles and periods of study completed abroad and of foreign academic qualifications, are carried out by the competent educational bodies from 1 to 30 September 2024.

We recommend to check the purposes for which recognition is requested in our system before any assessment procedure is started, taking into account the different procedures in place in the Italian legal system and of the different entities responsible for such compliance.

Candidates who, holding a foreign diploma, wish to enroll in a course of study, also with a career abbreviation, must follow the procedure of the calls which regulate the access to the course.

Candidates who, holding a foreign diploma, request an evaluation of their qualification also with full or partial recognition, must apply for it and submit it duly signed in a pdf format, within the indicated period, to international.admissions@lumsa.it, with the following documents:

a) final upper secondary school certificate or substitutive certificate in original or certified copy, that is valid for admission to the University in the country where it was obtained. The diploma must be duly legalized or with by the statement of verification CIMEA;

b) an official translation in Italian of the certificate or of the diploma referred to in point a;

c) Declaration of value on the same diploma referred to the point a, issued by the Italian diplomatic Embassy/Consulate in the country to which the diploma refers or a statement of comparability issued by CIMEA;

d) Except as provided for the DPR 445/2000, a scanned pdf of the original academic diploma, of which the application for recognition is requested, also with by an official translation in Italian and declaration of value, issued by the Italian diplomatic Embassy/Consulate. The diploma must be duly legalised or accompanied by the statement of verification CIMEA;

e) scanned pdf of the original certificate with details of the exams taken abroad to obtain the diploma referred to in point d;

f) Official translation in Italian of the certificate referred to in point e;

g) pdf of the study programs (on foreign university paper and endorsed with stamp of the University itself) of all disciplines included in the foreign curriculum with their translation in Italian; the authenticity of such programmes must be confirmed by the Diplomatic Representation or Italian Consulate in loco;

h) a receipt for payment of EUR 500,00 for non-refundable procedural costs. In the reason, specify Surname, First name and the words “Expenses recognition for foreign diploma”; The full assessment may requiree from one to six months and the Degree Programme Board may request additional documents for the purpose of the assessment.

The Council of the degree programme will decide on the application.

If the application is accepted with full recognition of the study path taken abroad, the diploma will be issued with the payment of EUR 5.000,00.

If the application is accepted with partial recognition of the study path taken abroad, students can enroll according to the procedures communicated by the Welcome office and following the tuition fees table.

Enrollment in professional master courses and other training courses

The applications for first and second professional Master courses must be submitted to the Master School Student office, unless different instructions in the related calls.

The deadlines and amounts of fees and enrollment fees are indicated in the respective notices.

Once enrolled in a professional master course or training course, in the event of withdrawal, students are not entitled, under any circumstances, to a refund of the tuition fees already paid.

Installment payment of fees is only a facility granted to the students; therefore any withdrawl does not exempt the student from paying the full amount of thr tuition fees.