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