09 - Italy - Organisation of the academic year

In general, academic year starts on the 1st of November and ends on the 31st of October of the following year; actually, each faculty establishes the organisation of its academic year. In fact, the national legislation on the subject of university autonomy establishes that teaching regulations of each university and teaching regulations of the study courses should regulate the organisation of all teaching activities.

In particular, according to Law, such regulations, which should be approved beforehand by the Ministry, lay down the procedures to carry out exams, assessment of students' performance, objectives, times and procedures adopted by the responsible teaching structures for their collective planning, co-ordination and checking of the formative activities results, provisions on compulsory attendance, etc.

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Date: 2009
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