Double Degree

If you want to enrol in a bi-national, or double, degree, the course offers something more than the Erasmus programme. Born from the same principles (improving linguistic knowledge, contributing to cultural exchange between different universities) this type of degree has several other characteristics that distinguish it.
The main feature is that it guarantees you a double degree, valid both in Italy and in the other country participating in the agreement. This means that you can enjoy the benefits available in both universities, while paying the tuition fees only in your home university.

You will attend the two universities in alternating years, agreeing on a study plan (LEARNING AGREEMENT) consistent both with your personal choices and the courses available. A tutor at both universities will assist you in compiling the study plan and the courses, structured in academic credits, will have a grade that is converted into the Italian system.
Among the teaching activities of excellence, we point out the possibility of obtaining a double degree with legal value also in France, Switzerland, Finland or the Czech Republic.
In fact, in the second year of study, students enrolled in Economics, Management and Institutions can follow courses for a semester (or, if they prefer, for the whole year) at the Universities of Rennes 1 (France), Tampere (Finland) or Fribourg (Switzerland), obtaining a double degree (from Italy and the host country).

These are the current possible destinations for obtaining a double degree in our Department:

• Université de Rennes (France)
• Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)
• University of Tampere (Finland)
• Masaryk University of Brno (Czech Republic)

All students interested in participating in the mobility periods for study within the framework of the agreements for a double degree (Brno-Friborg- Rennes -Tampere) must send an email to cinzia.chiarella@uniupo.it , with the subject "APPLICATION FOR DOUBLE DEGREE" by the deadline stated in the Notice, indicating:

• Surname
• Name
• ID (enrolment) number
• Email address
• Phone number
• Order of preference for locations (indicate with 1, 2, 3,4 the order of preference). Leave no mark –blank-  the locations you are not interested in:

Brno..
Fribourg..
Rennes..
Tampere..

Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Number of credits and average exams passed by the end of the winter session
• Previous study experience abroad under the Erasmus + program during the bachelor's degree or previous master's degrees (when applicable)
• Students will in any case be deemed suitable for a stay abroad for the purposes of obtaining a double degree only if, by the end of the summer exam session, they have passed
  • the integrated "Business and Public Policy" module exam
  •   the integrated "Public Economics" module exam
  • adequate knowledge of the English language.

You can choose to go for:

• 1st semester
• 2nd semester
• The whole year

To facilitate student mobility, our University will provide scholarships aimed at contributing to the expenses you will have to incur. It is therefore not a loan to fully cover the costs incurred but rather a CONTRIBUTION.

Although there is no specific minimum level of linguistic knowledge demanded, adequate knowledge of the English language and / or language of the host university where you intend to sit the exams and follow the teaching activity, constitutes one of the selection criteria for candidates. You can improve your level by using the language self-learning tools offered by our University “Rosetta Stone”. During the mobility period, you will be able to attend language courses offered by the destination university but you still need a decent starting point that allows you to calmly undertake your stay.

• Brno
• Fribourg
• Rennes
• Tampere

Together with the representatives of the partner universities, you will be guided in the choice of courses offered but REMEMBER, they must also be authorised by us:

• Brno

• Rennes
• Friburgo
• Tampere

The study period abroad will have full academic recognition. The University is willing to recognize that the study period spent abroad, including exams and other forms of assessment, corresponds to and replaces a similar period of study, even if the content of the courses may be different.

To obtain this guarantee, however, the Learning Agreement must be completed in time. It is the study plan that will form the basis for recognition of the exams you take abroad.

The form for filling in the Learning Agreement can be downloaded in this section; it will be completed, signed in Italy, and by the professors of the host University, and sent back to the Department's Internationalization Office, according to the deadlines that will be communicated to you.

Contact the coordinating tutor of the host university as soon as possible, to define your learning agreement.

Arrival dates must either coincide with the Orientation Weeks or coincide with the start of the lessons. The departure dates must coincide at THE LATEST with the end date of the exam session.

Contact the Internationalization Office to obtain this information.

If you are an EU student you are covered by the European TEAM health insurance and excluded from the visa requirement.

All partner universities have dedicated student residential accommodation; however, you will have to follow all the instructions sent to you for booking the residence or alternatively search for your accommodation yourself:

• Brno
• Fribourg
• Rennes
• Tampere

The mobility student is required to pay only those fees required by their university of origin within the deadlines, and need not pay any fees to the host university.

Upon arrival at the partner university, you must perform these tasks:

1. you must send by email the letter of confirmation or Certificate of stay, SIGNED AND STAMPED by the host University. Failure to receive this certificate will result in a delay in payment of the scholarship.
2. you can request an extension of the scholarship, however, up to a maximum RELATIVE TO THE DURATION OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR (i.e., until the end of the exam session). Only requests received before the end of the contractual period will be considered. The request is not automatically accepted and does not guarantee automatic payment of the relative sum.

The payment will be: 70% of the scholarship by the beginning of the academic year and the remaining 30% upon return of all students after 30 September.

Before returning to Italy, you must ask the host university for a "Transcript of records", i.e., a document certifying the results you have achieved. It is possible that the host university will prepare your Transcript and send it to Italy later.
Once in Italy you will have to present the documentation that verifies the period of study and stay abroad.
The documentation includes:

• the Certificate of stay, signed and stamped by the foreign University
• the Transcript of Records
• the Learning Agreement, signed and stamped by the foreign University

If you return to Italy before the period established by the contract, for proven reasons, you will have to repay the scholarship amount for the remaining days and / or months.

When the Internationalisation Office receives all the documentation, it will be forwarded to the Degree Programme or Department Council, which will approve the request. All approved activities will be included in your university career booklet, without programme additions or additional exams.

To get an idea of how your grades will be validated, refer to the grade conversion table.

It is necessary to have already made agreements with the Italian Supervisor, and to have, even if broadly speaking, an idea of the subject of the thesis in order to save time once abroad. In fact, at the foreign location, you will need to identify a co-supervisor.
Together with submission of the title, you will have to submit the data form relating to the FOREIGN co-supervisor "Thesis Supervisor Information", which you will find in the attachment, duly completed.
There are no material constraints, but those who leave for the Double Degree must have a basis in public economics, given the type of Master’s programme.

The instructions for completing the degree application are the same for all students (INCLUDING those involved in a DOUBLE DEGREE project).
The only exceptions concern:

• the date for submission of the title which can be presented upon return and which will NOT require the 6 months stated. ALL the other DEADLINES are to be respected according to the terms required of all other students!
• filling in the form relating to the FOREIGN co-supervisor "Thesis Supervisor Information", which you will find attached.

Of course, the only thing to keep in mind is that there are administrative times that CANNOT be taken into consideration. The graduation application must be submitted within the deadline. The transcript booklet, as indicated in the instructions, can be delivered within 15 days prior to the date of the thesis viva.
E.g: graduation date 17 July 2017, you must have submitted your graduation application on 17 May 2017, you can submit the booklet by 30 June 2017. By that date ALL CREDIT TRANSFERS must have been approved; therefore all documents relating to mobility (letter of confirmation, learning agreement, transcript of records) MUST have been acquired and evaluated by the internationalization office.
In the Forms section you will find all the necessary documentation.

Other information can be found on the University Partner websites.

FRIBURGO

RENNES

BRNO

TAMPERE