International Development Office Rome, December 16 th, 2015 Call for Applications - Mobility 2017-18 Double Degree Program with Université Paris Dauphine Department of Business and Management Department of Economics and Finance ONLY FOR LUISS APPLICANTS 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 3 rd year of the Bachelor s Degree in Economia e Management or in Economics and Business in the academic year 2015-16. Students enrolled in the 3 rd year of the Bachelor s Degree in the fields of Economics, Finance, Business and Management from other Universities, in compliance with the Admission Procedure for LUISS Master s Degree Programs 1. 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 1 Once received the applications, the previous academic background of this category of applicants will be evaluated on a case by case basis. - 1 -
A. GENERAL RULES LUISS has a Double Degree partnership with the Université Paris Dauphine in the field of Management at Master level, hereinafter referred to as DD DAUPHINE. Participating students will have the possibility to attend courses and take their respective exams both at LUISS and at the Université Paris Dauphine. If compliant with both universities rules and conditions, as for credits envisaged, attendance, deadlines, academic integrity, etc., participating students will receive two degrees, which will be issued according to each university s procedures. Selected students will spend abroad the 2 nd year of their Master s Degree in Management, major in International Management, a. y. 2017-18. During their mobility period, students will be enrolled in the Apprenticeship Track. As such, students will combine courses at the university with work in a private company. Apprenticeship is compulsory to obtain the Master s Degree issued by Dauphine and, even though Dauphine will provide substantial support, students are the sole responsible to secure an apprenticeship position. Selection procedures are autonomously conducted by the private companies and both universities are not to be held responsible for failure to be hired for an apprenticeship. In such a case, selected students will be subsequently removed from the DD DAUPHINE and will spend their 2 nd year of the Master s Degree at LUISS, obtaining thus only the LUISS Master s Degree in Management. Students selected for the DD DAUPHINE 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 attending the DD DAUPHINE 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 other Double Degree programs Eligible students are allowed to apply to the Call for applications for the DD DAUPHINE and the Double Degree Programs with the Fudan School of Management (DDIM) and EBS. Students applying for the DD DAUPHINE and the DDIM 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. - 2 -
Students will be selected for only one Double Degree program within their list of preferences and will be removed from the selection procedure 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. Students can apply for the DD DAUPHINE and the Double Degree Program with EBS bearing in mind that a different timeline is set for each destination and that each university asks for different requirements, which means that selection criteria will differ (please see paragraph E. Application procedure). B.2. Compatibility with QTEM program Eligible students are allowed to apply to the Call for applications for the DD DAUPHINE 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 DAUPHINE 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 DAUPHINE. C. AVAILABLE SLOTS The total number of available slots for the a. y. 2017-18 is 5. D. PRE-REQUIREMENTS The following will be considered eligible to participate to the DD DAUPHINE in the a. y. 2017-18: Students enrolled in the 3 rd year of the LUISS Bachelor s Degree in Economia e Management or in Economics and Business in the a. y. 2015-16: who hold a weighted average grade equal to or above 26,50/30 by the application deadline and who will graduate by the Summer session of the a. y. 2015-16 (July 2016); Only for LUISS students taking part in an international mobility programme (Erasmus, Exchange) during the 1 st semester of the a. y. 2015-16 for whom the grades have not yet been registered into their student careers 2 : the average grade considered for this selection procedure will be the one prior to their departure for the mobility program. 2 The registration of the exams taken during the mobility period depends primarily on the Partner universities timing. - 3 -
willing and able to register to the Master s Degree in Management, major in International Management (by completing the proper Student Office form and paying the first installment) by May 26 th, 2016 and to enroll (by completing all remaining procedures) by July 2016 (TBC); who hold a B2.3 level in English language certified by: o International Certificates: TOEFL min. 95/120 IBT, 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 Declaration in lieu of certification printed from the web self-service; o International Secondary School Diploma. Alternative certificates of language knowledge might be evaluated by the Commission. Students enrolled in the Bachelor s Degree in Economics and Business need not to provide any language certificate. 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 20 th, 2016. To register, please send an email to the LUISS Language Center (cc: International Development Office) before January 13 th, 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). who commit to have a B2 level in French language by June 2017 certified by any International or University certificate; who commit to have at least 6 months of certified professional experience (including internships) by June 2017. Students enrolled in the 3 rd year of the Bachelor s Degree from other Universities: enrolled in a Bachelor s Degree in the fields of Economics, Finance, Business or Management; in compliance with the minimum curricular requirements indicated in the LUISS Admission test; in compliance with the pre-requirements indicated above for students from LUISS Bachelor s Degrees in Economics and Business or in Economics and Management. E. APPLICATION PROCEDURE The application deadline is May 5 th 2016 at 13.00. - 4 -
LUISS Students must complete the application form and upload the required attachments in the web self-service area of the LUISS website. LUISS students will be able to participate only if they are in regular time frame and have no pending administrative issues with LUISS. Non-LUISS students must hand in or send by regular mail the application form duly filled out and signed, with the required documents to the International Development Office of LUISS Guido Carli 3. Applications sent by regular mail must be received within the deadline of the Call and must be anticipated by PDF to the following email address: international@luiss.it. 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 Business and Management 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. Only for LUISS students taking part in an international mobility program (Erasmus, Exchange) during the 1 st semester of the a. y. 2015-16 for whom the grades have not yet been registered into their student careers: the number of credits considered will take into account those obtained during the 1 st semester mobility period according to the documents provided in the online application (please see paragraph L. Documents requested for the application for further details). G. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS The selection results will be communicated by e-mail to the applicants by May 13 th, 2016 (TBC). The selection results are considered provisional until selected students: obtain the Bachelor s Degree by the candidates with a final grade equal to or higher than 100/110 and enroll in the LUISS Master s Degree in Management by July 2016 (date TBC). 3 Viale Romania, 32 00197 Rome - 5 -
complete all academic activities included in their study plan for the 1 st year of the Master s Degree before the end of the Summer examination session of the a. y. 2016-17 4 ; participate in the placement event organized by Dauphine in Paris in June 2017 (final date to be communicated in due date); write and submit a preparatory thesis, coordinated by a LUISS professor, by March 2017. 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: international@luiss.it; phone: 06 8522 5663; please write to set up an individual appointment) for administrative issues and to Prof. Paolo Spagnoletti (pspagnoletti@luiss.it) for academic issues. 4 Depending on the enrollment calendar at Dauphine, students might not be able to make use of the whole examination session. Selected students are required to check these constraints with the International Development Office in due time. - 6 -
K. CHECKLIST AND DATES TO REMEMBER Application Deadline Deadline to register to the English Language Test May 5 th, 2016 at 13h00 January 13 th, 2016 at 13h00 LUISS Admission Test March 18 th, 2016 Selection Results Confirmation of participation Deadline to register to the Master s Degree in Management by May 13 th, 2016 (TBC) Within one working day May 26 th, 2016 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. Certificate of proficiency of the French Language, or a self-declaration printed from the web self-service (optional); 3. Curriculum Vitae; 4. ID Card or Passport, valid for the destination selected; 5. Internship certificate (optional); 6. Most recent transcript of records, or a self-declaration printed from the web self-service; 7. Motivation letter; 8. Passport photo in JPG Format; 9. Other certificates (optional). Only for LUISS students taking part in an international mobility programme (Erasmus, Exchange) during the 1 st semester of the a.y. 2015-2016 for whom the grades have not yet been registered into their student careers: 10. A self-declaration by the student indicating the exams passed at the partner university and the proposed recognition in the LUISS student career; 11. Print-out/Screenshot of exams passed at the partner university during the mobility program, if available These documents will only be used for this selection process. For the formal recognition of credits and grades into the LUISS student career please refer to the relevant procedure. NB: The attachments must be readable, scanned and not photographed, and named as follows: DOCUMENT_SURNAME_PROGRAM (e. g.: PASSPORT_ROSSI_DAUPHINE). Non-LUISS students: please refer to the application form. - 7 -