International Development Office
Rome, December 16th 2015
Call for Applications - Mobility 2016-17
Double Degree Program with Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Economics and Finance
Please note the APPLICATION needs to be completed through web self-service – please also see
HOW TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION
This call is open to LUISS students enrolled in the 1st year of the Master’s Degree in Economia e Finanza, majors in Finance or Economics, in the academic year 2015-2016;
Table of contents: A. General rules
B. Compatibility with other international programs C. Available slots D. Pre-requirements E. Application Procedure F. Selection G. Publication of results H. Acceptance I. Additional Points J. Further information
K. Checklist and dates to remember
L. Attachments requested in the online application
A. GENERAL RULES
LUISS has a Double Degree partnership with the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in the field of
Finance and Economics at Master level, hereinafter referred to as DD NOVA.
Participating students will have the possibility to attend courses and take their respective exams both at LUISS and at NOVA. If compliant with both universities’ rules and conditions, as for credits envisaged, attendance, deadlines, academic integrity, etc., participating students will receive two
Selected students will spend abroad the 2nd year of their Master’s Degree in Finance or Economics, a. y. 2016-17.
Students selected for the DD NOVA will be registered at LUISS during their stay at the partner university. They will not be required to pay additional tuition fees to the partner university, but they will continue paying tuition fees to LUISS.
All expenses related to the participation in the program, notably transport, accommodation and food, administrative expenses, expenses associated with securing a visa, medical/health/accident insurance, books and personal expenses, will be borne by students.
Students taking part to this program could receive an Erasmus+ grant, depending on the European Commission annual fund for Erasmus+. Further information will be available in Summer 2016. Students attending the DD NOVA are not allowed to request an official renounce of the registration in their LUISS career of converted grades of exams passed at the partner university during their mobility period.
B. COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS B.1. Compatibility with the International Student Exchange program
Eligible students are allowed to apply to the Call for applications for the DD NOVA and the International Student Exchange program.
Students participating to both Calls who will be selected for the DD NOVA must confirm their participation to the program within the established deadline as detailed in paragraph H. Acceptance.
If selected students confirm their participation to the DD NOVA, they will be automatically excluded from the selection for the International Student Exchange program and will be removed from the candidates list.
If selected students do not confirm their participation to the DD NOVA according to the rules explained in paragraph H. Acceptance, they will remain in the candidates list for the International Student Exchange program.
Students that completed an International Student Exchange program in the previous academic years are eligible to participate.
B.2. Compatibility with other Double Degree Programs
Eligible students are allowed to apply to the Call for applications for the DD NOVA and the Double Degree Programs with Solvay (only major in Economics) and Fordham MSGF (only major in Finance).
Students applying for the DD NOVA and the Double Degree Program with Solvay or Fordham MSGF will rank the programs according to their preferences at the moment of application. Please
note that this preference is completely binding and cannot be changed after the application has been correctly submitted.
Students will be selected for only one Double Degree program within their list of preferences and will be removed from the selection procedures of the other Double Degree program.
Students who are not selected for any Double Degree program can remain in the waiting list of both Double Degree programs. If they are recalled from the waiting list of any program (regardless of their preference) and they confirm their participation, they will be subsequently removed from the other waiting list.
Refusal or missing confirmation of the Double Degree program selection in compliance with the rules explained in paragraph H. Acceptance implies the official withdrawal from all the Double Degree programs for the a. y. 2016-17.
B.3. Compatibility with QTEM program
Eligible students are allowed to apply to the Call for applications for the DD NOVA and the QTEM program. Should they be selected and confirm their participation to QTEM within the established deadline, they will be automatically excluded from the DD NOVA and other Double Degree programs they have applied for.
If selected students do not confirm their participation to the QTEM program according to the rules explained in paragraph H. Acceptance, they will remain in the candidates list for the DD NOVA.
C. AVAILABLE SLOTS
The total number of available slots for the a.y. 2016-2017 is 2.
D. PRE-REQUIREMENTS
The DD NOVA is open to students enrolled in the 1st year of the Master’s Degree in Economia e Finanza, major in Finance or in Economics, in the a. y. 2015-16
Eligible students can apply if, within the official extraordinary winter examination session a. y. 2015-16 (December 2015 - February 2016), they:
will have passed at least 2 exams1;
hold a weighted average grade equal to or above 26/30;
hold a B2.3 in English language certificate such as: o International Certificates:
TOEFL min. 95/120 IBT,
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IELTS min. 6.5,
Cambridge: FCE - First Certificate in English, BEC Vantage – ICFE.
The mentioned certificates should not be older than two years: older certificates will be evaluated by the International Development Office before being accepted. o University certificate (produced by an University Language Centre), or a
self-declaration printed from the web self-service, o Bachelor Degree totally taught in English o International Secondary School Diploma.
Alternative certificates of language knowledge might be evaluated by the Commission. In case a LUISS student does not have a LUISS English language level issued by the LUISS Language Center (CLA) and does not hold one of the requested certificates of English language knowledge, he or she has the possibility to take an ad hoc test at the Trinity School (Accademia Linguistica, Via dei Mille, 35) before January 20th, 2016.
To register, please send an email to the LUISS Language Center (cc International Development Office) before January 13th, 2016, at 13h00. During the test the use of dictionary or other translation tools is not permitted. For further information about the test and the language level as stated by LUISS, please contact the LUISS Language Center (CLA).
E. APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The application deadline is February 15th, 2016 at 13.00.
In order to apply, students must complete the application form and upload the required attachments in the web self-service area of the LUISS website.
Students will be able to participate only if they are in regular time frame and have no pending administrative issues with LUISS.
Only applications accompanied by all documentation and received by the application deadline will be considered.
F. SELECTION
An Academic Commission nominated by the Dean of the Department of Economics and Finance will select students on the basis of a non-disputable evaluation.
The eligible candidates will be ranked after the analysis of their academic performance (credits, weighted average grade and English language proficiency, each weighting 50%, 30% and 20%). The academic performance will be calculated on the basis of the data available to the Student Office by the end of the winter examination session 2015-16. Candidates are responsible to check its accuracy in due time.
Please note that the academic performance will not take into account credits for Other Activities (including internships), identified by the code SJ1.
In case of ex-aequo, previous international mobility experiences, motivation letter and curriculum vitae will be considered.
G. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS
The selection results will be communicated by e-mail to the applicants by February 24th, 2016
(TBC).
H. ACCEPTANCE
Selected students will be required to confirm their acceptance through written notification within
one working day from the publication of results.
In case of refusal or missing notification by the deadline, the following candidate in order of waiting list will be recalled. Recalled students will be required to confirm their participation by written notice within one working day.
Every refusal received after the established deadline will be transferred to the Vice Rector for Teaching who will evaluate its motivations with the Dean of the Department and the Director of Teaching and Research, and will inform the Graduation Commission of those refusals deemed not properly motivated.
I. ADDITIONAL POINTS
The participation in this double degree program will provide additional points to the Final Grade of the Master’s Degree, according to LUISS rules.
J. FURTHER INFORMATION
Students can refer to the International Development Office (email: [email protected]; phone: 0685225.511; please, write to set up an individual appointment) for administrative issues and to Prof. Giuseppe Ragusa ([email protected]) for academic issues.
K. CHECKLIST AND DATES TO REMEMBER
Application Deadline February 15th, 2016 at 13.00
Deadline to register to the English Language Test January 13th 2016, at 13h00
Selection Results By February 24th, 2016 TBC
L. ATTACHMENTS REQUESTED IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION (all documents must be in English)
1. Certificate of proficiency of the English Language, or a self-declaration printed from the web self-service;
2. Curriculum Vitae;
3. ID Card or Passport, valid for the destination selected;
4. Most recent transcript of records, or self-declaration printed from the web self-service; 5. Motivation letter;
6. Passport photo in JPG Format; 7. Other certificates (optional).
NB: The attachments must be readable, scanned and not photographed, and named as follows: DOCUMENT_SURNAME_PROGRAM (e. g.: PASSPORT_ROSSI_NOVA).
